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 The filming, although made most people nauscious, was pretty well done. The violence was well done, and acting very natural. I can't say I would add this to my collection, because I don't think I would want to watch the rape scene again. Mr Noe, did a great job by making a disgusting film and I know that he intended it to be like that. So congrats. The rape scene had to be that long, since they were trying to be natural. I liked, the sweethereafter of the film, towards the end, when the main characters are interacting and they don't know what's coming. But we do. That's the saddest.
I feel that the ULTRA violence is crucial to the way the film works, because, since the movie runs in reverse sequence,a la Memento, you start out with the bloody violent end, and "end" with the clean,pure,and happy beginning. That is one of the top reasons I praise this film; its ability to take you from a place so dark and sinister you couldn't even imagine, into a peacful world without blinking once, and losing its intensity.Also,I want to add that I can understand how some would be turned off by the heavy content of the rape scene, but don't go calling it gratituous,or revolting. Rape is a SERIOUS,SERIOUS crime, and I'm sick of it being glossed over in the movies.If you find it revolting,then don't pick a movie that deals with the subject.Seriously, people, it's time that rape was handled honestly in a film.Safe to say, this film achieves that to the max. Director Gaspar Noe masterfully creates a dark,creepy,sinister atmosphere through the use of lighting,soundtrack and nauseating camera shifts.The actors also seem very natural in their roles-it really doesn't feel like they're acting at all, which is the case with many European films of quality.Monica Bellucci is lovely and full of inexplicable,irresistible charm.Towards the end of the film, where you get to know these people prior to the horrific events that took place, you see a vivid portrait of a young couple.Vincent Cassel, who is Bellucci's real life husband, worked well alongside Monica as her boyfriend in the film.The film created a compelling,tender portrait of their relationship, making it all the more heart wrenching to think of the way things turned out.The film's reverse order workes perfectly, and I believe the film would not have achieved it's effect without this technique. All in all, I'll say that the latter,toned down parts towards the film's end do not pale at all in comparison to the film's brutal beginning.They're just different, putting it mildly.Another interesting prospect the film brings up through a series of hints, and silent gestures, is that perhaps all this horror was just imagined inside the female protagonist's head.Pretty to think so, ain't it? Irreversible is not for the squeamish, but if you're up for an interesting,altogether different film, see it once.I'm not going to call it a work of art, or claim it as life-changing.What it is, however, is a worthy, albeit challenging film that will leave you truly immersed in thought.
What put me most off in this film, was not its violence, but the self serving aim of its financial beneficiaries, namely Noe and Bellucci. That's the bottom line of the whole film, because there is neither an underlying story nor a glimpse of a message/meaning (!!and for sure nothing philosophical!!) to the whole film. Hence the extremly long focus on violence and nudity is used purely gratuitous. Moreover, waving the camera around in an attempt at avant garde technique, doesn't make up for a missing plot.
Irreversible prods you into thinking, but more strongly into feeling. You should look away during the horrendous and very bloody scenes but you can't (at least I couldn't, and I'm squeemish). I'm glad I saw this film and I'm glad it was made. I should warn you, however, that the film may stay with you for a while after you watch it, it did with me. I was upset in a low-level way for a few hours after viewing it. So be warned. This is one of the few films I will never see again; there's no need. The bottom line: I would see 20 films that were as bloody and violent and visually assaultive as this one than huge Hollywood hits like Bringing Down the House. Gaspar Noe had a real personal reason to make this film, and it comes through every brutal frame. |
there's lots of laughs and this is a good film for the whole family.it makes people fall in love all over again and re marry each other in the aisles and it brings you joy to know that people are putting great family films out like this everyday now cause in the past they didn't do nothin but support filth and violent dirt trash.this film is finally something you can watch with the wife and not be afraid to pass gas afterwards because she loves you and the film loves children and wants us all to be the best in our lives until we die from everything we eat.but gaspar noe blew my children away with this little gem.he made them want to live again and since i saw it i've become a filmmaker who makes family movies.
Exploiting a rape scene for fame is more than disgusting.
