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Igottago · 10-15-2019, 02:13 PM

I think there was way more going on there than some central takeaway about mental illness and social programs, although that was a piece of it.

Does the fact that the film was pretty much entirely bleak and didn't have a feel good resolution make it a bad movie? Not to me. But I can understand why its off putting to people. I think the purpose of the movie was to take you on an uneasy, stressful journey into the making of a madman. There was no batman to come in and resolve that tension. But I actually liked that the movie went there.

10-15-2019, 02:13 PM	#67
Igottago Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Vancouver Exp:	I think there was way more going on there than some central takeaway about mental illness and social programs, although that was a piece of it. Does the fact that the film was pretty much entirely bleak and didn't have a feel good resolution make it a bad movie? Not to me. But I can understand why its off putting to people. I think the purpose of the movie was to take you on an uneasy, stressful journey into the making of a madman. There was no batman to come in and resolve that tension. But I actually liked that the movie went there. __________________ A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains: "I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified" -- Frank Musil - Early January 1994