Monster (2005, DVD)

I watched Monster along with my husband and a friend. Our friend picked us up in his car, and while going to the theater we were a chatty lot, talking about this and that. After watching the movie, on our way back the same journey was completed in absolute silence. Monster is that kind of a movie, it grim, it is dark and for a while you don t even want to discuss it with anyone. I watched this movie in theatre this year (June, 2004) as many Hollywood hits are released later in India. I was already aware of the superb performance of Charlize Theron and the Oscar she got. Still I was curious if.

The life of Aileen Wuornos was a life that was never very pleasant. "Monster," which stars Charlize Theron as Wuornos, is the portrait of an abused woman who snaps and goes on a killing spree that eventually led to her arrest, and, in 2002, her execution. Lee, as she was called by the people who knew her, had spent most of her adult life as a prostitute in Florida. She didn't have much success at that line of work, and wound up living in a storage shed with the help of her friend Tom (Bruce Dern). One rainy night where she did no business, she stopped in a gay bar to get dry. It's there that..

Ever been a prostitute? Neither have I. Never been a lesbian either. Either one must be a difficult life to live. Prostitutes can be treated as the scum of the earth, yet society expects them to have socially acceptable behavior aside from their sex lives. Meet Aileen Wuornos. She goes by "Lee" in the movie. She is played by Charlize Theron - The Italian Job. Lee is about 35 years old. Down on her luck, she meets Selby (Christina Ricci - Tuesday, Adams Family) in a bar. All Lee wants to do is dry off and get warm. Selby, a lesbian, has other ideas. Finally in Lee's life, there is someone who..

Aileen: "Love conquers all." "Every cloud has a silver lining." "Faith can move mountains." "Love will always find a way." "Everything happens for a reason." "Where there is life, there is hope." [laughs] Aileen: Oh, well... They gotta tell you something (from imdb.com) Journey s Don t Stop Believing ironically serves as real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos anthem in Patty Jenkin s award-winning movie from 2003, Monster. Charlize Theron racks up a very deserving Oscar for Best Actress as she not merely portrays Wuornos, but seems to inhabit the very image and shattered personality of...