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FOR SHAME 2011; or, The Worst Films of 2011, Reverse Shot Tells It Like It Is.

As ever, some fine writing by the Reverse Shot team; and, by the way, I totally agree on Shame and Kevin.

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Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2012. Tagged with: we need to talk about all thisfilmworst of 2011overrated stuffvitriol
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  1. darlingmagpie reblogged this from byronic and added:
    Shot’s 11 Offenses of 2011, while some are films...enjoyed I can’t help but
  2. quatsch said: I still want to watch Shame, but Kevin made me so angry that I had to turn off after 25 minutes. (and I partially agree on Drive too).
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  6. fourmoreblocks said: And I agree on Drive. I was beginning to feel very lonely in my loathing of it.
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Byronic
[bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile.

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