Glo,
Where as I didnt share the same feelings of being intensely disturbed by this movie, I can tell you that quite often people view movies the same way you do. That its just a Hollywood thing, and the situations depicted in the movies couldn't possibly be real. There is a major detachment from "reality" and the "reality of movies" according to most movie-goers and I wouldn't necessarily call that naiveness, but more like an unwillingness to make that connection. Wether it be because of cultural upbringing or what have you, the fact is, a lot of people are in the same boat as you.
I on the otherhand was not as equally disturbed by the movie as most of the class had seemed to be. The first time I watch the movie, I found myself laughing at certain parts. I think it was Katie who perfectly pointed out that initally this was a defense mechanism for me. Not because of the content of the movie, but because of my lack of emotional connection to the characters or the movie itself. Its not that I wasnt making the connection of the movie to the everyday world because I have personally seen in my short span of life what most poeple will never experience, but that it is my life experiences that has created in me a defense of emotional detachment. When I watched it the second time, I was able to relate more to the characters, but came to the conclusion (and later with the help of Krzys and the class discussion) that the main reason why this movie wasn't as disturbing to me was because I was able to look beyond Frank's crudeness, the violence and weird situations as being apart of the movie as a whole... not just contextually.
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