Monster

amulford
amulford Posts: 5,020
edited June 2004 in Music & Movies
Has anyone checked this out? I rented it and watched it with the better half last night. Found it to be pretty good. Based on a true story, with the research coming from letters written by the main character before they fried her.

Good story line.Well written and acted. Charlize Theron did a great job. So did the makeup crew.

The sound track was well recorded , 5.1 DTS. Pretty cool, it really does envelop you.

Worth checking out IMHO.
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  • therockman
    therockman Posts: 349
    edited June 2004
    I"ll second that, I felt that this movie was a fantastic piece of Hollywood storytelling. And I think that Christina Ricci was fantastic in this movie.


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  • Brianomatic
    Brianomatic Posts: 58
    edited June 2004
    I found the movie interesting also.

    BTW, therockman, sadly, the movie was based on a true story, hence you cound say it was a fantastic piece of Hollywood TRUEstorytelling. lol
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited June 2004
    Unfortunate side affect- Charlize is no longer attractive to me at all, just can't put this charactor out of my head when I see her these days... :(
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,044
    edited June 2004
    she wll always be HOT to me !!!
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  • begbie
    begbie Posts: 630
    edited June 2004
    It is Hollywood storytelling....... and not true at all !

    You know why? It's because the heart of the story is false! The movie paints Eileen Wuornos as a victim in every murder. Where in fact she admitted she killed for robbery and did it without any remorse. She also said there was no act of self defense in any of these cases.

    Anyway that's Hollywood for ya ! They say Charlize should've at least thanked Eileen Wuornos for her Oscar during the awards since the movie created sympathy for the character ! :rolleyes:



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  • Joel
    Joel Posts: 53
    edited June 2004
    She was only shown as a victim with the first murder, with all the others she searched for a reason to label them as bad people to have a reason to kill them. She never showed remorse in the movie, either. More fear than anything but only at first, once she felt that she wouldn't get caught she continued to murder just for the purpose of robbery.

    I agree, though, charlize will never again seem quite as attractive as she once was... the makeup was just too good, lol.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2004
    I agree with begbie.

    I watched all of the 'Special Features' after I watched the movie and the lunacy that ensued was mind boggling. The dolt that directed this movie was OVERTLY sympathetic to Theron's charachter. It was mind numbingly pathetic. I agree that it's an utter shame that Aileen had the upbringing that she had, but nobody forced her to become a prostitute or murder people. I just get sick and tired of people making excuses for unexcusable behavior. Yes her life sucked, no that doesn't excuse murder or even make me feel the least bit sorry for what you've done....that's just pathetic.

    On the other had the Theron's acting made it damn near a masterpiece in that regard. Despite what I said above it is still a great movie.
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  • shepx2
    shepx2 Posts: 646
    edited June 2004
    Add this to the small list of movies I couldn't finish watching, due to boredom. Maybe got through 45 minutes.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2004
    watched it tonight.. great effin movie. Not boring at all. Very well done. Charlize theron was amazing. so was Christina Ricci.

    I liked the extras.. talked much about the audio mixing and the attention they paid to the DTS 5.1 mix. It's rare that studios will put that much effort into the fine details of mixing it for DTS sound. Nice touch.
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited June 2004
    I really liked this movie. Theron was oustanding, it was as though she had channeled Wournos. I also agree that I don't know if I can ever find her as hot, I mean she IS Wournos now. Weird.

    I think the movie was in many ways a love story, and a story of a love betrayed. Sad, really sad, at least to me.

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