03.14.08
Bully
When guys get really upset and cry in real life, do they drool? Because that seems to happen a lot in movies. Would an answer to this burning question be worth investing the time and energy it might take to make a guy cry like this? I don’t think so…I really don’t like seeing boys cry.I didn’t get all the way through Bully. I may finish watching it tonight, but maybe not. It’s really bad and made me feel like I should take a shower because it’s so gratuitous in its depictions of teen sex and skin and bodies.
I just went to IMDb so I could start linking in this paragaph and was confronted with the name of the director of Bully, one Larry Clark. Well, duh. If I had known that, I may not have watched it, despite a nostalgic and grief-ridden longing to see Brad Renfro, because I know what a total perv this guy is. Seriously, are people concerned about this? I am. I’m no prude and I like Cruel Intentions as much as the next girl, but the way that his camera devours lithe and creamy teens - especially the girls - isn’t sexy and mysterious, it’s just creepy and gross.
In Bully, Nick Stahl, looking exactly like him IMDb headshot, is a seriously depraved - uh - bully. He beats up poor, defenseless Brad Renfro, fucks his girlfriend (Rachel Miner - of formerly married to Macaulay Culkin fame), rapes this realllllllly skanky chick who let Larry Clark put her labia in the movie (Oh wait, that’s Bijou Phillips? Well, then at least I guess she got paid before she showed her labia so she’s still got a leg up on Paris Hilton in the class department. Still. Gross.) and just is an asshole (it is made apparent that he’s a repressed homosexual…) until Lisa (Miner) decides that they should kill him. I stopped watching after one failed murder attempt, so I don’t know yet if they ice him or not. I’m not sure why I just said “ice” - did it sound cool? I’m keeping it.
I like Brad Renfro and all, but this movie is really over the top. In addition to the really horribly gratuitous nudity, it’s also violent, bloody, poorly written and badly acted. I’m now struck by depressing images of Rachel Miner and Bijou Phillips desperate for careers sumbitting themselves to Clark because he made Kids and they think they’ll be the next Chloe Sevigny or something. I have some bad news for you, girls, Chloe Sevigny is interesting and talented. That’s why she got famous. Not because of this creep.