FTA-TV First Dates - Part 5 - Back to the Repeats

[Shell]

Nah. Just a weirdo.

 

[Shell]

But its like sucked in Ruth. Serves you ****ing right for marrying someone so soon

 

[Shell]

Yeah S5 is great.

But like I said, i honestly dont have any favourites, I liked S4 just as much as any other.

 

[kozi]

You know who I thought it was kozi the guy from the video game place who proclaimed he "loved her" and was nice to her.

Thought that would have been an epic reveal.

I thought it was mr turtle neck straight away just because he was tall. Then I was like nah surely not. So I was still reasonaly surprised

One other thing if you could- I missed a part of the scene when they were explaining what the dad had done.

Can you pls fill in these gaps for me? Obviously he killed some ppl, but what context??? Or just a crazy person living a double life?

They didn’t say exactly. Just some mass murderer

 

[Shell]

Iwish they had extended the movie more and delved into that a little more- got no details re. motive.

But then again maybe thats the point- there was no motive rly or it was unknown to the characters

 

[Shell]

I reckon he was clearly living a double life ie. Family man/serial killer.

Happens all the time IRL

 

[kozi]

How was old mate right after the initial rape getting on like nothing happened. That was weird

Also going down to his basement to see his heater like wtf did she think was going to happen. Then it turns out part of her was turned on by the whole thing. That was the most f’d up part for me

 

[Shell]

Yeah thats what I meant by glamorizing it

 

[Shell]

If i was IC of that movie id do the exact same all the way, cept instead of it becoming a turn on, its just straight up revenge/vigilante stuff.

 

[Shell]

Amd she gets to kill him. Not some ****ing man running to her aide.

 

[Shell]

How was old mate right after the initial rape getting on like nothing happened. That was weird

That was believable from my POV. She was a strong, older intelligent woman. And she didnt want to go cops because of her father/notoriety

 

[kozi]

Yeah thats what I meant by glamorizing it

Well they set up to make a f’d up movie and boy did they nail that. Glamorizing it was all part of the mystique. I get from a woman’s POV it would have been satisfying to see her go all Kill Bill but I can see why they deliberately didn’t take it down that road. Going the way they did added a whole new level of f’d up depth

 

[kozi]

That was believable from my POV. She was a strong, older intelligent woman. And she didnt want to go cops because of her father/notoriety

Yeah totally. Just the cut scene and how incredibly normal she was sitting with her cat is what did it for me

 

[Shell]

Also it was completed utter bullshit the way they portrayed her injuries as a result of the violence.

Hes belting the living shit outta her amd there's barely a ****ing scratch on her.

Again, irresponsible and inaccurate

 

[Shell]

Yeah totally. Just the cut scene and how incredibly normal she was sitting with her cat is what did it for me

That ****ing cat.

Utterly useless.

 

[Shell]

Technically what caused the rape in the first place as well.

Altho im sure he would have found his way in anyway

 

[kozi]

Also it was completed utter bullshit the way they portrayed her injuries as a result of the violence.

Hes belting the living sh*t outta her amd there's barely a ******* scratch on her.

Again, irresponsible and inaccurate

Everything was backwards, they wanted us to sympathise with her as little as possible

 

[Shell]

Everything was backwards, they wanted us to sympathise with her as little as possible

Yeah I did not get that.

I sympathised with her a hellava lot.

 

[Shell]

phantom13 you gotta see this French film, "Elle", tell us your thoughts.

(and dont forget American Animals either, pls)

 

[kozi]

The main take away I get is they were deliberately deceiving in the narrative they hinted at in the preview. They set female viewers up for some big rogue revenge plot and it was anything but. Just looking now at all the awards its won, no way that sort of hype would have been generated had they played it with a straight bat. They knew what they were doing and executed it to a tee knowing full well there would be some level of backlash. That was always going to be part of making the film bigger than it otherwise would have been

 

[Shell]

It was apparently going to be an English/American film. But didnt get off the ground over there, couldnt find the right leading actress.

 

[Shell]

Absolute ****ing prudes they are over in the States.

*not that I dont blame any actress for turning that role down, no way.

 

[Shell]

Having said all that- Nicole Kidman reckons she wasnt contacted for the role and said she would have accepted it had she been.

I honestly think she would have been excellent in that role.

 

[kozi]

Cate Blanchett would have nailed it too

 

[Shell]

For sure.