This film was stored on my computer when I was in college, and I kept it for three years. I didn't watch it until I deleted it. Whenever I want to watch a movie to soothe my soul in the middle of the night, I flip through it on the computer. If I open this movie, I can't help but turn it off after watching a few scenes.
As one of the screenwriters, Quentin is only slightly visible in this film that does not belong to him. After all, this is not a complete Quentin work, although the film also has almost absurd violence, gore, and pornography.
I've been feeling a little uncomfortable in this dizzying feast of violence that borders on clip art. Although there is some dark humor in the film, it does not dilute the discomfort.
When it comes to violence, you can compare this film to the work of Complete Quentin.
Speaking of which, let’s talk about violent aesthetics first. Bloodthirsty and aggressiveness are all part of animal instinct, and animal violence is nothing more than two reasons of eating and fucking. If violence has aesthetics, it must start here. To add any other justification to violence seems clumsy and vile. The special thing about human violence is that it likes to add a big hat to violence. Such as revolution, faith, justice, and morality.
The reason why Quentin's violence is refreshing and not disgusting is that he doesn't pretend to be lofty, grand, glorious and pure. He just wants to play with violence. And because he didn't pretend, Quentin didn't hide his bad tastes, adding some trivial material to the film like a joke. Play tricks, play tricks, undisguised obscenity. Comrade Quentin has effectively implemented the call of the central government to go to the grassroots level, change the style of work, and change the style of writing, and is truly grounded.
Looking back on the film of Natural Born Killers, it's obvious. Two young people, because of their unfortunate childhood, embarked on the road of murder and silence. In the end, it was said that the murder was because of purity... pure idiot. There are a lot of clip-art-like effects in it, interspersed back and forth, which really makes people feel the wild dance of ghosts and snakes in the protagonist's heart, but the convoluted effort makes people feel sick. Director Stone should be a serious person, playing both flamboyant and deep, and all kinds of dazzling skills, too greedy.
It should not be praised to see someone commenting on the indiscriminate killing of innocents. This reminds me that Quentin's violence has always been politically correct. It is always good that triumphs over evil, or evil triumphs over more evil. If it's not like that, it's all kinds of impermanence, just as impermanent as real life fucked up. Natural Born Killers, the violence is full of all kinds of suspiciousness, making people unable to enjoy the thrill of blood rush. Maybe that uncomfortable feeling is what makes people think about it. It's really impossible to comment on whether this is an act of coercion, a bullshit or an idiot. Intellectuals or people who aspire to be intellectuals hate it the most, because we are always forced to think when we don't want to, and all we fucking want is a movie.
But speaking of it, watching movies was originally just a hobby, and there was nothing right or wrong.
Oh, by the way, when it comes to soothing the soul, I deeply think that watching an adult film without a plot is better than this.
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