Amazing and very frightening. Great as an anit-drug film, yeesh. It was dark, dismal, depressing, but truthful. I absolutely LOVED Ellen Burstyn in this movie. I was really entranced by her performance, and found myself wanting to see more of her situation.
A group of young drug adicts that star to sell drugs, but a lot of problems appear, at the same time the mom of one of them becomes adict to a pills that make her lose weight, its full of emocion, a really good movie
a non-stop ride into the hell that is hard-core drugs. great cinematography. clutches my stomach and heart and twists. i was hooked on prescription uppers for about 4 months years ago, so this movie hit me especially hard. this movie slapped me upside the head and made me realize how badly my life and my health were falling apart.
Its hard giving this film a good rating when the whole thing is about spiraling down out of control because of drugs, but you kind of see it coming. It does have many good elements to a film, and camera movements assisting to the feel.
Stylish and graphic movie with a beautiful soundtrack about four people's dreams gone terribly wrong. It lacks a decent story or plot and the only message it delivers is "don't do drugs" which is disappointingly one-sided, but be prepared to be repeatedly punched in the face while watching this, so it is still worth a watch.
At lot of the action and scenes felt were pointless. I keep asking myself why are they showing me this and the conclusion I came to was shock value. I felt indifferent after watching this movie.
I'm somebody now, Harry. Everybody likes me. Soon, millions of people will see me and they'll all like me. I'll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It's a reason to get up in the morning. It's a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. It's a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have I got Harry, hm? Why should I even make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them, but why should I? I'm alone. Your father's gone, you're gone. I got no one to care for. What have I got, Harry? I'm lonely. I'm old.
Harry Goldfarb: You got friends, Ma.
Sara Goldfarb:Ah, it's not the same. They don't need me. I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile"
One Of The Most Disturbing Films.
One Of The Most Powerful Films.
It's really dark and heavy.After I saw this I felt extremely exhausted.What I realize now is that one reason the movie was so tragic is because each person's dreams are mostly realistic, and could have been realized. Yet as each one of them progressively spirals downward and becomes more and more entangled by the web of their addictions and the damage it causes them, it becomes clear that these fleeting dreams that each of them have will never come to fruition, and yet, through it all, we are still hoping that in some way they will.
As each character is slowly destroyed by the choices they have made, they are degraded lower and lower until they are mere faint outlines of what they had once been, not even recognizable to those who loved them, or to the audience. They never stop desiring their dreams, but as the lives they knew come to a catastrophic halt, their dreams become mere wishes.One of the most influential but somehow underrated movies from the new millennium.The climax of this movie is one that people will never forget, not only because it completely blows one's mind away, but because it is in fact impossible to do so.The use of color, vibrant during the character's high points during these months, and sallow during the more prevalent low times was subtle yet stylishly done. The frenetic cinematography is something that has been used often in the last couple of years and is becoming more and more mainstream, but I believe at this time it wasn't as overused as it is today. Even if it is not original, it's effect is very heavy on the viewer.The score is one of the best part of this movie.Brilliantly done.The acting is flawless and the plot is hard-nosed and to the point. It doesn't mess around with any aspect of its sincerity. This movie is utterly chilling.Ellen Burstyn was the star.She really shocked me.What an amazing performance.She was stunning.Marion Wayans.First of all,I have to say I hate Wayans brothers,but in this case he was convincing.Maybe it's his best performance of his entire career.Jennifer Connelly was in her best.Jared Leto, was ok,I guess.Requiem for a Dream is something beyond a masterpiece, it is an important, relatable film to everyday issues and problems; how people stuck in the cycle of poverty try to sell drugs to lift themselves outside the poverty circle, but in the way get caught into addiction.
A year after the death of Kubrick, Aronofsky literally re-defines film as an art medium, yet 'Requiem' also consistently entertains, gradually pushing you to the edge of your seat as the imagery has a massive attack on your very senses.
Masterfully directed,one of the best scores ever made,beautifully shot,extraordinary cinematography with actors who gave their best.
The following will reveal the story.
Requiem for a Dream exposes four paralleled individuals and their menacing addiction to heroin, cocaine, and diet pills (speed). Taking place in Brooklyn amidst the waning Coney Island, the drugs are very easily obtained and keep each main character in its cycle of dependence. The protagonist Harry Goldfarb is your typical heroin junky with an ambitious plan of "Getting off hard knocks," with help from his cocaine crazed girlfriend Marion and his long time friend Tyrone. Meanwhile his widowed mother is obsessed with the glamor of television and eventually finds her way to a dietitian who pushes her into the cycle of drug induced enslavement.
una de las mejores peliculas que se han hecho, Aronofsky crea un complicado drama, con actuaciones desgarradoras, una actuacion impecable por parte de Ellen Burstyn...con sus tomas inusuales, su excelente edición y sus dialogos sombrios y realistas, hacen de esta, una joya del cine americano.
If you can watch this and still want to try some drugs then you need a psychiatrist. This is a dark, slightly psychedelic portrayal of how drugs affect people of all backgrounds.
In the first third or so of Requiem for a Dream I saw beautifully shot and edited sequences and the word "Masterpiece" came to my mind, but then the plot vanished and I just wanted to know where the story was headed, and the word "Average" then came to my mind. Then the conclusion of the movie came and I couldn't helped it, but it took some of my breaths away! I think there were some unneeded "delirium" scenes where I went: OK I get it, they're fucked up! but where does this leads to!? and nothing happened till the last third of the movie: where the mixture of images and music just blew me away.
Bottom line: "Drugs are BAD" they can sour your existence, they CAN take the best of you. And Darren Aronofsky dares to give us four different examples, four different takes, four different requiems for four different dreams.
I think this movie was very well made and well acted but that was part of why I will never watch it again. It was terribly overwhelming and I am just not a huge fan of drug culture movies. Very, very depressing.
Aronofsky's most powerful and disturbing film. His purpose was to punish cinematic masses, and with a purpose, and succeded well. I dare you to live (not watch) this modern masterpiece. Ellen's Oscar was robbed!!
las actuaciones son impresionantes (a pesar de que Jared Leto tiene siempre tiene el mismo gesto facial..), el tema lo encontré bueno. Este es el lado malo de la droga..
Very good film that tells people the different ways how drugs can mess up your life and the different ways they can be hazardous. If you happen to know an addict, let him watch this film and he may just realise what he's doing.
When this film reached its last scene, I was in tears. This movie is a masterpiece, a great yet very depressing movie. Everything about it is flawless, the acting is superb, the story is very good and the directing is stunning. This is one of the best movies Ive seen so far this year, and is definetely gonna be on my Top10 list of best movies at the end of the year.
I cant believe i was not interested in this movie before, i would have missed out on a wonderful movie.
Overral, a powerful film, sad and great.
Fucking crazy is probably the best way to describe this movie, although very unique in its shots and editing, it provides a very grim and most likely accurate description of the drug world, so if you're ready to watch a fucked up movie with a hella downer ending this is the movie for you
I dug this movie, but there were some problems with the acting. Also, the direction is really fucking pretentious. and it's like trainspotting, but for stupid people.
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