DVD : 0/5 Rating : Mysterious Skin

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IMHO REVIEW :
after seeing so many indies and loving most - i thought indie was the way to go... this movie taught me not all indies are great... or even good for that matter.

so mysterious skin is apparently based on a book by the same name written by Scott Heim. with that aside the movie was rated high on both amazon.com and netflix (i really need to find a better review place before renting) - but that aside i was very excited to see this movie. great reviews - indie - it also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt whose been doing more indie flicks (his also staring in 'Brick' which i've heard good things about). so bottom line - i was excited to see the movie...

then i actually saw the movie... i was not impressed. the acting was good... the story... seemed very very pointless, and offensive (to me). and the big 'mystery' seemed (for lack of a better word) transparent. there is no big pay off.... so why am i so disturbed. the movie is about two 8 year old boys who are sexually abused by their baseball coach during one summer. then it shows how the two boys grew up and how that summer effected both of them.

that first bit was just very very offensive to watch - and i was even more disappointed when there wasn't any epiphany of any sort - hell there wasn't even an insight.

the only thing i got from the movie was 'child abuse is bad' - no shit. my suggestion - pass don't watch this movie. it'll only show you disturbing images of children being sexually abused - just to tell you it's bad. no bloodie shit.