Hard Candy (2005)

A Masterpiece!

The first must-see film of the year.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This was truly the worst movie i have ever watched i wish i could see that girl die the worst death ever.

I'm a fan of Ellen Page so I was surprised that not only did I not like her in this movie, I found her to be so annoying that I couldn't wait for the movie to end so I didn't have to hear her voice. The story itself was a good one, but the phoniness of what goes down once Hayley and Jeff are back at his apartment is so over the top and the story just kind of fades.Once he wakes tied up in the chair...fake!!! He has to outweigh her by a good 80 pounds of dead weight and the way he fits in the chair; I found it hard to fathom. This isnt a movie of high, fast-paced drama, so my mind was had too much time to start checking all the far-fetched things that were going on.

No two people will have he exact same outlook, view, emotion, feeling, mindset, or ways of coping/dealing with a single thing. Especially on topics the movie is based around. Even without firsthand experience..empathy can go a long way. Positively and negatively. And wit that, there's balance. Two wrongs have never made a right and two rights are too underrated. We as humans, know what's right and what's wrong. No matter how many are punished for what they've put others through, many more will continue to be harmed, with or without them around. Many people deserve to get back exactly what they've given. And then some, most of the time. Yet, there are many ways of doing so. Ways that don't have to add onto your pain and hurt. What earned you your vengeance. It hurts and it enrages..but stooping to their level or lower, makes it all the worse. And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse. In the end, we all lose, when it comes to starting off the disregard for another human. Another living thing entirely. You bit hard, and either you get away with it, or you get bitten 10x harder..you never know how much pain your causing someone. Because while you may believe that it isn't your problem, it just may be the biggest one you'll ever regret causing for someone. Just like the monster is capable, so is the victim. Be aware of what you do and why you do it, when it comes to harming those who've never intended on doing so to you. They may do worse than you, in the end. Don't hurt the undeserved. It can backfire beyond belief. Your belief. We're human, but we all have met a monster at some point. Knowingly or unknowingly. They walk alongside human beings every single day. Why encourage more to come out? How could that possibly be enjoyable? I don't understand. I never will. This film reminded me of my life and honestly, my mindset. For years. The only difference with me on that matter is, I'm still human. I can't gain anything through harming others, as they've done me. Physically and mentally. I'm not them. Nor will I ever be anything close. It could drive you off the wall, the thought alone. No one's born afraid of nothing. Again...two wrongs don't make a right. Meaning, no one will win, in the end. The acting though, as well as the story line, very well done in my opinion. But of course, this can easily be found disturbing towards those who have been a subject to sexual abuse, forced sexual acts/sexual physical contact (I won't say the words. It even hurts and angers me more me to say them.) as well as having a loved you who has experienced any of these matters, in their own ways.

A revenge thriller where, yes, a young teenager castrates a 30-something man. It's the climax of the film. It's all you need to know, and the only reason why you need to see this film. It's brutal, and awesome.Hard Candy is an excellent title for it, but I'd rather go with something more along the lines of.. oh, lets see... Ball-less in Seattle, Eunuch Got Mail, Nixed Nuts. That's right, I just made three castration-themed parodies of Nora Ephron titles. Somebody give me a Pulitzer.