Shame (2011)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Undescribable Perfection

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Brandon is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life. After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control. Shame examines the nature of need, how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us. Shame is definitely what it's title suggests since Fassbender is actually better than this for sure. This guy needs to either start making movies that make sense or he will remembered as young Magneto for the rest of his freaking life and that is unfortunately a fact and not a lie. (0/10) (F)

Micheal Fassbender does really well here. He plays the role of a sex addict. The sadness, pain and shame are all shown beautifully thrroughout. He emotes well and acts really well in all scenes. The direction is perfect and the script is perfect. The scenes depict his mental state and you get an understanding that sex addiction is as harmless as other kinds of drug addictions and alchoholisms and how it affects your normal life and day to day interactions.

Tackling a subject as dark and grim as porn addiction can be extremely difficult. You risk delving into just straight up porn, to completely alienating your audience because of the extreme subject matter. This does it pretty damn well though. Fassbender does a really good job as this silent, suave, lady's man who really has a dark side he's ashamed of. Similar to a Patrick Bateman like character, a person who puts on a facade in order to keep up appearances, but on the inside is way more twisted. It does the subject justice, it's not just sex for the sake of having sex, and I respect that. It shows that addiction doesn't just affect the person doing it, but the people around them too. It's a drug, and it's hard to stop. On a personal note, I've been trying to distance myself from porn as well, and it's freakin' hard. I wouldn't say I'm as hooked as Fassbender is here, but I find myself having that itch, and I need to get through it. Would I see this again, no, but I did enjoy the movie, and would recommend it to someone who wants to see an NC-17 movie that isn't just for shock value.

'Shame' is a dull and uninteresting film that thinks it's a lot better than it actually is. It features minimal dialogue, extended scenes of nothing and a shallow story attempting to pass off as intellectual and deep. The film is directionless and completely unrewarding from the audience's perspective. What's in this film for the viewer? It's certainly not entertainment.Some people will view 'Shame' as art and will say that those who see it in a different light must have 'misunderstood' it. This is a telltale sign of pretentious filmmaking, and 'Shame' is exactly that. It's a film that attempts to say something deep and profound, but spends so much time admiring itself that it ends up saying nothing at all.