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People don't understand this movie.

posted 9 years ago by scottda-42226
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Nightcrawler may have had a much higher rating if not for the countless idiots giving it 1 star reviews. While it is a fantastic film, I understand it's not for everyone. But it really annoys me when I see hundreds if not thousands of 1 star reviews with people saying that the main character is a terrible person. They say that it is a terrible film because he is a bad person. They actually seem to think that the audience is supposed to empathise with Louis Bloom, who is clearly a sociopath. People are getting dumber and dumber these days.

[–] TheDarkContinent00 9 years ago

It deserves at least an 8.5 overall. I rated it a 10. I think people who expect likable protagonists 100% of the time are missing out on a number of potentially good films, but to each his/her own.

[–] TxMike 9 years ago

Relative to other movies this one doesn't have that many "1" votes. Its most common rating is "8" by a big margin and that is an appropriate rating.

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[–] Troy2Slick 9 years ago

7.9 to 8.0 is not anything to complain about. I would rate this movie a 9 easily and the rating it has is adequate enough.

[–] amer9001 9 years ago

I totally agree with you, what frightened me more is the fact that Jake Gyllenhaal was not nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor!! Its a crime in the history of movie making. His performance in this movie is one of the best performances I have ever seen! How could they not see that? Maybe some of them fools you are talking about snuck into the Academy?

Who said that the main character should be likable? The fact that people hated him so much is a strong proof of how brilliant his performance was, he was so good that people actually have forgotten that this is a movie! This is how good he was.

I know it been more than a year but I still can't get over the fact that Jake was not nominated on the 87th Oscars last year.

[–] aer71367-313-155069 9 years ago

You know amer9001, I wondered that as well. His performance was so strikingly different and amazing in character, it's kind of dumbfounding that he wasn't nominated. But this is The Oscars we're talking about. Those Depend wearing old farts wouldn't know a good movie if it gave them a lap dance!

[–] Phidippides 9 years ago

I agree that his performance was very good. I also thought that his "employee" Rick did a very good job playing a drifter. I wonder if Gyllenhaal may not have been nominated for an Academy Award because the movie was not sufficiently "high profile"; there weren't any other A-list actors in the movie (Rene Russo and Bill Paxson were the only other recognizables). While it might not be a requirement that supporting actors be A-list in order to give the lead actor an Academy Award nomination, I bet it helps.

~After enjoying that movie, I figured I would drop by IMDB to read about its problems.

[–] Howlin Wolf 9 years ago

Ratings don't matter; the only thing that's important is what YOU think. Ignorance can be written off.

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[–] MHRathalos 9 years ago

Agreed, I love MCs that are crafty, psychotic and semi-bad. A lot of side characters would usually fill the role but this movie just imprints this traits to the main and I loved it. It saddens me that many people would down vote a movie just because they can not see the beauty of these unusual characteristics stapled to the "hero" of said movie.

[–] drfunk-18075 9 years ago

I didn't mind the main character being sociopathic but I felt that overall nightly routines of the night crawlers seemed a bit over the top.

[–] Pep_88 9 years ago

Dumber, but scarier. The thought that people see this and think the main character is supposed to be a good guy. There are threads on here where people are justifying Lou Bloom's actions. Or trying to understand how the main character is the good guy and not a terrible person.

It's just as bad as people watching a satire and getting on board with the point the entire movie is going against.

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[–] drgnndblls88 8 years ago

exactly. but this isn't the first film that people misunderstand in this way and won't be the last. it's more frustrating with something like Nightcrawler though, it's so straightforward and completely unambiguous, literally shoving it in your face and STILL people don't get it.

[–] thefilmdevotee 8 years ago

I rated Nightcrawler 6 because I wasn't particularly overwhelmed by it. I thought it was pretty mediocre, and I'm even the kind who loves dark films (Examples being Taxi Driver and Videodrome)

[–] TheManInOil 8 years ago

A lot of people only like movies that make them feel comfortable. This one challenges them. It even accuses them, as it suggests that Lou is a creature only made possible by the viewing audience's voracious appetite for blood.

In the documentary series 'Making a Murderer', some news media rep actually comments "Murder is really hot right now."

The suggestion that this kind of human scum are empowered by the viewing audience is not something that audience wants to be told.

[–] sjaskew42 8 years ago

exactly,
the same people that feel uncomfortable with this film won't admit to masturbating either.

i'm tired of dancing here all by myself