Hard Candy

[Alice]

Wow.  This is one effed up movie.

I really liked it.  Probably 4 out of 5 stars.

[ReBurn]

I want to see it, but I feel like a perv every time I go to rent it.

[Alice]

I want to see it, but I feel like a perv every time I go to rent it.

Don't.  You should totally watch it.  Or join Netflix and not worry about it.

[ReBurn]

It's on pay-per-view. I guess I could also go that route.

[Alice]

It's on pay-per-view. I guess I could also go that route.

Don't watch it in front of the kids.    Not like you didn't know that already.

[Jessie]

Did I see this?  Or is it in my queue? Sounds familiar, I have to go look now.

[Alice]

Did I see this?  Or is it in my queue? Sounds familiar, I have to go look now.

According to Netflix, you've not seen it and it's not in your queue.

[Jessie]

It is now!

[Alice]

It is now!

Awesome.  Remind me to talk to you about it when you see it.

[Jessie]

Completely effed up.

[Alice]

Completely effed up.

Did you like it?  Or was it too effed up for you to like?

[Jessie]

No, I definitely liked it. 

I wish she had really castrated him, and I think that her being a friend of the murder victim took some of the horror out of it.  I actually liked it better when I thought she was just out to torture a pedo.

It was good, though. 

[swolt]

it's now on my blockbuster queue

[VikingJuice]

I read about this over a year ago and kept waiting for it to get released.  I guess it slipped under my radar for the theatre.  Looked very interesting.

[Alice]

No, I definitely liked it. 

I wish she had really castrated him, and I think that her being a friend of the murder victim took some of the horror out of it.  I actually liked it better when I thought she was just out to torture a pedo.

It was good, though. 

Yeah, I felt that way too.  But I suppose I can deal with the fact that she was. 

[Dry then Catch]

I found it sort of preachy, and I sort of wanted Kitty Pryde to die.  Yes I felt like that movie made me side with a pedophile.

[Alice]

I found it sort of preachy, and I sort of wanted Kitty Pryde to die.  Yes I felt like that movie made me side with a pedophile.

Preachy?  Really?

And did you get the X-men version of this movie?

[Jessie]

I don't think I got a preachy vibe from it.

It was so...it didn't really have a clear cut antagonist or protagonist, I think.  For me, that'd make it hard for me to see it as preachy.

[Alice]

I don't think I got a preachy vibe from it.

It was so...it didn't really have a clear cut antagonist or protagonist, I think.  For me, that'd make it hard for me to see it as preachy.

That was the odd part for me too - was that I kept flipping back and forth.  There was no hero, they were both kind of the "bad guy" and kind of not.  Plus the fact that I found him attractive really grossed me out.

[Jessie]

I don't think I got a preachy vibe from it.

It was so...it didn't really have a clear cut antagonist or protagonist, I think.  For me, that'd make it hard for me to see it as preachy.

That was the odd part for me too - was that I kept flipping back and forth.  There was no hero, they were both kind of the "bad guy" and kind of not.  Plus the fact that I found him attractive really grossed me out.

I saw a dude that looked A LOT like him the day after I saw it.  It skeeved me out a bit.

[Alice]

I should clarify - his character wasn't attractive, but I find him physically attractive.

[Jessie]

I should clarify - his character wasn't attractive, but I find him physically attractive.

Suuuure, pedo-lover.

[Dry then Catch]

I don't think I got a preachy vibe from it.

It was so...it didn't really have a clear cut antagonist or protagonist, I think.  For me, that'd make it hard for me to see it as preachy.

That was the odd part for me too - was that I kept flipping back and forth.  There was no hero, they were both kind of the "bad guy" and kind of not.  Plus the fact that I found him attractive really grossed me out.

they should have a standard "To Catch a Predator" type play the villian.  Not an successful, attractive Bohemenian photographer.  I think it would have made it more realistic. 

Has anyone seen Mysterious Skin?  It takes the child exploitation in a different and more effective direction.  And had a good ensemble cast. 

Was  Sandra Oh just doing a favor for a friend in Hard Candy?

[Jessie]

I don't think I got a preachy vibe from it.

It was so...it didn't really have a clear cut antagonist or protagonist, I think.  For me, that'd make it hard for me to see it as preachy.

That was the odd part for me too - was that I kept flipping back and forth.  There was no hero, they were both kind of the "bad guy" and kind of not.  Plus the fact that I found him attractive really grossed me out.

they should have a standard "To Catch a Predator" type play the villian.  Not an successful, attractive Bohemenian photographer.  I think it would have made it more realistic. 

Has anyone seen Mysterious Skin?  It takes the child exploitation in a different and more effective direction.  And had a good ensemble cast. 

Was  Sandra Oh just doing a favor for a friend in Hard Candy?

http://www.juntoonline.com/forum/index.php?topic=11614.0

[Alice]

they should have a standard "To Catch a Predator" type play the villian.  Not an successful, attractive Bohemenian photographer.  I think it would have made it more realistic. 

Not all pedos are uggos.