The Reel Rejects - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) IS HARROWINGLY INTENSE! MOVIE REVIEW!!!

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Starting point is 00:00:28 next time we're going to have to tell them so this will just be the one time where we're like we're all right yeah and then next time we'll give you the full juice um guess yeah guess three to one i clicked it wow i just wow wow wow wow wow we just got done watching requiem for a dream oh man if you're listening to us an apple or spot a five-star rating. If you're on the YouTube's, do all the YouTube stuff. Like, comment, subscribe. Ring the bell. Ring the bell. Who composed that, bro? Um, yeah, go to rejectnation shop.com. We're going to go to our patron questions. I'm just looking for them. That movie was gnarly. Wow, wow, wow. Clint Mansell. Okay, what else do you do? Yeah, look it up. Clint. Clint did it

Starting point is 00:01:29 the music? It was composed by Clint Mansell. Okay. I don't know what he's done. I'll look. Okay. All right. I'm going to read the first question. You keep looking. Andrew Nickerson says, every time I see the she-jacks

Starting point is 00:01:45 on a reaction now, I think of Bobby from K-pop Demon Hunter saying, I love my girls. I love that. With that out of the way, this movie is a trip. Where does this rank among the Daron Aronovsky films you've seen. Did you like it?

Starting point is 00:02:02 I mean, this is a, this is a toughie. It's a great film, but I would not, this is not a film that I would be like, I'm really excited to rewatch it. No. I know that it's a cinematic, great story about like addiction. Like, there's probably, if I watch it again,

Starting point is 00:02:23 there'd be so many other, like, metaphors and things that would pop up. Like it's a, it's a beautifully shot film and all of the actors were phenomenal. But I would never watch this again because it's torture. I think this movie is like a masterpiece. Yeah. It doesn't rank particularly highly in terms of, I think that Black Swan is my favorite.

Starting point is 00:02:52 Yeah. And then I loved caught stealing. I loved that movie. Never seen it. It hasn't come out yet. Oh, okay, right. Yeah, you said that. Yeah, it hasn't come out yet.

Starting point is 00:03:02 But I also haven't seen a lot of Darren's work after that. Yeah. I love Black Swan. I saw Mother in the theaters and I was like, meh, about it. But, yeah, this one is. You like Pye? I don't think I saw that. I never saw that.

Starting point is 00:03:21 What are the other ones? Maybe pull it up on there so we can both look. Oh, yeah, yeah. Just so that you can see it with me because my phone is at 3%. Oh, here, I'll just do it on my phone. It's easier. Oh, but how we're... Sorry, I can type right here. What?

Starting point is 00:03:36 There, I got it. Here you go. Oh, the whale. He did the whale. No, I don't think so. Did he? Oh, the fountain mother, yeah. Did he direct the whale? Limitless.

Starting point is 00:04:02 I haven't watched that yet, but I know that that's a good. Oh, wow, he did direct the whale. I said, no, I don't think so. Why did I think that that? Wow, the whale was intense. I didn't see it. Well, I will tell you, I got. Maybe that's what I thought.

Starting point is 00:04:16 No. The wrestler is brilliant. Yeah, the wrestler is amazing. I haven't seen pie. I didn't see the whale. Me neither. I would put the wrestler and. and black swan at the top for me.

Starting point is 00:04:30 And then, like, I haven't seen a lot of the other ones. Then I probably put this movie. And then maybe, like, mother out of the ones that I think I've seen. We have some Darren viewing to do, I guess. Yeah, we do. I hear the whale is so fucking sad, too. It's, yeah. I think I watched the first 15 minutes and I had to turn it off.

Starting point is 00:04:51 I didn't realize that was Darren. That's a... I think the whale, because we saw it on there. and even though Google saw it and then you said that I don't think I don't know no I don't No I gotta be right about this for sure Because for some reason I thought he produced it

Starting point is 00:05:05 But I didn't think whatever I was wrong He directed it and I will tell you I did have to shut it off I was pretty gross out When you're watching it didn't seem like Darren Like was it highly stylized I only know I only made it through 15 minutes

Starting point is 00:05:19 and I was really grossed out by it So So, yeah, maybe I'll make it through in, if we have to view it here. We'll see. All right. Eric said, I hope you both enjoy the movie. It's very intense, but very well done. Agreed with that. This movie has influenced many people's lives when it originally came out. Do you think it still has the same impact today or is it not as effective as you think? Many have said this movie is a one and done. Would you ever rewatch this movie in the future or was once enough? That's what I said. I can't imagine anybody watching this again. I would never re-watch it. I absolutely agree. It's a one and done.

