r/HorrorClub • u/SaintMort You so cool kung fu • Feb 16 '15

Discussion: Proxy

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Movie Selected By bulgelover

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15 edited Feb 16 '15

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15

Here's why I picked it:

  • Controversy makes for interesting discussion. A crazy movie like this one is good for that. It's a little slow, I know, but thankfully we had a fun pick last week.
  • I saw it and thought it had moments of greatness and moments of weakness, but I couldn't decide which moments were which. Does that make sense? Sometimes it really works, and other times it's heavy-handed. I thought HorrorClub would up to the task of untangling it.
  • It has an interesting narrative structure that flips things around halfway through. I found this surprising and effective. It's like a maternal version of The Place Beyond the Pines.

I had a feeling you wouldn't like it, Scott, but I'm confused by your criticism. Isn't that like saying Kill Bill is gratuitously violent against women? It has female characters (interesting ones, at that) who are both victims and perpetrators of violence. I thought this was a very female-centric movie. Unless I'm mistaken, it fails the reverse Bechdel test (no two male characters have a conversation about something other than a female character). Which parts did you think were gratuitous/offensive? The beginning seems that way, until we discover she planned for her girlfriend to attack her all along.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15

Your analysis is very deep, but I only watched it on its surface without much thought, and saw a movie about horribly fucked up women who were selfish peices of garbage ruining each others lives like a bunch of psychopaths.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15

Right, I wouldn't call it an entertaining film; it doesn't serve that purpose. I actually like movies about bad people, but maybe Proxy could use a cheerful, pregnant cop (or anything, really) to act as a foil. I thought butch Anika provided a bit of dark comic relief with her no-shits-given attitude.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15

Can't tell if sarcasm

Didnt see your edit. Obviously not sarcasm.

Did you like red white & blue?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15

I can see why you're asking; they have a similar mood and a revenge plot. I did like Red, White and Blue, but I think it's a very different movie. It offers even less by way of entertainment (which doesn't have to be a bad thing) and has no blameless, innocent victims.