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guyjackson
Posted: December 24th, 2005, 2:18am Report to Moderator
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Just finished reading the Kids screenplay.  Pretty graphic and distrubing piece of writing.  I still can't believe how close to the script they ended up using in the making of the movie.  I could have sworn that movie was like 80% improvised but it wasn't.
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Isn't that the movie refered to in the Eminem song? what the heck is the freaking thing about anyways?
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I heard alot about this movie and always wanted to see it but I'm too lazy to head down to the video store, so I read parts of the script too.  On IMDB it says Harmony Korine was only 18 when he wrote it, I found that kind of interesting.  It made for a quick read mostly because the characters had so much personality and the dialogue really got a reaction out of ya.


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The film is really worth a look.  You should check it out if you like good stories told on a shoestring budget.

It will get under your skin, but personally, I also found it to be (a little) overrated.


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I remember when this came out in the theatres. However, at the time, I had it confused with a different movie and thought it was a comedy!!!!!!!

So, I dragged about 10 of my friends after 10pm one night to go see it with me and proomised them it was filled with laughs - I have no idea how I had it pegged as another movie... Well, needless to say, about 2 minutes into it, everyone turned around and looked at me weirdly, as if to say "what the hell are we watching?"!!! - I was completely shocked by this film. I hadn't heard any hype, just was totally abosorbed by the stroyline and how good the acting was. I highly recommend it.

Good movie, great concept and just ... very thought-provoking.

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Haha Oops Andy!

I watched Kids the other day, and it's pretty awesome. I have so much hate for the two main male characters, which is a good writing. Everyone says the dialogue looks improvised... and it really does. Apparently it's not at all though.

Kids is a very disturbing film, and a very good one. I will have a look at the script soon.


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I've tried reading the script several times but just could never get into it.

I've watched bits and pieces of the movie and didn't really think it was all that good either.
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Quoted from Andy Petrou
I remember when this came out in the theatres. However, at the time, I had it confused with a different movie and thought it was a comedy!!!!!!!



lmao Wow.


This movie was...interesting. I've only seen it once though. It kind of "hit home," in a sense, because when I saw it a few years ago, I was about the same age as the characters. I knew people who were into that lifestyle that early.

I absolutely hated the leading character though. And why are all of Larry Clark's movies so centered around teenage sex? Kids was good, kinda love it or hate it, but his others movie are teeeeeeerrible. Ken Park had literally no story at all, just a collection of sex scenes involving really young-looking actors.


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I remember when I first saw the film a while back, and eh. I thought the message it had held true, but when it came to the characters it became difficult to identify with any of them by the end...and it didn't help that the main guy was a total douche from the beginning.
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I tend to also find this film overrated. I do get what Larry Clark is going for, but with such an unsympathetic group of characters, I can only watch and see what he is showing me versus caring about what happens between the characters.


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I watched this a couple of years after it came out and, to a 15 year old girl, I related to the characters and it really knocked some sense into me and made me open my eyes to what can happen. Therefore I praise this movie for being made. I want each of my kids to watch this when they are 14/15 so that hopefully it will jolt them the same way it did to me back then. Good on them for making this. It is definitely a much needed movie for the younger genaration.    
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I saw Kids in high school. I thought it was more or less decent and definitely realistic. It's shocking at times but in a really banal way, somehow, which adds to the realism for me. They didn't make it into a big spectacle the way Requiem for a Dream did.

I'm not sure about the intentions of the film though. I can see how it might come off as a cautionary tale or something but Larry Clark and Harmony Korine are two of the shadiest dudes in the business. Harmony Korine, especially, I can't imagine having any socially redeeming intentions for this film or any film he would make.


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Great film, the fact that you hate the protagonists but are still engaged in their story is a credit to the directing, writing and acting.

I was shocked by the antics of the characters, their lifestyle, promiscuity, flagrant drug use but I keep reminding myself that if I don't believe such people exist, I'm being naive.

Like others, I thought it was mostly improvised which again, is a testament to the director, writer and actors. I must check out the script.

Unfortunately, Larry Clark's third feature "Bully" was woefully misjudged, failing in all the elements that made Kids work.


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It's funny the thing I remember most about this film...

There's a scene where a bunch of kids are hanging out and goofing around.
One of the boys uses a tampon to drink juice and it soooooo grossed me out!

That's what I remember most over the years about an otherwise effective film.

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