Starting point is 00:05:58 But it is, it's intense and beautifully done. I agree. Like, it's crazy to have, like, I'm like, never again. But I'm like, I get how great this film is. I could see this being extremely impactful on people's lives because we are focusing on four drug addicts in this. And all of their lives turn out poorly. Yep.

Starting point is 00:06:20 because I don't know anybody who can consistently stay being an addict and not have their life turn in a way that they weren't hoping for. Right. And so I like that this shows addicts come in all different shapes and sizes. They start for all different reasons. They all have different forms of addiction. And yet, oftentimes end up in the same place. yeah and we watched that with the mom the son the best friend and the girlfriend um

Starting point is 00:06:56 you know it's sad i mean i i guess like if you're asking it was probably very effective when it came out which was a while ago um and that was probably at the height of maybe a little bit of like more of a drug scene in the 2000s i guess said 2000 yeah uh or 2000s yeah sorry um And nowadays, I mean, like, you can't even really get, like, coding anymore type of the thing. So I think we've obviously learned a lot in the last 25 years how to lock down certain drugs. But not all of them, but, like, you know, with the big epidemic when it came to drugs, like, in the last, like, 10 years pretty bad. So they, I know that, like, CVS has, like, gotten a little bit stricter about stuff. and they stop selling certain drugs.

Starting point is 00:07:53 Like, used to be able to get cough served with coating like that. That's no longer available, which is great. We're still in the heart of an opioid epidemic right now. Exactly. And not only that, but of course, a fentanyl epidemic. I don't feel like we've improved in the drug scene at all. Yeah. You might be right about that because fentanyl, I wasn't really thinking about that,

Starting point is 00:08:11 but I was thinking about opioids where I'm like, it's still a thing, but hasn't it gotten better? No. and doctor prescriptions Yeah those are bad Like I thought that that was brilliant That they added Ellen's character into this Because the doctor prescription part

Starting point is 00:08:27 It's like she said Because people trust their doctor This happens all the time With prescription medication specifically with opioids If you guys watched dope sick That's a really good example of that But obviously also if you know anybody Massachusetts is the opioid capital of the country

Starting point is 00:08:42 So it's like extremely extremely prevalent there But I just think that people think you can only be one kind of drug addict and you can trust your doctor and doctors were the reasons for were partially the reason for the opioid epidemic and we're watching here this speed epidemic of diet culture and diet pills which are still as prevalent today with caffeine pills diet pills i mean the biggest loser just put out of documentary about this with julia yeah i watched it that was phenomenal when they like when she was like they she was finally caught giving them caffeine pills and had to like come out with it and that was

Starting point is 00:09:17 not illegal. And that was also in the 2000. So, but still today, you know, and like even, we don't test things, right? Like, not to go on my diet try, but, like, think about how many people you know who are on prescription medication, specifically Adderall or who have started taking the OZMPIC, not that there's anything wrong with doing those things. Just saying, like, it's not like it's been around that long. So, no, I don't feel like doctors have eased up with it at all. Yeah. And you and I are two people who are on prescription medications and have been on prescription.

Starting point is 00:09:47 medication yeah totally i mean i think it's like i guess in in in you saying that it kind of makes you think like everybody has to somewhat be their own doctor like be very aware of your own body and how how you feel and that you don't go overboard but i i do agree with you there hasn't been enough studies done i don't think on ozempic or long-term use of certain drugs um and then if there are and there's not a perfect like 100 they tend not to publish that always. You have to do harder work to look it up. They also don't test on women the same way that they test on men.

Starting point is 00:10:23 Yeah. So, like, there's just a million things. So I could see this being extremely effective because it spoke to three people in their 20s. One was a woman. One was a black man. One was a white man. And a woman in her 60s.

Starting point is 00:10:36 Yeah. I'm with you on that, which is brilliant. Yeah. And different socioeconomic status as well, I believe. Oh, yeah. For sure. She said she came for money or whatever. Yeah, exactly.

