I read a review of ASM today and realised that sometimes there is no point into going into a debate on some topics, on the internet nowadays. It was no bolt out of the blue revelation. Sometimes, I articulate an opinion knowing full well it will be shot down in flames by somebody, that's the nature of the beast. But when reviewers clearly want to be noticed because they think that a "hardcore" movie is cool then I despair.
The reviewer spent more time justifying reasons for watching the movie in the first place than actually reviewing the movie. An example of the sort of pride this reviewer had in seeing the movie was that people he knew had cried just by hearing about the content, without watching it. Bizarre and not a only little bit creepy.
I'm no prude when it comes to extreme cinema or porn but I get bored when a director feels the need to film a movie just to push the envelope. As someone originally posted, this Director has skill and ASM just looks like a cry of "Hey, look at me" to Hollywood. ANY film that has the sort of scene in it, with babies is pandering to the potential serial killers amoungst us I reckon and I don't feel that it would restricting creativity to avoid letting this sort of footage in people's homes.
I never wanted to become the sort of person who says that a line whould be drawn in cinema but I make no apologies for saying that the line involves one scene in ASM.
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