To feel quite traumatised after watching Black Swan?

[lougle]

I don't use the word lightly, either. I don't do well with psychological thriller type movies and that sort of thing.

I thought I was going to be watching dancing with a power struggle. Not blood, hallucinations and the rest.

[lougle]

Arlington Road is just wrong. Compellingly wrong, but wrong all the same. I watched it years ago and was really disturbed by it, but when it came on tv last week I just had to watch it. The ending is a complete oxymoron.


I didn't read the reviews of black swan and the description on lovefilm was a young ballerina being pushed to her brink by a demanding director while another ballerina wants to steal her role. I was thinking dancing, angst and hissy tantrums.


Did anyone watch The Island? That concept was quite awful.


Minority report was another one. My eyes.

[CoteDAzur]

What do you mean when you say AR is "wrong"? What is it wrong about?

Also can't imagine what you mean by "it's ending is a complete oxymoron". Oxymoron is a figure of speech with contradictory terms, like "a smart idiot". Do you mean to say that the ending of AR was contradictory?

[CoteDAzur]

its ending, rather.

[ballroomblitz]

Yabu, it was shit

Momento is a good thriller, if you can stand to watch a movie that jumps around in time the whole movie.

[WeleaseWodger]

Total shit. The dialogue was worse than daytime tv drama. It's like someone handily referenced a book of cliches every 20 lines or so when writing the script.

[valiumredhead]

Cote-looking forward to seeing that

Widget-exactly

[valiumredhead]

The whole film seemed very 'dated' as well-and not in a good way!

[CoteDAzur]

Time doesn't "jump around" in Memento. It goes backwards. It's genius, IMHO, and allows the audience to share the confusion of Guy Pearce - he doesn't know what just happened, how he got there, and who is chasing him. And neither do we

[CoteDAzur]

Which film, valium?

[CoteDAzur]

And who is Widget? [not fully awake yet]

[valiumredhead]

Black swan seemed very dated imo Cote

[CoteDAzur]

Dated, how? Was it the Ecstacy?

[valiumredhead]

Ha ha,I meant WODGER

I'm posting from my phone and not awake either

[lougle]

Cote, yes. main char is right all along, so he 'wins' but in being proven right he loses everything.

[dopeysheep]

I haven't seen it but agree with flipchart!

Natalie Portman is terrible in everything even the Chanel adverts.

She was great in Leon the Professional but she should have stopped then.

[valiumredhead]

Dopey-she is! But she's very pretty

[OverAndAbove]

I rarely get freaked out by a film but Arlington Road did the job; it stayed with me for a long time and I'll never be able to watch it again!

[valiumredhead]

I can't remember Arlington road being anything other than an enjoyable film, and that was mainly because Jeff Bridges was in it-what freaked you out?

[mixedmamameansbusiness]

I watched Persuasion after Black Swan because it did disturb me.

I am not a massive fan of this genre though but I do have an interest in all things mental health related.

[CheeryCherry]

I love it, though it was disturbing. However I was more shocked that it was only rated a 15

[RollerCola]

Having read flipchart's list of brilliant films and her review of Black Swan I can happily say...

I won't bother watching it

Thanks flipchart

[RollerCola]

Having said that if we're talking psychological thrillers with a mental health theme I liked Shutter Island - is it anything like that?

[Figgygal]

It is a horrible horrible film both in quality and in that scene with Winona Ryder slashing at her face that stayed with me for ages

[fackinell]

Oooh I didn't know Black Swan was psychological thriller. Shall add that and Arlington rd to my list to see.

Anyone seen Eden Lake? Made me so and !!!
I made DP and my friend watch it and they were cross and ranting for days!!

[RollerCola]

I've not seen Eden Lake but I've heard it's pretty shocking.