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Quint witnesses HOUNDDOG aka Dakota Fanning's Underwear: The Movie!!!

i could be first, i could be second by Holodigm	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:25:09 PM
that's the first review i read that actually goes into the movie in any detail whatsoever. maybe i just missed the reviews, but i know a lot more now than i did before. you're right quint, she's a great actress, and i'd normally go out of my way to see whatever she's in. but a couple hours of her in underwear and gyrating hips? nah. not interested.
DAI-DAKATA by inter bauer silent leges	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:26:28 PM
i got nothin but FIRST?
Hello, I'm Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC by jegoing74	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:32:31 PM
Chapter 27 should be boycotted but Hounddog shouldn't? That's the so-called progressive hollywood mentality at work. Fanning isn't even 13, I just don't see this as an expression of "ART". It's exploitation of a young child starlet.
Creepy creepy girl by instant_karma	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:38:15 PM
I could just about put up with her in War of the Worlds, but in Man on Fire, she just came off as a 50 year old trapped in a young girls body (insert Gary Glitter/Republican Senator joke here if needed). No real interest in seeing this movie.
You could smell this movie miles away by RKDN Del Sol	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:43:56 PM
Any movie that desperately needs to shock you in order to get you to see it, talk about it, and for better or worse, excited about it, is a movie that cannot stand on its own two legs. Well written editorial, Quint. I enjoyed it.
I'm just waiting by TheGhostWhoLurks	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:46:58 PM
for the day when poor widdle Dakota wakes up one morning and realizes that she's never had a childhood and pretty much wasted her life living as Hollywood's own version of Jon-Benet Ramsey. Expect a middle-life crisis, severe anorexia and fatal drug overdose at the age of 19 to subsequently follow...
Fanning gotz 2 eat by djkrysiz	Feb 3rd, 2007 11:58:45 PM

20 Seconds? by LittleDudes	Feb 4th, 2007 12:04:05 AM
Don't see it at the theatres! Wait for the extended cut on DVD! ... What? Was that inappropriate? Neat.
wont happen, Ghost. by RKDN Del Sol	Feb 4th, 2007 12:04:10 AM
Because on that morning, she will wake up and realize that, and comfort herself by taking a nice long drive down the coast in her Ferrari.
THIS YEAR"S LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE................... by Unkle	Feb 4th, 2007 12:10:04 AM
............ what? u expected something witty here?
She's a great actress now by QuinnTheEskimo	Feb 4th, 2007 12:24:19 AM
Sometime in the next ten years she will go batshit fucking loco. That's what child actors do. Except Christian Bale, I guess.
Christian Bale by instant_karma	Feb 4th, 2007 12:26:56 AM
Did go loco. He didn't even know Batman Begins was a movie. Ah, if only we'd had GOTTA EAT when The Machinist came out...
Houndog... by TORTURE PWN	Feb 4th, 2007 12:50:38 AM
or as Roman Polanski calls it:PORN
The Elvis Presley estateshould sue... by film_fanatic_in_the_original_bla ck_and_white	Feb 4th, 2007 02:16:51 AM
for using the title of one of his songs for a film about pedophilia. Anyway, I thought it was "horndog" not "houndog".
C'mon, Monster's Ball got all sorts of praise by jimmy_009	Feb 4th, 2007 02:32:22 AM
This sounds like Daughter of Monster's Ball.
"The stench of semen filled the air in the theater" by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Feb 4th, 2007 02:33:32 AM
Still expecting to hear a comment like this from a review of the movie. Sounds like total garbage.
Mongaloid is not... by Seph_J	Feb 4th, 2007 04:10:24 AM
...a very nice word
How did the foley artists do by BannedOnTheRun	Feb 4th, 2007 05:00:18 AM
with the underwear hitting the floor hard, with defiance? Oscar for sound design for sure.
The actor to Watch is by emeraldboy	Feb 4th, 2007 06:08:58 AM
Freddie Highmore. This kid has talent. I think he has the potential to go all the way. He seems grounded. too.
The main issue: by Evil Hobbit	Feb 4th, 2007 06:09:26 AM
They should have never used the rape scene as a marketing tool.
Dakota Fanning will always be typecast as... by Darth_Gonz	Feb 4th, 2007 08:22:52 AM
....."annoying as fuck screaming girl with buggy eyes".....how anyone can say she's a great actress is beyond me. She's basically the same person in every movie, which means she's like nails on a chalkboard.
I just got off the phone with future Dakota Fanning... by Alonzo Mosely	Feb 4th, 2007 08:50:58 AM
She still defends the movie if pressed, but doesn't list in on her resume. She also admits that marriage to Billy Bob Thorton was a huge mistake...
Jodie Foster played a prostitute at about the same age by Bobo_Vision	Feb 4th, 2007 08:56:26 AM
Although, she played one in a movie that was good, and didn't actually depict her having sex...and those two things may make all the difference here. One things for sure...she'll be doing heavy drugs by the time she's 18.
OK, maybe Dakota Fanning will crash and burn... by CarmillaVonDoom	Feb 4th, 2007 09:12:17 AM
...but do you assholes have to be so damn GLEEFUL about it?!? Jeez.
