rubberdingyrapids
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i really liked kill list until the ending. when that happened, i got really annoyed and wondered why it had turned into an episode of inspector morse.
i think he looked sufficiently unhappy/tortured most of the time for us to feel for him, even when out having celebratory work drinks, but yeah, hes not really a 'normal' guy, hes someone whos 'got it all'. i dont even know if hes a social loser (and maybe he is written that way cos we dont really see many non succesful people in mainstream hollywood films anymore) - he does well enough with the girl from the office and the girls in the bar that his boss tries to talk to. and even the scene where you could flinch from potentially bad porno sex talk (in the bar at the end), even that is a success as the girl still wants him! so hes actually pretty good socially, just not at relationships. but again, we never really saw how - theyd prob have to chart a full relationship for us to see that i suppose.
without wanting to be a sex addiction sceptic (i do believe it exists, but not sure the film really did enough to make us think about it properly - i think it just provided a good talking point/device to do another film about male loneliness), but the pain he had about needing to fuck something/someone all the time wasnt quite enough to really make you think maybe he hasnt got it all. even if he did have sex with sad facial expressions and fuck like an industrial drill against a window (i almost laughed a bit at this bit) to show just how unfeeling and mechanical the sex really was. maybe mcqueen has less of a clue about whats really going on w/r/t peoples attitudes to sex than hed like to. or - as i think - it the reality was too messy for his aesthetic. but hey, its good to see a filmmaker at least talk about it.
The fact that Brandon just had to be a loner - McQueen essentially saying to the audience "he may be better looking than you, but inside he's miserable and can't make friends", distancing the audience from the character by making him a social loser, in a certain way, rather than making the audience wonder whether he is in fact, them. .
i think he looked sufficiently unhappy/tortured most of the time for us to feel for him, even when out having celebratory work drinks, but yeah, hes not really a 'normal' guy, hes someone whos 'got it all'. i dont even know if hes a social loser (and maybe he is written that way cos we dont really see many non succesful people in mainstream hollywood films anymore) - he does well enough with the girl from the office and the girls in the bar that his boss tries to talk to. and even the scene where you could flinch from potentially bad porno sex talk (in the bar at the end), even that is a success as the girl still wants him! so hes actually pretty good socially, just not at relationships. but again, we never really saw how - theyd prob have to chart a full relationship for us to see that i suppose.
without wanting to be a sex addiction sceptic (i do believe it exists, but not sure the film really did enough to make us think about it properly - i think it just provided a good talking point/device to do another film about male loneliness), but the pain he had about needing to fuck something/someone all the time wasnt quite enough to really make you think maybe he hasnt got it all. even if he did have sex with sad facial expressions and fuck like an industrial drill against a window (i almost laughed a bit at this bit) to show just how unfeeling and mechanical the sex really was. maybe mcqueen has less of a clue about whats really going on w/r/t peoples attitudes to sex than hed like to. or - as i think - it the reality was too messy for his aesthetic. but hey, its good to see a filmmaker at least talk about it.
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