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• ninetoedwoman
  August 4th, 2010 on 5:03 pm

  Okay, this is one of the few movies you guys have reviewed that I have actually seen — in the theater opening weekend no less (Saved by the Bell +and+ boobs? I am in!). I have to agree that there is so much nudity in this film that you actually stop noticing it. It’s really bizarre — I mean, not notice boobs? Do what?!?!?

  The rape scene was completely odd, and definitely uncalled for. The only thing I can come up with is that it was supposed to show us that the rich and powerful people built by our celebrity obsessions are horrible, horrible people — that when you have the money and the power to have anything you want, that the only thrill you can get is to hurt and destroy… So he goes as far as to rape to a woman who would have happily, willingly slept with him.

  I think it also was supposed to show that the glitzy Vegas world thrives on destruction. They show the roommate as the one nice person in the movie, and then once she enters their seamy world, she is destroyed.

  So this is what I think it was *supposed* to show, but I think all it does is sicken and shock.

  I agree with you, Mike, that it was boring. It was beyond boring, honestly. I loved “Starship Troopers,” and I have tried to bring some sort of satirical bent or something redeeming to it, but I am also coming up empty.

  PS: You ate puppy chow, too?

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  • missusblack
    August 6th, 2010 on 1:47 pm

    Seconded on the bore factor. I never did like Showgirls. So I agree with you on all of this….

    The rape scene was just sad and terrible. I don’t think it should have been included at all.

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