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Film: The Chumscrubber

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alasdairm

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the chumscrubber. crazy name, indeed.

a friend and i watched this last night. in 5 words or less, it's perhaps donnie darko for a new generation meets something else which i can't quite put my finger on. something david lynch, for sure.

i loved everything about this. moving, intelligent script, amazing acting (ralph fiennes scene in the pool is incredible), beautiful photgraphy and direction in general, all rounded off by a wonderful score.

seek it out.

alasdair
 
omg i loved this movie too! it was so twisted and wierd it was amazing! the pool scene definitely stuck in my head. ralph fiennes is awesome in this movie. didnt make much sense to me but still the idea was absolutely amazing! would definitely recommend this film!
 
I just picked this up on your recommendation alasdairm.

I thought it was a very good movie, but flawed. Some of the acting came off as a bit forced, as if the actors were trying to beat you over the head with the fact that their characters were masking how unhappy they really were. Ralph Fiennes gave an awesome performance; that kind of subtle, nuanced acting is what I was looking for in some of the other parts. The fake cheesy grins sported by the housewives were just a little too over the top, too overt.

Some very memorable moments: all the pool scenes, the part where the Mayor steps in the spilled wine, the kid getting hit by the car, the opening montage, the scene where Allison Janney walks away from the house and they shoot her reflection in the window as it fragments. The directing was solid.

The subject matter was a little sophomoric. The superficiality of modern life, suburban dysfunction, cognitive estrangement; these themes have been hashed out and explicated in more sophisticated films that offer better insights on the subjects. But that's just my snobbish attitude kicking in. It was still a very good movie.

Camilla Belle, who played Crystal, is incredibly hot. Not too good at acting, but I think I'm in love with her.
 
Saw this movie awhile back and was a bit suprised as to how it was made. It was somewhat impressive as to how the plot went about. Had some good potential could have been better, but i enjoyed it none the less
 
Very disappointing hodge podge of interesting concepts which don't go anywhere.
 
It just seemed to me to hold far too many promising plot elements that either have insufficient background info and/or follow through.

******************spoilers**********************

Lackluster elements:
The suicide is never even remotely explained;
The kids with drugs and adults with motivations books/vitamins really have no purpose other than to exaggerate each other (not to mention the many other shadowing plot elements teased at but not fulfilled);
The stupid kidnap plot by a bunch of soft idiots for drugs was just plain retarded;
The slut mother only there to jump on the first cock that she could find, which just happens to round things off at the end;
The younger brother who looked like that guy from home alone had absolutely no motivation to fuck with his brothers bag;
The built up scene with the drugged wake amount to a climax of background nobodies giggling and giving each other high fives, and nothing more;
The cop who hints at figuring out that his kid is missing, eventually confirms it, yet does fuck all.
Every single character, even the well played "Mayor" (with only a half shot of him doing mayorial duties) are all one dimensional;
The video game, and title of the film, had nothing to do with anything;
The fuckin dolphins?! Oh he got hit in the head. Does this pass these days as an explanation for such bizarre behaviour? That's as cliche as you can get. Why didn't he also have amnezia while we're at it.

It could have been better if:
The kidnappers were junkies;
The little boy was actually the main character stuck in some sort of revisited past which fucked him up in the first place;
The boy is killed or escapes;
The chick was more than just a cheesy teenage grin and angst;
The main kidnapper didn't look like an infant himself;
There was more of an indication as to why people consider the main character as "crazy" besides having no friends;
The somewhat eery camera work actually meant something;
etcetera

**********end spoilers******************

The more i think about this movie the more i do not like it. It makes Donnie Darko, which has decreased significantly in appeal since first screening, look good again. At least DD had a coherent flow, and knowable characters.
 
perhaps they never explain the suicide because there's nothing to explain. life for these kids is that mundane that even something as shocking as suicide needs no more explanation than the dirge of life?who knows.
etcetera :)

one coin. two sides.

thanks for elaborating.

alasdair
 
it's cool. I don't completely write it off. I must admit, i did enjoy the excitement of all the potential, and it was somewhat humourous.
 
i should add that, as a caveat, i was extremely high when i watched it. i'm starting to get the impression that i'm not the most objective reviewer in that state.

:)

alasdair
 
a sprinkling of perspective

i absolutely love "queen of the damned" for similar reasons.
=D
 
film: "the chumscrubber" anyone??

i couldnt really decide if this question should go here, or in the films and television section. but has anyone seen the movie "the chumcrubber"? for those of you that have, do you know what valirex? is?
Dean has it precrsibed and gets it from his dude troy, and hes poppin it mad doses throughout the whole movie, ive never heard of it before. he also gets an intense flashback physcosis from it, is that a fictious exaggeration or a true symptom of prolonged valirex abuse?

its an ndependant flick, any info would help if you've peeped it, and if you havent i reccommend you run to your blockbuster and grab it or line it up on your netflix que.
 
there's a brand-name drug called valtrex which is generally prescribed for herpes patients to reduce outbreaks.
 
hmmm maybe thats not the exact name then, you only briefly see the name on the prescript bottle. ill go flip scenes and try and get a closer look.
 
i can't find references to anything but prozac with respect to the movie online. its synopsis makes me want to order it though. is it as good as it could be, considering the premise? could you compare and contrast it with requiem for a dream (a fine, fine snapshot of the drug life at all ages, mind you)?
 
i have to say it is less realistic, and less drug induced than requiem for a dream. it mostly follows pharmies and the newer teenage craze for them, which is symbolism for the irony in mediocrity, picture-perfect suburbia. i really enjoyed it, seeing as requiem is in my top 3 favorites. but its less obvious and more abstract and just plain out there at times, but if followed i think its an amazing film.
 
-> Film and Television

I saw that movie but I only remember bits and pieces of it because I must have been out of it :). It didn't hold my interest that well anyway. My friend's uncle was a line producer for the movie so he made me watch it. The drug in question is made up, so this belongs somewhere else. I'm going to move it to film and television. You can continue to discuss the movie there.
 
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