Natural Born Killers

Oliver Stones dazzling but morally muddled film throws everything possible at the screen in his story of two killers leaving a trail of destruction everywhere they go. The script is by Tarantino, which of course means it is snappy, funny and vicious. At times its wildly inventive. But it also leaves a bad taste in the mouth - professing to hate violence and the media obsession with it, while at the same time glorying in it. Love it or hate it, its one of those movies you just gotta see... ju

At face value, despite violent, the film is mostly boring for most of it. Yet, this actually is a highly surrealist, symbolist and deconstructivist take on violence and pop culture, built on a juxtaposition of various filmic genres: sitcom, cine noir, cartoon, documentary, tabloid, advertising, homevideo and action movie. Thus, unless you are a real cinephile connoisseur, you may not appreciate it fully. My best suggestion is that you consider watching it with the director’s commentary on. You w

Loved the gratuitous violence of it all while not dwelling on the justification of it. She hated it which was an added bonus.