Comments on: A History of Violence

By: Pisces Iscariot

Pisces Iscariot — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:49:31 +0000

I’m with Michael on this one – Dead Ringers is probably one of the most disturbing movies ever. As with much of Cronenberg’s stuff the real horror happens in your head and you take it home with you.

By: L

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:15:13 +0000

Cronenburg is very groovy, but I haven’t seen this one yet…

By: Shallow

Shallow — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:52:21 +0000

Oh, you must have been put right off Die Hard 2 (or was it 3). Mind you, Irons wasn’t really to blame for that turkey. That flick parodied ITSELF to death. Employing feckin irony and all that.

Off topic slightly, I watched ‘Broken Flowers’ for the first time the other night. Sublime.

By: Simstim

Simstim — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:54:03 +0000

Under no circumstances watch the Dungeons and Dragons film then. Irons devours the scenery in that one like a CGI’d Dragon.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:44:48 +0000

Hmmmm... I don't know Michael. Jeremy Irons really irritates me (and did so long before I discovered he was a vocal supporter of fox-hunting). I walked out of Reversal of Fortune after about half an hour of his insufferable twattery. He's the male Goldie Hawn. No, there's nothing remotely similar about them except for the fact that I'm unable to sit through more than about 15 minutes of either on screen without swearing loudly.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:58:52 +0000

I too am intensely irritated by Jeremy Irons, but not so much that I can’t recognise what are easily his best-ever performances. And his creepily aloof persona suits the Dead Ringers roles to perfection.

It’s also one of Cronenberg’s very best films, so I really would grit your teeth and check it out.