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Flannel Pajamas (2006)
Taking naturalism too far -warning: may contain SPOILERS
I hated this movie right from the beginning. I had no sense of why these two people would be attracted to each other - I thought they were both physically unattractive and totally self-centered. I could not believe that any independent young woman would accept $15,000 from a man that she hardly knows - and then I see that aha! she's not so independent; she rejoices in getting fired; because she's found a sucker who will take care of her. Never mind that they never seem to agree about anything. This marriage was doomed before it even happened. Actually I think the best line in the movie was when she tells her friend that the bridegroom never said "I do." That pretty much sums it up. They should have both said "I don't." The sexual groping (of which there was a bit too much) was unconvincing. I felt really sorry for both of them, but I didn't like them or anyone else in the movie except for his father who seemed like a decent guy who was maybe in the wrong movie.
Hard Candy (2005)
Definite spoiler
Spoiler ahead: How can so many people be so dumb? The viewers who wrote that they hated this movie - each and every one of them thought that the girl actually castrated the guy. C 'mon, people, if you didn't even watch the movie how can you say you hated it? She did not castrate him, she didn't even nick his balls. And whatever she put in the garbage disposal, it wasn't the guy's gonads. After he manages to sit up he says out loud, "Hey, I'm all here!"(or there, I forget) I guess he thought he didn't feel anything because of the ice, but he didn't feel anything because there was nothing to feel.
I agree that the psychological torture was gruesome, and if I were a guy I don't think I could watch it. But it was psychological torture, not real mutilation. So she coerced him into killing himself. Well, I think unless he had real guilt feelings, he wouldn't have done it.
I thought this was a brilliant film, and it really gave me a lot to think about.
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The star of the show (warning: may contain spoiler)
Yes, Jimmy Stewart was wonderful (but he was never less than wonderful), and the rest of the superb cast likewise, but in my opinion the little dog stole the show and should have gotten an Oscar.
Aside from that, I think the movie went on quite a bit too long, and I found the ending completely unacceptable. I was very disappointed that the lawyers never presented summations to the jury. How can this be?
However, the story was apparently based on a real trial that took place in upper Michigan, and these are the true facts of the case. One can only wonder what were these people thinking.
1959 was a long time ago. I don't think the theory of "acquaintance rape" had even been expressed at that time. But women are still being accused of provoking rape by the way they dress or move.