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Awful, repetitious and lacking any point whatsoever. (for Rose McGowan addicts ONLY!)
The Doom Generation is one of those movies like Natural Born Killers that has an interesting premise and approach. But it makes its point very quickly during the first few minutes and then proceeds to pummel it into the ground until the viewer is eventually exhausted and could care less. While this worked to Natural Born Killers' advantage (due to the fact that Oliver Stone is a REAL film maker), it made The Doom Generation quite a chore to sit through. <
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>Writer/director Greg Araki has made yet another one of his films about troubled teens doing drugs and screwing at any and every opportunity. He seems to have made a career out of this (along with fellow independent filmmaker Larry Clark). He also seems to really like showing teenage sex in as many ways as possible. <
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>The plot (if you can call it that) involves a couple of teenagers named Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) and Jordan White (James Duval) who basically live a life of doing crystal-meth, attending raves and frequently having unprotected sex. Jordan is slow, dim-witted and basically dumb while Amy thinks she has it all together and is fairly quick with scathing remarks. While outside of a club one night, a fight breaks out in the parking lot right in front of Amy's car where her and Jordan have been fooling around in the backseat . All of a sudden, one of the fight participants named Xavier Red (Jonathon Schaech) jumps into Amy's car and immediately asks them to get the hell out of there. Xavier has been cut and Amy then proceeds to gripe about him bleeding all over her seats. It is quickly implied that Xavier is bisexual and he has equal sexual interest in both Amy and Jordan. While at a convenience store picking up junk food, the oriental store owner pulls a shotgun on Amy & Jordan since he thinks they are trying to leave without paying even though she just left her money in the car. Xavier intervenes and holds back the store owner and accidentally pulls the trigger, blowing the owner's head clean off. The head lands in the salad bar and starts jabbering and spewing up nasty green stuff. They grab all the beer and food they can and leave. <
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>While at a rundown hotel, they find out on the news that they were captured by survelliance cameras in the store and are wanted for murder. After Xavier pleasures himself while secretly watching Amy and Jordan having sex in a bathtub, he quickly asks them if they want to go get some food (this comes after a disgusting closeup shot of Xavier licking his own semen off of his hand). They go to some fast food joint, and the guy working the drive-through window seems to think that Amy is one of his ex-girlfriends and proceeds to pull a shotgun on her and her entourage. They quickly drive off, but the weird guy follows them back to their hotel and threatens to blow off Jordan's head unless he tells him where Amy is. (Amy and Xavier are out having sex in her car BTW.) Xavier jumps on the guy and proceeds to accidentally blow the guy's arm off. <
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>Basically from this point on, the movie just keeps repeating itself. They show up at a new place, someone thinks they recognize Amy, some graphic violence ensues, and everyone ends up having some more intense (and unprotected) sex. <
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>It's painfully obvious that Greg Araki is trying to make out like the characters are trapped in hell. Everytime they buy something, the cash registers always rings up the price being 6 dollars and 66 cents. 666, get it?!! Xavier is also supposed to represent the devil apparently. At one point he mentions that he has a tattoo of Jesus on his penis so "that everyone can have Jesus inside of them." The movie also relies on the color red for most of its backdrops. This would be alright if the movie wasn't so underlit and filmed with some of the grainiest film stock known to man (and this was the DVD version!). <
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>The movie tries to be a dark portrait of America's youth, but the movie just seemed like an excuse for Greg Araki to pile on the sex and violence in an attempt to cover up how stupid and pointless his movie really is. His preoccupation with teenage sex is also a little creepy (similarities to Larry Clark, the director of Kids and Bully abound). <
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>While there is a lot of sex in the movie, a lot of it is shot from the waist up and the dialogue itself is more extreme than the actual sex. There are a couple of instances that are pretty sick but most of the movie isn't nowhere near as explicit as its reputation would lead you to believe, despite it being unrated. Some have said that some of the sex in the movie wasn't simulated, but since we can't really see down that far during the majority of the sex scenes I guess we'll never know for sure. The scene though in the bathtub where Rose is getting it on with James Duvall seems to be pretty real. In some respects, it does make the sex scenes a bit more erotic as it focuses a bit more on the actor's performances & faces and not just on the explicit details of the sexual act itself. But still, with the movie being unrated, they should have just gone all out with the sex and shown a lot more as this is the film's only saving grace to a certain extent. <
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>The cast does about as much as they can with the limited characters, but they all end up giving one-note performances. It's not really their fault since there's some genuinely talented actors present. Rose McGowan in particular does a very credible job considering how much of a limited character she is given to play. I thought that she was extremely convincing and, most importantly, very sexy. Jonathon Schaech also does some good work as he probably has the most to work with as his character Xavier is essentially just a manipulator. He has since gone onto bigger things, his break-out role being in Tom Hank's film That Thing You Do. James Duvall is as bland and pointless as every single film that I have seen him in. <
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>Most people will probably rent this movie strictly to see Rose McGowan nude, but most of her nudity involves her just being topless (which is still alright by me). There's a brief butt shot, but unfortunately no full-frontal. But for fans of the sexy actress, this will more than likely suffice quite nicely. I don't think she has looked quite this hot in any of her other films. Her breasts are truly a national treasure. She has a beauty that is truly hypnotic and it's a shame that she has since had to take a cheasy acting gig on the television Charmed. <
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>The movie has a really cheap look to it that makes some scenes difficult to tell what's really happening. It literally looks like they spent maybe 500 dollars making this movie at various points. The gore effects are pretty cheap looking as well. The direction is also just as pointless as the plot. <
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>Basically, The Doom Generation ends up getting dragged down by its own excesses. It tries too hard to be shocking, vile and disgusting to the point that it quickly just gets numbing and extremely pointless after a few minutes. I initially liked the concept and approach but quickly realized that movie was going to fail to deliver on any level whatsoever. <
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>Some people might defend this movie, saying that I completely missed the point. But it just seemed to be trying to be ugly just for ugly's sake. There is no point to the movie at all. By the last scene which involved some homophobic skinheads wearing socks on their penises(!) while castrating Jordan with hedgeclippers and raping Amy, I had quit caring about the movie and the characters quite a long time ago, which was actually near the beginning of the film. <
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>Even if you're just wanting to check out Rose McGowan in the buff (and she does look great I might add), trudging through this movie isn't worth the effort. <
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>Did this movie get nominated for any Razzies when it originally came out? It not it should have most definitely swept them in virtually every single category it would have been eligible for. <
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>The Doom Generation is not rated and contains pervasive strong sexual content, nudity, explicit dialogue, graphic violence and gore. <
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>I should point out that the unrated version is 13 minutes longer than the butchered 72 minute R-rated cut. If you should choose to subject yourself to this cinematic atrocity, seek out the 85 minute unrated version. <
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oh my god, yay!
ok, so people who don't like this film are retards. seriously. this movie is SO MUCH FUN! it's the best dark comedy, like, ever! gregg araki is a genius, his use of color and humor juxtaposed with ultra-violent images makes for a jolting ride, but in the end it's all in good fun. ok, so maybe his movies aren't for everyone, but to deny his genius is LUDICROUS!

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. . . Are you kidding me?!? People actually liked this?!?
Wow. Some people actually liked this film. Sad, sad, sad. This has got to be in my all time top 5 worst movie list. The Doom Generation is a piece of cinematic suppository. It is a waste of film, time, money, and energy. For those of you who are debating to watch this movie . . . Don't. I mean that in all sincerity. Don't put yourself through the agony. If you are into self mutilation and self-inflicted pain go right ahead.