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I love this movie so much

Why so much hype?

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan), two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.While this is probably not a good movie, it holds a certain nostalgia value for me. Gregg Araki really struck a nerve with those coming of age in the 1990s who had an interest in the Gothic an industrial music scene. With the inclusion of references to Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and Skinny Puppy, it was perfect for that demographic.The 1990s had a nihilistic undertone that was not seen in the 1980s or 2000s, leading to such films as "Seven", "Dark City", and the popularity of Tim Burton and David Fincher. This fit in that trend easily and possibly propelled it. The follow-up, "Nowhere", similarly fit in, catching the tail end. (The trend essentially died with "The Matrix".)

When I first saw the user rating -- and read the summary -- I already knew it was underrated. Something just said it.And, I must say, this is a great movie. I hate going into technical detail as of why, but many teenagers have these hidden desires inside, to be f*cked up, to f*ck, to f*ck up someone else. And I think that this is beautiful and open.The soundtracks kick *ss as well. The actors for the main characters do a great job, I dig the dialogues and the awesome curse words made up by Amy.So many great things produced in the 90's... I think the teenagers of today have yet to discover quite a bit.

this movie is great! if you've never seen it you really need to. as for the spoiler i spoke of considering the box gives a fleeting summary the ending is pretty much spoiled. anyways, i was trying to find these "Amy and Jordan" comics online because i am sure i would love them but i can't. if anyone can tell me where they are i would appreciate it. so i guess i need ten lines to make a comment so i am pretty much going to be rambling in the rest of this. rose mcgowan is pretty hot in this movie, despite that awful haircut/wig. then again this movie was set in the 90's and that's what those rocker/goth chicks were rockin back in those days. so is this ten lines yet? sweet! peace out yo!

Unless your girlfriend is cool, this is not a date movie- weird relationship situations and totally random bloody violence abound. Our main plot is centered around Amy- a hot goth-looking chick who is generally annoyed at the world and out of place- her two sidekicks are a sweet but pathetic boyfriend and a new dangerous man Xavier who is rude but knows the ropes better than his two unlikely partners.Something pulp fictionish happens at a store and the trio hit the road and continually encounter people that have a strange desire to be very close to Amy. Everything they buy costs the same amount- it's quite dreamlike at points.This nudges some gay sexual boundaries here and there but it's usually tastefully shot scenes so we don't have to see explicit details- but you still get that potentially uncomfortable idea thrown at you since they are continually co-habitating as a trio. If you have a lot of gay rage you are going to be annoyed and probably would make a good drinking buddy of the guys showcased at the end of the flick.All in all this is like a teenagers Dali painting on film with a gloomy kinda goth vibe to our lead character. This is pulp all the way- a violent decadent indulgent confection of letting the story wander right into the depths of insanity without blinking. My kind of flick. It would have been nice to have about eleven times more female nudity since our lead is quite the cutie with a nice chest.This movie has no point- and that was the point.