HARD CANDY

Patchtastica - Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 12:48 Tags: The Hollywood Woodchipper

mike, read your review, and yes, i would agree that i didn't feel as much (or any) empathy with jeff. in fact, i really enjoyed what hayley did to him in that scene, and as you may have noticed, i was even laughing. he really deserved it. even before his confession at the end, i felt he deserved it. there really was no doubt in my mind as to the depth of his punishment; sorry, but being a pedophile of any level, especially if one goes beyond just thoughts, means that the person deserves whatever punishment they get. perhaps that is a hard way to view pedophiles, but i don't really care what anyone has to say about this particular opinion of mine.

in any case, i also really enjoyed the movie, for what it was. unfortunately, i don't think it'll do anything like stop pedophiles from being perverted scum, or inspire 14-year olds to exact revenge upon those wanking vultures (which probably wouldn't be a good thing anyway since i can just see it all going bad and hearing about an increasing number of missing teens)...but it was still a good way to spend an hour and a half of my life on a saturday evening.

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Agreed. One hundred percent.

Mike - Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 17:09

Agreed. One hundred percent.

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I don't think the torture

BenT - Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 10:23

I don't think the torture concocted by Hayley was to extreme for what Jeff "could have done" at that point in the film. It just, personally, made me squirm. David Slade really worked that scene well if it got that type of reaction from me.
One of the things I really liked about this film was the use of long lenses and smooth camera work. Also, the silhouette shot at the finale is gorgeous.
Lastly, I think they should show this film to pedophiles from the beginning until Hayley runs the garbage disposal. Atleast to put some fear into those repulsive internet predators.

And I just have to put these quotes in here even if its in bad taste:

Dude: Fuckin' Quintana... that creep can roll, man.
Walter Sobchak: Yeah, but he's a pervert, Dude.
The Dude: Yeah.
Walter Sobchak: No, he's a sex offender. With a record. He served 6 months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight year old.
The Dude: Oh!
Walter Sobchak: When he moved to Hollywood he had to go door to door to tell everyone he was a pederast.
Donny: What's a... pederast, Walter?
Walter Sobchak: Shut the fuck up, Donny.
~~~~~~
Jesus Quintana: You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.
The Dude: Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Jesus Quintana: Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."
The Dude: Jesus.
Jesus Quintana: You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.
Walter Sobchak: Eight-year-olds, Dude.