Starting point is 00:10:48 And I kept thinking when I was looking at, like, where they were living, that I was like, how do they get the money to live? To live there, you know? It's so, like, confusing. Before you sell your body, you would think, like, if that wasn't something you wanted to do, you would tell your stuff. Yeah, like, sell your house, sell, like, your apartment is empty. Yeah, yeah. You know, but, hey, to each their own, man. All right, Rejugation, we'd be coming off summer.

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Starting point is 00:12:46 which scene or moment really stuck with you and do you think it hit you because it tugged at your heartstrings made you a little uncomfortable or maybe both and then I'll read the trivia then we'll answer that says trivia this movie features nearly 2,000 cuts about three times a number in a typical movie director Darren Aronovsky and editor Jay Rabinowicz Rabinowitz thank you

Starting point is 00:13:11 Take the good Jew to read a good june Use these rapid-fire repetitive shots Sometimes called hip-hop montage To capture the frantic, overwhelming experience of addiction Hip-hop montage Not surprised to hear about the amount of cuts I mean we made so many calls to it Yeah, we did

Starting point is 00:13:27 We did Yeah Do you have a moment? Yeah, I have two And one is because it pulled up my heartstrings And one is because it made me uncomfortable The first one that pulled in my heartstrings Is her monologue to him

Starting point is 00:13:38 You and I both completely lost our mind over That monologue was legitimately so beautiful and speaks to the power of loneliness and what we'll do when we're lonely and like how much it is so important to step up for each other as human beings that was amazing and then number two is when I turned to you

Starting point is 00:13:55 and I was just like is this over yet? Like we're going back and forth between her having anal sex her in the hospital him puking in jail and him getting his arm cut off back forth back forth back forth back forth back forth I've never experienced that kind of like I need this to be over feeling in a movie.

Starting point is 00:14:15 I'm with you. Yeah. It was torture. That's why I was like, this is almost torture for me. Like, I'm going to watch it, but this is really hard. Yeah. And that's why when I turned into it. It's like, all they have to do, and I know it's an addiction is disease.

Starting point is 00:14:30 Yeah. It's a disease, but all you have to do is not do that, and everything will change. Yep. Literally everything. And they couldn't. That's the true. I'm with her on that. I mean, I was going to change.

Starting point is 00:14:41 the same things like because and I think most people would yeah um you know the the the only other like you know heartstring things is when she shows it with the TV station and she's crying like I'm gonna be on TV I mean that's that's terribly heartbreaking just absolutely freaking awful I was I need to look up this Oscar thing because it's driving me nuts in this conversation oh yeah let's look one Oscar better be her yeah it was it was But who the hell won? Like, who won in 2001? I'll look that up afterward.

Starting point is 00:15:16 Yeah, okay, we'll do the last question from J. Rushin. Does this movie upset, maybe he meant to say, upset you, knowing effects of drugs in society? Question, Tara, do your cats use any kind of catnip often? I do give them catnip. They love it. They're like, and I know that's like,

Starting point is 00:15:32 I mean, it's not a drug, but like, you know how they get hopped up on it. No, I don't know. Yeah. Is catnip not good? I don't think it's like let's let's let's ask let's we're going to get this clear to ask because I'm like we're going to ask yeah light in the mood light in the mood lighten it up come on guys we're going to ask because I do I do sprinkle that like on like their toys or like in their little areas where they sleep and then they don't make them play more let's ask okay is cat nip bad for cats see what chat Chi piti says Nope. Catnib is not bad for cats when used in moderation. Most cats enjoy it safely. Catnit contains nepolectone, whatever. A compound that triggers receptors in the cat's nose leading to playful, hyper, sometimes mellow behavior. So it is sort of like speed. Not on cats respond, sensitivity is genetic. And then it says safe for short play sessions with catnip toys. Effects usually last 10 to 15 minutes. It's not addictive and doesn't calm harm to their brain. body i like that okay good great love love love that because i got scared for a minute i was like maybe it's i'm giving my cat drugs how about the first part of this yeah does it upset me knowing

