man oh man i'm never doing drugs

I never want to hear the phrase, "Ass to Ass" ever again in my entire life.

It doesn’t happen often. I’ll sit through a film in a movie theater that will make me forget about everything going on in my life. Not once will I check my watch or be distracted by audience members or take a bathroom trip.

"Requiem for a Dream" took me in for 100 minutes, deep into its psyche, and spit me out very shaken and very disturbed.

It’s a harrowing experience, an absorbing trip into four minds spiralling out of control. Ellen Burstyn truly gets into her character, and creates a realistic, sympathetic addict. It’s an amazing performance. The rest of the cast more than hold their own in lesser developed stories, but combined, as a whole, this group of lost souls captures the true essence of helplessness.

This movie achieves so much, but it's really a masterpiece in sound, cinematography and editing.

Requiem for A Dream is without a doubt one of the most disturbing stories to hit our screens. Aronofsky does a superb job here in creating a ticking time bomb of a film that portrays the downward spiral of addiction. He uses clever camera techniques with short, sharp editing which really fuels the distress we are witnessing. This is done best in the final act where the performances combined with the soundtrack and editing create a build up of pure torture that will leave you physically and mentally distraught.

What an astounding example of cinemas far reaching possibilities. This story had to be told on screen, and Aronofsky was perfect for the job. His innovative use of the split screen to show two characters, not only on one side, but moving in the other half, was both impressive and insightful, suggested mutual estrangement. It also became apparent that Leto fully showcased his talents in 2000, playing both a thin, confused teen in this and a distracted, gregarious yuppie in American Psycho. He was brilliant in both (and both films were better than Gladiator). The problem I had with Aronofsky in Noah was that he emphasized grandiosity over key elements that make an intriguing story. He had a similar style here, but I think it worked well because he’s trying to show the significant side effects of addiction, a goal that needed the extremity he provided.

darren aronofsky just spat on me and called me a piece of shit and you know what? he's absolutely right

just fuck me up fam

self destructive

Life really does suck

darren aronofsky keeps on winning this hole we-

I'm never doing drugs. Ever.

Strong acting performances, superb visual style and haunting musical score. Aronofsky doesn't sugarcoat a single fame. Everything feels real; everything hurts. Bleak. Depressing. Heartbreaking. Soul-shattering. Devastating. Haunting. Powerful.
I'm so sad now. This movie is so hard to watch. I will never watch this again.
Connelly is absolutely beautiful, even if she's playing a wasted junkie.