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Archive through June 14, 2004

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Ocean_Islands

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is one of the most disturbing films I've seen in a long time.

Azriel

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What's it about? I haven't heard of it.

Brenda1966

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
But was it good OI? It's hard to belive that's Charlize Theron. I want to see it. Ebert named it as best film of 2003.

Azriel, it's a biopic about that female serial killer ,Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who murdered men during 1989.

Tishala

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 11:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's very good. Some scenes are too over the top and ring false--Theron is a very fine actress in it, but she hits some wrong notes--but I'd recommend it.

Maris

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am dying to see this. I watched the trial many years ago.

Ocean_Islands

Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's good, but I have to say I didn't see too many 'wrong notes', if any.

Maris

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw it today Ocean. It was an excellent movie with some very disturbing parts in it, yes but well worth watching. Both women gave me the creeps.

Brenda1966

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Saw it over the weekend and it is very good. From what I remember seeing of Wuoronos, Charlize nailed the performance. I didn't see anything over the top either. Now, I'd really like to see a Court TV or Discovery CHannel piece on her rampage and see it from the detective point of view.

Spoilers ***** The thing that is so interesting about people like her is how they rationalize their murderous behavior. We all rationalize behavior, but what makes it cross that line from something harmless into something monsterous. Her first killing was IMO justified and self defense -- I would have shot him too. But afterward, she was like a dog who tasted blood then wanted to bite everyone. REally scary. I also wonder if her girlfriend was put on probation or anything. I'm sure she made a deal to avoid jail time.

Brenda1966

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
On A&E tonight: Biography about Aileen Wuornos

Maris

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 2:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dang, is it on the same time as American Idol AND Apprentice, or is it on at the same time as West Wing and Angel? Wednesday nights used to be a nothing night for tv now I cant decide which show to watch and which to record.

Brenda1966

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maris, in my area it's on twice, so check again later or earlier for a re-airing.

Lycanthrope

Monday, January 26, 2004 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Charlize got the Golden Globe for her performance in this movie.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FYI, Court TV is replaying the Aileen Wuornos trial during the day.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Friday, February 13, 2004 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved it :-)

Sugar
Member

08-15-2000

Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 12:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Charlize Theron was wonderful, I hope she wins the Academy Award, it would be well deserved.
I didn't really care for the movie, but her performance is outstanding.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
AND THE WINNER IS CHARLIZE THERON

Yay!! I'm so happy for her. She really deserved it. She looks beautiful and is giving a beautiful speech, thanking everyone, and crying to her mom. Her boyfriend has tears in his eyes. So moving. What a sweet ending.


Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There was almost no way she couldn't win it. It was truly an Academy Award performance.

Forgot to say I saw this movie a couple weeks ago. It is a movie about a dark topic but Charlize was stellar while gritty.

Ocean_islands
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 7:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"Stellar while gritty" ! lol

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just watched this movie yesterday. I was so taken aback by Charlize's appearance, that I had to put in 'The Italian Job' after it was over to get my true mental picture of her back again. What an outstanding performance. She deserved every accolade she got. And FWIW, they stuck to the real story almost exactly. In the bonus features on the DVD, you really get a feel for how the crew approached this film. The producer, as well as Charlize, pretty much felt sorry for Aileen. And as details about Aileen's life unfolded throughout the film, you can't help but beleive she was given a raw deal of a life. That doesn't excuse her actions, although the first killing was self-defense by anybody's definition, but it does shed some light on her thought processes.

I recommend this to everyone 17 and older.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i watched this on dvd last night. i have to say it was pretty disturbing. but charlize theron was amazing. wow, whoever above said that they had to put in the italian job to get the mental pic. of charlize back...yeah definitely.

i looked on the internet about wuornos after i watched the movie. her girlfriend did cut a deal with the prosecuters and was released after a short time. (i guess that's what the whole call at the end of the movie was portraying). i find it interesting that they changed the name of the girlfriend for the movie. her name, according to all the articles, is tyria moore. dont' know where they got the name selby walls? maybe to protect the real woman who is still alive?

it was a good movie, but not for the squeamish.


Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
JBean: we must be of like minds as DH and I saw this movie last night too. It was amazingly distrubing, yet very sympathetic to the human mind's ability to warp from horrendous circumstances.

One of the ones that got my sympathy was near the end and it was the last man that picked her up. I truly felt he meant to help her and did not pick her up for sex. I lost it when he realized he was going to die. Bringing up his daughter who was having a baby, his wife, etc. Man what a raw deal he got.

I thought Charlize did an excellent job with her portrayal of Aileen. A very sad but true story. Unfortunately, there are probably many more just like her and on the brink of crossing the line. She never learned how to cope with the deal life dealt her. Her little friend was a like a leech or sucker who couldn't stand on her own. Both very sad women.

Excellent movie.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
auntiemike, yeah, i am with you on the part about the last man. i was begging her please dont kill him. really sad.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Monday, June 14, 2004 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Watched this yesterday, what great performances by the cast!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, June 14, 2004 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll watching it this afternoon.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, June 14, 2004 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, that was a movie guaranteed to take the sunshine right out of the day.