1. GilbertMulroneycakesOnTheSouthBankShow

   9

   Sorry to barge in again - and the Meta editors can feel free not to publish it [Ed: wouldn't dream of it, Gilbert...Keep bargin' in whenever you need to!] - but I really must react to the words of "Sharmoot". One word in particular. Pretentious. I hate it. I want it killed. It's a word that the ignorant use to shield themselves against people who use words of more than one syllable (though I hasten to add that I don't wish to imply that Sharmoot is one of these people, qua idea, just that they've used a word that makes them look like they might be). Sorry, Sharmoot, but how you can talk about Irreversible without discussing art and structure is beyond me - this isn't a Martin Lawrence film, this is a proper piece of cinematic art (and as such, I'm surprised not to see Yoon Min C.'s name anywhere yet...). To review it with just three sentences would be like saying "Yeah, it's not bad, I quite like it" about the Last Supper, or Picasso's Guernica. It's a piece of art, and I reviewed it as such, and I don't appreciate being called "pretentious" just because of it. Especially not - with respect - by someone who says, in all apparent seriousness, that it would be better if it wasn't French. You may not have written a thesis on it, but you could - and probably should - have done. And Toby B would probably agree. Oh, and by the way, if you enjoyed it, there's something wrong with you, because it's horrible. There. Just needed that said.… Expand

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2. island

   5

   Didn't really understand the whole story. The film is totally confused and it wants to say more than it should. An art-movie won't be a great film if they use shaky cameras but if they give some moral message. It fails this.… Collapse

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3. Polybius

   2

   It fails to provide any moral massage. It tries hard to create a "revenge flick", but only offends and shocks the viewer. It proves that any movie can become a cult classic; they just need to be shocking, have a shaky camerawork, and be french.… Expand

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4. JohnO

   0

   At the film's conclusion I was just left asking myself what the point was. There was no discernible justification for the brutality that I could see. Whatever argument Noe was trying to make is lost in his complete contempt for the audience. If, as he claims, he is so influenced by Kubrick, I suggest he stop throwing his rattle out of the pram and start posing his arguments with a little more maturity and reason.… Expand

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