Yes and yes. Clearly I'm a monster who laughs at the thought of others dying in fashions grotesque. Bwa ha ha ha ha! You've unmasked me, Wolvamp.
Why I perceive the film as comedy:
2. Ridiculous concept as basis for the film. Not every newsworthy story deserves transmogrification into a movie. This sort of tripe belongs on Lifetime. Its very existence amuses me, hearkening back to the heyday of gritty made-for-TV movies based on every gorram minor occurrence in human experience.
3. Mena Suvari as a black[!] woman sporting cornrows.
4. The sex scene. Was it the intent of the writers to juxtapose hot sex against the image of a screaming man being fired like a rigid schlong through the windshield of a vehicle? What would a psychoanalyst have to say about that? Answer: "That's gold, Jerry, gold!"
5. Scene after scene of Stephen Rea almost escaping and then not, ostensibly to increase the dramatic tension and lengthen an already overlong film, instead succeeding in making me laugh.
6. 'Badass' comeuppance involving homeless man shoving a pen into a person's brain, plus the hoisting of one's own petard that resulted in Mena Suvari immolating herself.
7. Serious intention by the film-makers. Look at the cinematography, the lighting. They actually tried. You know they were thinking they had a good idea instead of a bad one. The true story is ridiculous, and a dramatization is much worse.
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The_Wolvamp
15 years ago
Did I try to paint you as a monster? I was merely asking questions to see how these situations would make you feel if they happened to you yet you come back at me with base sarcasm. I do apologize for trying to be the least bit serious about anything on IMDB and realize that I should just be trite and comedic about everything like virtually everyone else is.
Why I perceive the film as mostly dramatic:
1. This is a good concept for a film because it illustrates the horrific level that some people will go to in order to get a simple promotion. This should be seen as a cautionary tale and not something to simply be laughed off.
2. Bardo was obviously down on his luck and became a homeless man which isn't funny to me. He has to live on the streets and sleep on a bench which wouldn't be funny to someone it happened to. It would be dramatic and sad.
3. Bardo being crushed through the windshield of a car didn't make me laugh, it made me feel sorry for him nearly being killed.
4. Brandi being too worried and scared to do anything but drive back to her garage with Bardo in the windshield wasn't funny for me, it made me think about how horrible that must have felt for the real man who was in the actual position of that happening to him.
5. Brandi struggling between calling 911 or doing nothing is an example of how horrible it was for her to have put herself in that position.
6. Bardo struggling to get the cell phone after pulling the wiper blade from his gut wasn't comedic to me, it was gut wrenching, no pun intended.
7. Knowing what was wrong when other people at the hospital saw that Brandi was obviously shaken made my heart pull for her and Bardo.
8. Bardo escaping at the end and choosing not to kill Brandi with the match gave me a triumphant feeling that even after being put through all that he didn't take revenge and instead opted for the high road.
I could go on about how dramatic this movie is but I can see comedic elements in it too though. Like Brandi's bf being so hard but unable to pull the trigger when it comes down to it then getting written out with a pen to the eye. Them saying it was a deer that crawled away even after seeing that huge hole in the windshield plus all the blood. How about that nasty zit or mole on Brandi's head the whole movie, then they added another zit, and goofed it away mid movie. How about Brandi being dumb enough to fire a gun onto a metal surface coated with gasoline.
I'm not saying this movie is totally drama, but IMHO it's not totally comedy either. On the IMDB page it does say comedy, but it also says horror, thriller...
I see where you're coming from. I see what you're saying. I take it as darkly humanist drama. You take it as hilarious comedy. No problem.
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Geosci
15 years ago
If you enjoy darkly humanist dramas, might I recommend The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel. You can tell by the title it's ten times the drama of The English Patient.
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The_Wolvamp
15 years ago
If you enjoy comedies then I recommend Steven Seagal Lawman. By the previews it looks to be a hundred times the comedy of COPS.
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Geosci
15 years ago
Plus did you notice that Lawman is also going to follow Seagal during his bluegrass performances? There's just no way the guy can stand up in front of a camera and keep his hands off the guitar.
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The_Wolvamp
15 years ago
I wonder if old Lawman will have Wyclef on with him. They can bust Lauryn Hill for smoking crack then get the band back together.
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