Not your ordinary junkie movie

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2001)

In an article I read, Darren Aronofsky said that Requiem For A Dream was about the lengths that people go to to escape reality. How they spend their lives living in the future and by doing that they leave this big whole in the present. Then, they do whatever they can to fill that hole. Whether it be drugs, sex, TV, hope, etc. This "bigger" meaning to Requiem For A Dream I'd like to share with others who aren't aware that this movie transcends your ordinary junkie movie with hopes that it will give further insight. As for my comments on the movie. I feel it is one of the most powerful movies ever made. Aronofsky's visual effects go beyond your MTV videos and intensify scenes, also setting an overall mood. And the performances couldn't have been better. My only two complaints would be the difficulty in seeing any other film for about two months afterward and the migrane and zoned out/lost look that you leave the theater with.