Tried hard but just couldn't finish it
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Monknificent — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 07:24 AM)
Well, yes, if you read in the blurb this was a horror film, your expectations will have been dashed and you will have been left disappointed. I too read the info box when it came on my TV saying it's a horror film, but not being a horror film fan, I watched it
in spite
of that, practically having to fight my instincts on it. (If you're wondering what actually
made
me watch it, it was that I saw a mini "trailer" run for it a few times before its TV showing, and the snippets they used were quirky and interesting enough to intrigue me! One of the snippets used in this TV trailer was the bit where she shouts to the skipping-rope girl across the road "That looks like fun!" but it was taken out of its context, so you didn't actually know she was shouting across a road to make herself heard, meaning it lent that perfectly innoccuous expression a strange nuance, making it look and sound subtly and wonderfully unhinged, which was of course, the perfect bit of foreshadowing for the entire film!)
"It's too late Always has been, always will be
Too late." -
SkateForLife2014 — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 09:43 PM)
I have nothing against violence/gore in movies if it is used to advance the plot but in this case, the violence was gratuitous and over the top. All of the scenes where she has fantasies about dead bodies were so unnecessary. The first sequence was interesting but after that it was like "we get it, she has sexual fantasies that involve dead bodies and blood." No need to continue illustrating this to the audience every five minutes.
This movie tried way too hard to be shocking and pervasive to the point where it ended up being downright corny.
The director clearly wanted to be shocking. When the fetus scene came on, I rolled my eyes and shut the movie off. -
mikelippenkrantz — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 03:55 PM)
Criminy I thought I was the only one. XD "May" is a far better attempt at trying to garner sympathy for a misfit whose loneliness and tendency to be around the wrong people results in her fragile psyche finally collapsing. Mainly because it wasn't so self important. This movie, I guess, aspires to slot itself next to John Waters's early work as "the next great shock fest." I wasn't shocked. Just disgusted. And I have a strong stomach for this kind of nastiness. And it wasn't just Pauline, it was the absence of ANY likable characters in this movie. Traci Lords as Mommie Dearest was the worst. My sympathies WOULD shift towards her character, as I would certainly act and feel this way if I had to put up with this beep from my daughter, but her robotic portrayal by the untalented Traci Lords couldn't generate any positive feelings towards her. The lil sis has only 1 defining character trait (her disease) and Dad is a non-factor. I DID finish this film. Trust me you missed nothing. The only thing I got from this was "there goes 90 minutes I'll never get back." Stick with "May."
