Monty ,'Trash'
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You know the bit in Grizzly Man with the voiceover about how the universe is driven by chaos and destruction? I got that quote put on a tshirt. With "I love my animal friends" on the back.
I was wearing it whilst speaking to one of the Serenity actors once, and they stopped, read the front, and backed away. I had to say, 'Oh no! It's from a film!'. I'm glad they never saw the back.
his female characters always make me cringe. There's always something that just makes me go "Um, okay, no."
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises ?
Dana beat me to the "Why did I read the comments". Thanks for having my back, yo.
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises ?
I actually haven't seen that one yet (being released, as it was, post-baby). I think we have it on DVD at home though, so I'll see it eventually.
I'll admit to spending a fair amount of time yelling "NO, YOU IDIOT" at female Cronenberg characters, but I submit in general they are more fully rendered than most female characters, even if their actions are stupid and annoying.
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises?
She was so stupid, I could not finish the film. Not even nekkid fighting Viggo could induce me to continue.
I didn't have anything to put in the papers.
What, the ashes of your enemies wasn't enough??
Not even nekkid fighting Viggo could induce me to continue.
Wow. That's a serious no.
I'll admit to spending a fair amount of time yelling "NO, YOU IDIOT" at female Cronenberg characters
No, Holly Hunter! Don't do a creepy sex scene with other car-crash enthusiasts! NO ONE wants to think of you like that!
I submit in general they are more fully rendered than most female characters, even if their actions are stupid and annoying.
But I always have the vague niggling sense that the female characters' layers are only there to illuminate something about the male lead. They never seem to have characteristics of their own.
Which I realize is an argument you can make about practically all supporting characters - they exist primarily as foils to the (almost always male) lead, and as such don't really deserve their own stories - but with Cronenberg it tends to feel like bait & switch, and is somehow even more offputting than if they were just 2-dimensional objects to begin with.
(Yes, the last scene in History of Violence made me very, very angry, why do you ask?)
What, the ashes of your enemies wasn't enough??
When I obliterate my enemies not even ashes remain.
So, no.