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Topic subjectLOL. Wasn't NO ONE expecting mean girls 2 (Spoilers)
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645429, LOL. Wasn't NO ONE expecting mean girls 2 (Spoilers)
Posted by astralblak, Fri Mar-29-13 12:49 PM
yall are confusing the surreal style for the actual narrative and attempting to cop pleas for how stupid the movie actual is from a story stand point

the hazey dream like stacking and repetition of images / voice overs serves to underscore how surreal an experience like the one's the last two girl had could be, but it does not mean it was fantasy or some commentary on the commercialization of the gangster rap life.

the two girls are reflecting on that experience, which is why the film ends with them on the phone with their mothers and looking like they are in deep thought in the lambo. any one who has been shot at, shot some one, or been near a drive by knows how out of body those moments become. the girls, no matter how "G" they've become are in a haze of emotions and ideas.

IMO it's why Korine chose to depict the film the way he did: Two white firls from a small town work the nerve to rob to get the hell out of dodge, have a great time, get released from prison and know it's not for free. fall for the "angel-thug" and want to avenge their friend getting shot. that's going to be "surreal"

cool story but it's completely unbelievable within the film's arch. Franco's character is not a wigger or a poser, he really his from that hood. he really has beef with Gucci's team. but at every opportunity people cower to the girls (bedroom scene) or they're some mystical force (shot at with a fucn ak a car length away and ONE bullet hits an arm, LOL). the fact dude got the jump on them and shot franco's character in the dome means that whole crew knew they were coming, but they kill EVERY SINGLE DUDE WITHOUT GETTING EVEN A SCRATCH... FOH

DUMB ASS SHIT. he should have killed both of them and shot back tot he two that left and the film would've had some tangible meaning, but it's just eye candy

i haven't even got into the racialized white male fantasy aspect of the film or the strange pederast over tone of it