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An American's Viewpoint

posted 13 years ago by CeeCee_Green
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I thought that this was a beautiful picture. Visually it was stunning and of course it was very controversial. I like the fact that Europeans take risks. I can understand how heartbroken Rebecca must have been, and how guilty she must have felt, but she was young enough that she would have fallen in love again. I thought that she would tell Tommy that he was a "Copy," when he was younger, "just because she seemed pretty open minded and progressive." You can see her struggle even though she doesn't speak of it.

[–] Chrispy_G 12 years ago

Indeed, quite a unique film, and that gets points in my book.

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[–] barber2626 12 years ago

Im an American and I thought the movie to be just sick.

[–] mistress_emily 12 years ago

I'm not sure if I liked this movie. Parts of it made me uncomfortable. I know that Rebecca and Tommy 2 were not biological mother and son, but she carried him, nursed him, and raised him. She was still his parent and this made me squirm. I felt that the whole time, she was waiting for him to reach a certain age and a certain moment when she could reclaim him as the first Tommy. Meanwhile, Tommy 2 sees her as his mother his whole life until he is 20. Then all of a sudden, he finds out his whole life is a lie, he has no real family, and that he is an organism deemed "unnatural" and shunned by current society. I thought that when he left the house at the end, he would probably wind up committing suicide.

Rebecca, on the other hand, is sitting with a deeply satisfied smile on her face just before the credits roll. She is finally content because she got what she wanted all along. That is the part that sickened me. The debate over whether or not their sexual encounter was incestuous didn't really concern me as much as the emotional betrayal and damage she ended up inflicting on him. She never saw him for who he was, just what she once had and wanted again. So, I'm not sure whether or not I liked it, but it certainly stuck with me for awhile after viewing it.

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[–] first-things-first 11 years ago

The role of mother never appeared to me. A user, yes. Telling him he was a clone would have been the easy way out. This way she is exposed for the harm she did (in my opinion). She loved that child as a lover, not a mother. I won't watch it again, but I did have courage to do it once. It also did what it was suppose to, make us think, not just entertain. Good cinema does both.

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[–] phoenix39 11 years ago

I'm an American. And the only reason I watched this movie was for Matt Smith. Oh, Matt Smith, the things I do for you...

I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew what the movie contained and prepared myself well, so I didn't find the movie that disturbing. I found it more interesting. Also, I think they filmed it in a tasteful way. But for a two hour movie, I found it dragging in a lot of places.

Overall, interesting plot, but very slow buildup, good twist (if you rewatch the beginning and look at her hair difference), but the only great thing about this film was Matt Smith.

[–] Sania696 11 years ago

American here as well, and although I applaud the movie for its controversial plot, it just all seemed weird. I just felt the entire concept was disgusting. And although I do understand why Rebecca did what she did, atleast have someone else raise him then..jeez.

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[–] DragonballFan 10 years ago

I'm surprised more people here aren't mentioning the bathtub scene showing the little boy's ass as being the most controversial part of the movie.

Americans hate nudity after all. Especially a child's.

[–] mineofilms (37) 2 years ago

This nearly 2-hour movie would have made a better 65-minute Black Mirror episode than a full-length foreign art film about the perversion of technology from grief. IDK... I can see how some might like it as an "art film." Me... Not so much... I have never been a fan of foreign filmmakers trying to have political commentaries about society touching on a possible American POV.

Not saying this movie was made strictly for Americans, it clearly isn't but it feels like they tried and with that failed miserably. That is why I said Black Mirror here. If they just would have stayed with the mental health aspects, the perversion of technology and more horror/thriller-based themes the movie might have been better than it actually was.

Now it just comes off as pretentious and morally/sexually sick. But some on here were very arrogant about wanting the film banned and whatnot. That isn't the dumbest thing I read on here in relation to the film lol. But it's whatever. It's a 10-11-year-old film now and they tend to talk about perverting tech with cloning all the time in films/shows now.

If it would have been more Black Mirror style this might have had a shot at being decent.