Posted by Isis at 132.236.35.61 on February 12, 2002 at 15:26:12:
In Reply to: Re: Very little to do with the above -- "Ghost Wor posted by sean on February 12, 2002 at 14:34:21:
Maybe I just was never that way myself. But from where I was watching, the girls were hateful from the get-go. They were struck by the most callous, casual impulses and followed them without a second thought. They (Thora, anyway) were negative about everything and everyone around them, yet had no dreams, values or goals of their own. I knew plenty of girls who had that nasty attitude, but they were the popular girls, not the punk-rock misfits. These are people devoid of compassion.
I was disturbed that she didn't get MORE of a comeuppance, actually. The things she did were just horrible and unnecessarily cruel. If anything, she's punished by the realization that she is more mock-worthy than the people whom she looks down upon. Still, it wasn't enough; I was waiting for somebody to do something really terrible to her, and it didn't happen.
Who was David Cross? I'm ignorant, appease me.
: Isis, I forget how old you are, but I can't believe you went to high school so long ago that you didn't know that girl. I did. I knew her at the beginning of college too. I think my sole problem with the POV and voice that you're talking about was that it took the movie a really long time to decide if it (and, by extension, we the audience) sympathized with them or found them mock-worthy (or even flat-out insult-worthy). I do think that by the end, though, we're supposed to think that the punishment way exceeds what her behavior has warranted, since most of the worst things she did work out okay while the things she did that weren't so bad wind up (ironically, I suppose) fucking her over.
: : P.S. The only good part was the shirtless numchuck-wielding redneck. He RULED.
: Come on, now. David Cross was brilliant as well, whichever way you slice the rest of the flick. Don't be crazy, crazy.