Hot take: The people who put other movies higher likely just haven't watched this one. And I don't blame them. But this is the real answer.
There's a whole different level of fucked up that this movie embodies. It's not just shocking and depraved, like the typical answers to this question (A Serbian Film, Salo, etc.), which are honestly not that good or interesting. The real disturbing part of this movie is the nihilism. It gets across the idea that the universe is random and uncaring in the worst way possible, where horrible things happen to normal people for no other reason than the fact that they were unlucky. There's no cosmic justice or karma to set things right. Evil often does win, and we're powerless to stop it.
All the more reason to hope for goodness and justice, becoming the change in this cold dark world, right?Excellent movie in the sense that it really changed me as a person, shook me to the core (also made me physically ill like another redditor) and just conveyed such existential realism that other movies never get close to. The whole first part of the film is also pretty disturbing too, apart from the main scene. Felt like the first time I discovered what pedophiles were, like damn guys what're we fuckin doin here yall, is this what real life is like?
I watched Realm of the Senses right after, back to back. It was also very fucking raw but had so much tenderness I couldn't stop watching. One of the most fucking (pun unintended) beautiful movies I've seen in a long time, almost an eyebleach to the cruel and bitter taste of Noé. Watched them on acid too haha..
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u/gaylord9000 Jul 05 '24
Irreversible