Starting point is 00:16:54 the effects of drugs in society um yeah it's terrible i mean i i grew up with you know some uncles who were into that like you know my childhood wasn't like great there's some stories got from that that like oh this is a perfect segue you want to hear the story go listen to my new podcast it just dropped a couple weeks ago the rage pod if you listen to regret rage i talk about something that happened with my uncle um and i yeah i almost i could have killed him with the frying pan but anyway you can go listen to that story on my podcast but i grew up around what is happening right i grew i grew up around i guess i'll have to go listen yeah got to go listen go listen there's like four episodes drop regret and then there was one just dropped today

Starting point is 00:17:42 would love your support on that anybody's support go like it and subscribe or whatever but my point being is yes that I it is very upsetting because I do still know family members who are still on drugs and their whole life is it's spiraling even though like I'm an orphan there's like you know second or third cousins and I'm like they're not really my family but I hear stories from my aunt who still will talk to some of them and I'm like that's bad really bad like you're attacking your mom because you need like stuff goes down you know like I yeah it's weird yeah I'm with you um in a lot of ways but I would say this movie didn't upset me knowing the effects of drug in society.

Starting point is 00:18:38 My life affects me knowing the... Right. Upsets me knowing the effect. Totally. This didn't like open my eyes to anything that I was not aware of. Correct. But perhaps in 2000, it might have. And maybe it was less talked about then and whatnot.

Starting point is 00:18:57 So, but no, this was just, it was upsetting movie because it was upsetting to watch. Yeah. It was just a not fun movie at all. I agree. So, yeah, it didn't make me feel bad about the effective drugs in society because been there, done that, know about it. Yeah, right, right. It just, I guess, like, it really highlighted it in the really dark ways that maybe, you know,

Starting point is 00:19:23 people on a daily basis don't get to see the outcome of it. When you, when you hit it hard and that's what happens your life, that's rough and tumble right there. Rough, rough, rough, tumble, tumble. What were you looking for? Oscars, 2000s? Who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001? We're looking for the next year? Julia Roberts for Aaron Brockovich. Oh.

Starting point is 00:19:48 That's the year. When the movie comes out in 2000, you win the next year, right? Okay. But Ellen Burstyn did win for Best Actress. No, it's nominated. I thought it said winner. She was only nominated? Yeah, that's why I said I can't believe she was only nominated.

Starting point is 00:20:03 nominated oh god i hate that i thought sorry i blanked i was like yay she won oh oh what a ron brockovitch was a great it was amazing and julia roberts is amazing she did do amazing but jesus christ sorry boo that's okay that's okay ellen burson was wow she put in some work here though she was up against laura linnie ellen berson yeah julia binoche uh joan allen allen allen and And, oh, for a contender, for Chocolat, the contender, you can count on me. Listen, I think. Garleney for what? You can count on me.

Starting point is 00:20:42 I think that Julie Roberts was amazing as Aaron Brockovich. I am with you. I think that this was. And the thing is, she is Aaron Brockovich. So she's the entire movie. So I feel like Ellen honestly should be nominated for supporting here, but. I'm with you on that. That would have been great because I would want her to win something.

Starting point is 00:20:59 But I'm sure, hopefully, Darren took it to other places. maybe she won it like can or something who knows we're looking at the whole list of awards for the movie oh best tour film saturn award that's nominee nominee nominee she won the boston society of film critics oh that's good listen as she should that cinematography no this really did okay the globes who's nominated no win that's in winner up there where right above the golden uh yeah for the florida oh god yeah that's not much okay golden glows nominee i just said satellite is what she won um okay so not a one for the film independent spirit awards okay i honestly just think that this was like the performance of a lifetime yeah i'm with her i am with her on that man this was this was phenomenal everybody in it was

Starting point is 00:21:50 was a stunner uh yeah i'll never watch it again happy i did it's a cinematic adventure shot edited acted i literally was holding on 10 out of 10. 10 out of 10. I don't get this a 10 out of 10 because I didn't make me feel good at all. Oh no. It makes you feel terrible. Yeah, but it was a brilliant movie like no notes. No notes. I'm with you on that. You got any last words for the people? No, dude. No, man. We got to get out of here. Get on to something that makes it feel good. You should too. Love you. We will see ya. On the next one. You know, Thank you.

The Reel Rejects - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) IS HARROWINGLY INTENSE! MOVIE REVIEW!!!

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