SNL actually had a funny sketch last night... by tucson	Feb 4th, 2007 09:21:56 AM
"The Dakota Fanning Show." Spot-on. I wanted to wring the comedienne portraying Fanning's neck just about as much as I want to wring the real Fanning's neck. If I want child sex, I'll go and see "Equus" in London, with Daniel Radcliffe (he's 17, and that ain't statuatory rape in the UK).
Handbanana: The Movie (starring Dakota Fanning) by David Lazarus Long	Feb 4th, 2007 09:24:47 AM
"I'm just a cute, innocent little puppy, Dakota. I just know simple things, like 'ball', and 'good'... and RAPE."
F.F.S.... by RobinP	Feb 4th, 2007 09:54:26 AM
She's like TWELVE or something. HolyMarymudderaChrist, do we really NEED to go this route ?
Mongaloid is a great word. by Teamwak	Feb 4th, 2007 10:21:36 AM
Theres a punk song that had a chorus of "He was a mongaloiod, a mongaloid. One chromosone too manyyyyy"
Dakota's underwear gotta eat!!! by boba_rob	Feb 4th, 2007 10:45:03 AM
They do.
Child services should be called! by Dazzler69	Feb 4th, 2007 11:06:27 AM
Dakota does not need to be exposed to a rape scene. Rapists should be killed on sight. Child services should keep a close eye on her. It's the parents fault on this. I think all people know that rape is wrong and does not need to be showcased. Movies need to be fun and entertaining not preachy.
Make this movie a comedy by David Lazarus Long	Feb 4th, 2007 11:24:20 AM
What, you don't think rape can be funny? I think rape can be funny. Picture Elmer Fudd raping Bugs Bunny. Hilarity!
I laughed my ass off at this review!!! by BigTuna	Feb 4th, 2007 11:49:18 AM
That last paragraph about the lightning, him being a Mongoloide, and the prince valiant haircut sounds hilarious.
I just got off the phone with Haley Joel Osment... by oh_riginal	Feb 4th, 2007 12:26:33 PM
... and he is thinking this may be an opportunity to take back the "child actor" corner of the market, which he believed to be rightfully his. Then he lost all ability to look like a child and started speaking spanish.
How come no one called A Time to Kill a child-rape film by chrth	Feb 4th, 2007 12:34:12 PM
Was it because the victim was black? FOR SHAME!
Chris Hansen GOTTA cockblock... by Dr Gregory House	Feb 4th, 2007 12:57:53 PM
...Dude's doin' some good things....for RATINGS!
Lazarus Long, give credit where credit is due. by Lenny Nero	Feb 4th, 2007 02:06:41 PM
Your "rape can be funny" comment with the following joke is a George Carlin bit. Just so everyone knows that Laz is not a sick fuck. Carlin, however, is on the fence.
that SNL skit was hilarious last night by Freakemovie	Feb 4th, 2007 02:42:25 PM
It got exactly what Quint was talking about: the creepy "adult mind and ethic in a child's body". And really funny.
sounds like Harry will love it. by future help	Feb 4th, 2007 02:43:40 PM
"Brilliant" he will say.
I just got off the phone with Kevin Smith... by Alonzo Mosely	Feb 4th, 2007 03:24:58 PM
He said Affleck should have played the part...
Sorry to be a predictable knee-jerk asshole by Daddylonghead	Feb 4th, 2007 03:39:42 PM
BUT WHY WOULD ANYONE MAKE A MOVIE LIKE THIS? I mean come on, what the fuck?
TOO SOON!!! by Pageiv	Feb 4th, 2007 04:47:13 PM
I blame Bush.
Merriam-Webster....Creepy (adj): by WOPR	Feb 4th, 2007 06:05:08 PM
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from establishing visual contact with Dakota Fanning: a creepy Dakota Fanning movie.
I just talked to some of the guys in the Roman P thread by NutsackMemories	Feb 4th, 2007 11:58:24 PM
They'll be right over in a jiff! Bring Your Own Vaseline!
MrMonkey & Lenny by David Lazarus Long	Feb 5th, 2007 02:35:10 AM
...kinda thought everyone would pick up on the fact that it was a George Carlin bit on thier own. Or am I giving some of you too much credit? ...Oh, but I did rape an eskimo once. Zing!
Lenny and Squiggy used to crack me up... by Uncle Stan	Feb 5th, 2007 08:22:35 AM
...the way they burst in on cue. Everything else sucked.
Point? Anyone? Anyone? by aceillk	Feb 5th, 2007 09:03:44 AM
This is another one of those deals where when it's over youy just want the two hours of your life back. Fanning is hard to watch from the get-go and child rape tends to have its revulsion built in. Unless of oourse it's, you know, tastefully done.
Dakota is the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet! by K\|LLDOZER	Feb 5th, 2007 09:08:45 AM
yeah, there's a blast from the past for all of you who keep repeating someone else's jokes for decreasing comedic effect, ad nauseum.
