Disgusting. Paul Verhoeven hasn't changed after all these years. Mind you, Basic Instinct was great, with the woman in control. You could say Michèle is in control here too - if you were a very sick person.
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Have you seen the movie?
shareI won't make the post unless I had seen the movie.
You may not like the movie, but don't insult those who think it's a good movie.
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Stopped reading after you said Basic Instinct was great. It was easily one of the corniest movies of all time. If might have been good if they played more into the comedy angle of it but they played it too serious unlike in Robocop.
Robo had the right amount of comedy and seriousness.
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I lost interest when I found out she was the head of a video game company.
shareIs it really comedy?
shareYes. A very black one though the rape aspects of the film is never treating light heartedly.
sharethanks, i was surprised when i heard it is comedy bc of theme (rape) i tought it is heavy drama film
shareIt has it's dramatic elements as well. It goes back and forth between the comedy and drama without sometimes the drama turning acidly funny.
The actually rapes in the film are never treated in a light-hearted manner though there are a few comments made by other characters in the film that are in a comical vein. Also, Huppert's excuse for the marks on her face are very funny.
I never laughed once watching this film. It's not a comedy to me.
sharePeople use black comedy with lot of liberty how to define so. I won't consider this as black comedy but psychological drama which seems to take itself too lightly but only if you're missing the point.
shareIt's more drama than black comedy. There are moments of black comedy for sure, but it's a drama, a character study.
shareI just watched this movie, and for real, there's no trace of comedy here, not even black comedy. Did we watch the same movie?
shareAre you serious?
shareI agree. The only kind of funny parts were those when she was confronting her mother.
sharewas thinking the same thing. maybe the OP saw a different version. or they don't understand the meaning of a black comedy,
you are correct. there is no trace of comedy in this movie, black or any other kind.
I think it's because you have to understand french to see the black comedy in the script. I don't know how the translation or the subtitles were for english, but I doubt the comedic aspect translated that well. I watched the original french version (I am french) and the black comedy was definitely there, mostly in the actress' reactions, her acting, her lines, it was very subtle but occasionally pretty funny despite the heavy theme. It's all about how she treated the situation and people around her with such casualness despite the seriousness of it all. The interactions with her mom were very funny also. Some of it was very 'french humor' also so maybe not everyone can catch the small funny details in the movie dialogue.
shareI don't understand French and I agree that it's a very black comedy.
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I guess we don't have the same sense of humor. I've laughed the whole movie
shareNo comedy?
Did you see the Christmas dinner scene? The one where her mother announces shes gonna marry the toyboy?
That scene is funny from beginning to end. Not Dumb and Dumber funny but more like Coen brothers funny.
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Basic Instinct was indeed much better - especially visually. ELLE looks like a TV movie.
shareI really don't see how it can be perceived as a comedy, if not in an unintentional way- as it can sometimes look like a parody of a badly written movie with illogical character development. But nothing from the performances to the soundtrack choices ever seemed to hint at a light approach.
shareUnintentional? At least half of the movie has INTENDED funny bits, specially involving two characters: her son + her mother. What about the cat watching her being raped? It's pretty obvious is a tragicomical narrative (a women asks a doctor if her mother is pretending to be in a coma in this movie), her mother is with a much younger man, her son is dumb as f-, her father is a serial killer and she has an affair with the husband of her very best friend, it's crazy.
shareher mother is with a much younger man, her son is dumb as f-, her father is a serial killer and she has an affair with the husband of her very best friend, it's crazy.
What about the cat watching her being raped?
It's pretty obvious is a tragicomical narrative (a women asks a doctor if her mother is pretending to be in a coma in this movie)
unless we are talking about about such an excessive overload of seemingly shocklingly situations only achieve utter ridiculousness.Exactly, it is ridiculous.
Verhoeven himself said that he intended the rape scenes to be taken seriously. But he apparently thinks there was comedy to be found elsewhere, so the film may feel like an unintentional comedy, but wasn't entirely intended as such, after all.
One joke or two don't make a film a comedy.It depends, I guess you don't get what it is a BLACK COMEDY. Black comedy films often deals with very (very!) serious subjects but take comical turns, that's what make a film a black comedy, the dealing with serious stuff. share
Exactly, it is ridiculous.
It depends, I guess you don't get what it is a BLACK COMEDY. Black comedy films often deals with very (very!) serious subjects but take comical turns, that's what make a film a black comedy, the dealing with serious stuff.
This movie has an ongoing comedic tone for me, I could give you some examples of it, but most of it was funny, it wasn't just comic relief. I guess you're making a moral judgment, since the movie deals with serious things that made you uncomfortable, you refuse to see its comical impress.
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Why necessarily attach a label (comedy, drama, dramedy, etc.)? It's a movie. A piece of fiction.
Some like it, some don't. It's a matter of personal taste, and nobody deserves to be judged for this.