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Surprisingly Good!

posted 17 years ago by white_magic
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I don't know why this movie resonated so well with me. I watched it just to compare against "Death Wish", and "The Brave One" (which really sucked) and I was pleasantly surprised. Of the three, I think I like this one best, probably because Zoë had a handicap and most likely couldn't explain herself well. This was her only way to 'balance the equilibrium'.

The best part was in the end when that certain musical piece is being played, and you know something's gonna happen, blood's gonna get spilled, but the music goes on :).

[–] tepista 17 years ago

Maybe my favorite movie ever, despite 3 questions I can't answer:
Where did all those bullets come from?
How did Thanna become an dead eye shooter?
How does a trumpet make the sound of a saxaphone?

Oh and one more, why was Zoe never a star. Gorgeous woman.

[–] oltrelamorte 17 years ago

Hah...yeah I was wondering where she got all the bullets from as well. Also, your other questions too. Hahaha.

Great freaking movie though.

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[–] kkevinn6 13 years ago

its my favorite Abel Ferrara film!

[–] white_magic 13 years ago

Heh, nice necrobump!

[–] franzkabuki 13 years ago

Ms.45 has got two things that Death Wish doesn´t: a sense of humor and excellent visual style. The Bronson vehicle seems bland, pedestrian and sort of by-the-numbers mechanical by comparison. Kinda surprising discovery this one indeed.

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[–] maz89 12 years ago

Haven't seen either of those two pictures but, as someone who didn't really care for Ferrara's King of New York, I found Ms. 45 to be surprisingly good, too. It reminded me of Brian De Palma's stylized pastiche thrillers (in a good way), which also generally featured a grim and ludicrously violent plot but which were similarly rendered with an alluring over-the-top sensibility. After the devastation of the initial scenes, the protagonist's descent into insanity and madness was indeed believable and well-executed. Good acting, too.

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[–] rainydal74 12 years ago

I first heard of this movie when i was 10yrs old... it was in the movie Terror In the Aisle which analyzed our society's need for horror films. My mother somehow thought it a good movie for a kid to watch.

Surprisingly, it put the concept in my head that a woman need not be a victim, and she can fight back no matter what. At least that is the message this 10yr old got from it. Plus, this was one of the first movies where you see the woman as a hero--- during a time where even Family Ties was showing Alex P Keaton's sexist views during the ERA push. Joan Jett and the GoGos were being played on MTV... and now we had a tough, ballsy woman who was not just crying and weak... but DID something about what happened to her.

[–] carthur27 11 years ago

I'm not sure everyone would agree that Thana was a hero. More a homicidal maniac.

Also, ERA was dead by the time Family Ties came on the air in '82 and Alex Keaton was continually making a fool out of himself with his conservative views on the program like Archie Bunker on All In The Family. I can assure you the show's writers were quite liberal.