So Cruel
after a few weeks of hellish work, i was able to sit down and watch some well-deserved DVDs. My weekend list included some notable classics like Blade Runner (thanks jays and sonee!), Anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, michael moore's Sicko, and Cruel Intentions. I put in Cruel Intentions as the last for saturday's list, and like my previous viewings, it disturbed me. and this movie has no equal in cruelty, whether implied or stated. mean, there are a thousand other films more evil or horrifying, but in terms of cruelty just for the heck of it, this movie is head and shoulders above the rest. In my humble opinion (okay, let's drop the humble part since this is my blog and i can be as blatant as i can), most "bad" movies have an ulterior motive: money, power, revenge - mostly in the name of business. This is best exemplifiedby classics such as Wall Street and the Godfather series. In others, a woman scorned or love gone wrong