Requiem For A Dream

[Nine]

Everytime I watch it it, I feel just as emotionally drained and beat up as the first time I saw it.
The acting and cinematography are just amazing, as well as the score.


Anyone else appreciate this film?

[Morning Glory]

drugs are bad, mkay. reminds me of a saterday afternoon special.

[Tequila Zaire]

Never really saw it as a Drugs Are Bad movie but more of a Addiction is Bad movie...the film has no impact on me anymore though. IFC showed it so many times it lost all its meaning. It's the DIE HARD of the Indie Film world.

Still the first time I saw it I felt that punch it was going for and enjoyed it. Though Jared Leto can fuck himself and die to be honest...the guy is a prick...I hope I never have the displeasure of his company ever again. Though I do thank him for getting that stupid notion of "Celebs are cool" out of my head as a young club junkie. Saved me time and effort trying to get into the places they hang out in...

At least I can take pleasure in his shitastic stage performances with his "band".

[KilLAtomiK]

its a good movie but if you want a good drug flick i suggest Ray

[Morning Glory]

oh no! terrorist have killed robert downy jr!

[Morning Glory]

post of the decade.

[Nine]

Never really saw it as a Drugs Are Bad movie but more of a Addiction is Bad movie...the film has no impact on me anymore though. IFC showed it so many times it lost all its meaning. It's the DIE HARD of the Indie Film world.

Still the first time I saw it I felt that punch it was going for and enjoyed it. Though Jared Leto can fuck himself and die to be honest...the guy is a prick...I hope I never have the displeasure of his company ever again. Though I do thank him for getting that stupid notion of "Celebs are cool" out of my head as a young club junkie. Saved me time and effort trying to get into the places they hang out in...

At least I can take pleasure in his shitastic stage performances with his "band".

damn, what exactly did he do to you to piss you off so?

[devil13]

I have it on DVD. I love it. every time I watch it, it reminds me of my own drug past. the great feeling of being on top of the world then the slow decline into pain and suffering. It amazed me to watch the girls decline into being a drug whore. It is a superb film and I agree you kinda have to be in a certain frame of mind to watch it because its so depressing.

[Tequila Zaire]

damn, what exactly did he do to you to piss you off so?

Ancient history in all truth...it has to be at least 5 years now. He didn't really do anything to me personally but have you ever been around a person who simply makes you want to hit them repeatedly with a hammer? It was his behaviour, attitude, and general way of being a dick...granted it was late/early and he like me and all the rest were pretty drunk or high but even then he still managed to kill the mood. Of course all the girls and some guys were still enthralled by him...I'll admit...he's a very pretty man. Not a fan though. Seems he has not change much though...still jsut another actor who acts like a rock star and wishes to be one.

I will say this though...he has excellent taste on women...and freakishly unreal eyes. Still a dick though.

[Morning Glory]

every time I watch it, it reminds me of my own drug past.

me too, only for me it was more like beer goggles and the clash, instead of artsy cinematography and orchestral score.

[Morning Glory]

on second thought the Salton Sea was a much better movie and more realistic. like in the movie where they run into guys in the desert reinacting the kennedy assasination using pigeons and remote control cars is shit that always happens to you when you are on drugs. I never knew anyone that ever had a run in with the mob, on the other hand.

[Thurbane316]

on second thought the Salton Sea was a much better movie and more realistic.

Salton Sea is a very good, and very underrated movie...

[vixta]

amazing movie, but i'd recommend the book - it's about a thousand times more harrowing.

[cheshire centauri]

i believe this is a film for teenagers. Almost everything about it was obvious,.

i guess some teenagers need an obvious plotline and a soppy soundtrack crammed down their throats but I don’t see how grown adults can wet the sheets while being force-fed a ridiculously sentimental and overused score which basically replaces the obvious plotline.

[vixta]

i believe this is a film for teenagers. Almost everything about it was obvious,.

i guess some teenagers need an obvious plotline and a soppy soundtrack crammed down their throats but I don’t see how grown adults can wet the sheets while being force-fed a ridiculously sentimental and overused score which basically replaces the obvious plotline.

well, yes, it's a classic tale of shattered dreams. that's the thing that gets me about it, and i don't really think clint mansells score was soppy. a little melodramatic perhaps, but it ties in with the subject matter. it's not really an anti drugs film, nor is it a particularly moralistic tale. it simply shows four people destroyed by the dream that originally sustained them, which is what makes it so harrowing to watch.

[sunkarma]

I loved this movie too. Almost as much as I loved "SPUN"..but that was for different reasons.
I think they are coming out with Requiem II...I heard.