|
 REQUIEM
FOR
A
DREAM
With
Ellen
Burstyn,
Jared
Leto,
Jennifer
Connelly,
Marlon
Wayans
Directed
by
Darren
Aronofsky
While
some
people
have
had
enough
of
the
"drugs
screw
you
up"
theme,
there
are
still
so
many
tales
to
be
told
under
this
dark
subject.
Based
on
Hubert
Selby
Jr.'s
novel
(the
man
who
brought
us
the
shocking
Last
Exit
To
Brooklyn),
we're
given
a
glimpse
of
a
related
group
who
fall
into
a
range
of
addiction.
From
heroin
to
diet
pills
and
sex
for
money
to
feed
a
habit.
Intense,
shocking,
scary
and
uneasy,
it
wasn't
meant
to
be
a
glamour
trip,
even
though
the
photography
is
amazing
at
times.
It'll
blow
you
away
or
you'll
think
it
sucks.
From
the
director
of
Pi.
5
/
B
-
PB
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B
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C
...the
2nd
opinion...
REQUIEM
FOR
A
DREAM
Let's
talk
about
pretense.
Let's
talk
about
laboured.
Let's
talk
about
stealing
so
much
from
films
like
Snatch
and
Trainspotting
and
Fight
Club
that
your
movie
eventually
looks
like
a
filmschool
end-of-first-year
project.
Even
the
title
is
irritatingly
pretentious.
We've
had
enough
drug
movies
thanks.
People
are
cool,
they
dabble
in
naughty
chemicals
and
then
they
fuck
out.
We've
seen
it
all
before,
only
this
time
it's
a
nonstop
exercise
in
"what
kind
of
trick
can
we
use
next
to
make
it
look
cool
and
appeal
to
the
drugfucj\ks
who's
gonna
whatch
this
shit".
Editing
techniques
are
used
ad
nauseum
and
Jared
Leto
is
sometimes
so
bad
I
wanted
to
cringe
into
a
fucking
raisin.
Ellen
Burstyn's
brilliant
performance
as
a
diet
pill
junkie
is
the
only
saving
grace
in
this
'so
what?'
movie.
Maybe
if
the
whole
thing
played
off
in
'the
dude
who
likes
broads'
apartment
it
could
have
been
entertaining!
Undoubtedly
we'll
see
more
losers
getting
into
shooting
junk
after
they
saw
this
tripe,
as
was
the
case
with
Trainspotting.
If
I
want
to
see
a
junkie
fuck
out
I'll
just
watch
The
Wall
again,
it's
got
all
the
same
elements
and
more
and
at
least
it's
got
class!
2
/
C
-
Uncle
Vinnie
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