For all those asking why this movie would exist by Lovecraftfan	Feb 5th, 2007 09:46:39 AM
what a dumb question. Why would any film with rape to young people exist as a subject? I'm not saying this movie is good but if your going to discount this movie not because it's a bad movie but because it has distateful subject matter I guess American Psycho or Taxi Driver or Bastard Out of Carolina should have never existed. Why don't you guys actually concentrate onw hy this may be a bad movie rather than jumping on the dumb immoral train.
Talkbackers, for shame! by ETI	Feb 5th, 2007 09:55:15 AM
Educate yourselves a little bit. http://www.usatoday.com/life/m ovies/news/2007-01-23-fanning- hounddog_x.htm "I know my mom would take me to see it," said Fanning, who turns 13 in February. "You have to prepare your children for things that happen in the world. Everything isn't rosy."
Vaseline, semen, child fucking... by Thomas Cromwell	Feb 5th, 2007 10:59:09 AM
What stimulating conversation we have here. P.S. I hereby copyright the word 'child fucker'.
I just don't care by David Lazarus Long	Feb 5th, 2007 11:12:46 AM
I don't mind that this movie is being made. Hell, I'm all for exposing the masses to taboo, because most people are way too fucking uptight for thier own good. Case in point: "Some religious groups protested that having such a young actress in a rape scene was criminal." It's called fucking acting. It would be one thing if they went hardcore porno stylee with full frontal and penetration (how many people are going to bitch at me just for MENTIONING penetration of a 12 year old?), but the scene lasts all of a minute according to the sources. It's like going after "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" for having 'themes of beastiality'. Don't waste my fucking time, zealots. I didn't watch 'Passion of the Jesus' and I won't watch this, because neither subject holds ANY interest to me whatsoever, other than the obvious comedic value. Fuck'em all!
Interesting tho by David Lazarus Long	Feb 5th, 2007 11:14:31 AM
that therapist (where's Sean Connery when you need him?) isn't daddy, it's a teen boy. What a twist! Are you sure this wasn't directed by M. Night?
Dakota Fanning will be a teenager in two weeks by Rupee88	Feb 5th, 2007 06:19:34 PM
Damn, I really feel old. I thought she was still a little kid. Anyway, I can live without watching child rape on film...I'll pass on this one.
Of course it well get picked up, because it is by superninja	Feb 5th, 2007 06:40:37 PM
supposedly provocative, and perverse = BO!!!
Real review of the movie that calls it like it is. by superninja	Feb 5th, 2007 06:42:23 PM
And this guy is no prude by any means: http://filmfreakcentral.net/su ndance/sd2007capsules.htm#houn ddog Deborah Kampmeier's Hounddog is even worse than its pre-emptive objectors assume it is. The film is offensive in precisely the way you think it's going to be but surprises you by becoming offensive on a whole new level. Everything in the film revolves around a scene where Dakota Fanning is raped, which, far from "gratuitous," is the film's entire raison d'être. Before The Rape, Hounddog plays like one big striptease leading up to it: in the very first scene, Fanning promises her playmate a kiss if he shows her his penis, and throughout the picture, Kampmeier has her prancing around in her panties, gyrating in her rendition of Elvis Presley's "Hounddog," and going swimming in an undershirt. Naysayers are calling the picture "a pedophile's dream," and though I maintain that you would have to be a pedophile of particularly low self-esteem to whack off to this, they do have a point. Up until The Rape, the film is just plain exploitive and cynical. It starts to seem like Kampmeier knows why we're here and is going to draw out our dread/anticipation past the breaking point before delivering "the goods." Then little Dakota gets popped. The scene is simultaneously cowardly, leering, and utterly tasteless: we see close-ups of her limbs flailing and her playmate staring on, fascinated and horrified. Her demonic rapist, who had been hiding in the shadows, grunts a couple of times, comes inside her, and very audibly zips up as she lies on the ground, bawling and defeated. The pre-rape portion of the film was sweating with sex, but all that heat dissipates out during and after the rape. As the film progresses, we begin to see--through a lot of heavy-handed and increasingly tedious phallic imagery involving snakes--that Kampmeier has been anti-sex and pro-rape all along. She dramatizes that age-old justification for sexual aggression: the bitch was asking for it. The bitch in this case, of course, being a twelve-year-old girl. Kampmeier sees rape as nothing short of baptismal--through her violation, Fanning learns to hate sex and regains her innocence; by the end of the film, she's cuddling a puppy while watching her family of Tennessee Williams rejects fool around with snakes and get bitten because they weren't raped as children. Fanning is counselled by a kindly Uncle Tom figure who tells her that snakes are animals to be respected and teaches her to sing "Hounddog" the way it was meant to be sung: like a spiritual without any of the sexual overtones that that damn white boy Elvis brought to it. Previously, she sang the song to unwittingly arouse her rapist into action; by the end of the film, she sings it to salve her torment. Kampmeier idealizes her black characters by making them completely asexual and suggests that rape provides a means by which women may experience the oppression that gives the Negroes their magical wisdom. Good gravy, have you had enough yet?! If only Sean Hannity and William Donahue were to actually watch and attempt to understand the film they are condemning, they would really have something to complain about.

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