(2001) – Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat is a French female director on a mission, that mission is to make films that pretty much feel like a sledge hammer to the face. That sledge hammer is a woman’s mind.

Anais is a 13 year old french girl that alot of women in america can relate to. She’s overweight, she hates herself and her family, she has no sense of fashion and does not even touch her hair. She speaks the harsh truth that others refuse to face. Her sister on the other hand is 15, shes thin, and dresses like a woman, she wears make up and believes in ideals of love and is quite stuck in the cycle that the majority of women who are not like Anais suffer.

The premise of this story is that Anais’ family is on vacation. Her sister and she go out of their vacation home and walk talking about sex. The fat girl says she wants to lose her virginity to a random guy so when she does meet someone she loves he cant brag about her like shes an object he’s acquired. Her sister says shes full of shit, not too long after the 15 year old skinny girl finds a man in his 20s, he swears he loves her to get in her pants, and she let him, first in the more painful area, then she “gives herself to him.” all while her fat sister watches. This leads to a shocking final 10 or so minutes

Breillat writes this film and probably her others in a very one sided way. Every character in it is the fat girl divided up into pieces. Anais’ hates herself and expresses by eating and distorting her figure, her sister equally hates herself and expresses it by giving up her body as if its not worth anything. Their mother hates herself for having being like the skinny girl, and the father hates himself because being like Anais’ has hardened him and made him rely on things like business. All men in this movie are evil except for Anai’s father who is simply oblivious (willingly at that). The film has a style of duality in it as well to “hammer on the message” We spent 2 hours seeing the skinny girl give herself to this deceiving older man, and 2 minutes of Anai’s demise to visualize how the skinny girl feels. This repeats itself during the film often where the skinny sister acts and the fat one creates the visual of how the act feels emotionally. That’s that sledgehammer i mentioned.

Now what is good about this and other Breillat films is the honest look into the complexities of how women feel. How some women grow up to hate themselves and hate men. How self worth to a woman is an infantile idea that becomes an illusion with age. Finally how the nature of sex in human society is disgusting, mainly because it revolves around manipulating and lying about a concept that is supposed to be pure and wonderful.

I cant say I agree but its hard to deny that seeing a Breillat film does expose some of the dark and secret thoughts that are responsible for the way a lot of women feel and act. Since it comes from a woman, women themselves tend to embrace her harsh and honest take on the on female dynamics.

I would only recomend this film to very few people, like the kind who have long attention spans and give a shit about the subject matter. That means 30% of women and about 1% of men. If you fall into that category im sure you know who you are.

It’s better late than never I guess. This is our pre-E3 recording, post-E3 release podcast. We’re awesome. I know. We’re gonna get better at this though. Don’t worry about that. .

Check out the true meaning of insanity in the gameplay demo below.

Words cannot describe the throbbing erection I have for this game.

The Postal series has always been known for pushing the envelope in the gaming industry with Running with Scissors brand of dark humor. Vaseline-covered fists, Ron Jeremy love affairs, and gun-toting MILFs – oh my! If the following trailer doesn’t put Postal 3 on Fox News’ list of  games to blame for murder sprees and public ejaculation - I don’t know what will.

 

100 virtual items: The 100 free virtual items package will be available starting today from the Central Plaza kiosk. This huge package includes popular clothing and furniture items and has been made possible thanks to our 3rd Party partners – including Lockwood Publishing, Heavy Water, Codeglue, Konami, Mass Media, Digital Leisure, LOOT, and Hellfire Games.

Two personal spaces: The Dragon’s Lair and the Mansion Garage – a medieval abode based upon Digital Leisure’s classic game and a luxurious, premium personal space never before released to the PlayStation Home community – will be available to all players today from the Central Plaza kiosk.

Ooblag’s Alien Casino: This is an exclusive game that will be published later this month and will be available via the PlayStation Home Navigator. Enter this interstellar casino and try your hand at Ooblag, a multiplayer game of craps…with a twist. Winners will be rewarded by being transformed into extraterrestrial high rollers while losers will be punished severely by Raaksu, the casino’s ruthless Pit Boss. As an added bonus, players that access the Ooblag Alien Casino space will be rewarded an active item version of the Ooblag game that can be played in their personal spaces.

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Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

EA has recently launched Origin, a rebranding of their digital distribution service for PC – Now with social networking! Sound familiar? It should. It’s EA’s attempt to take on Steam.

From the site you can download the 34MB app. It has all the basic features you would expect from a service of its nature, but comes up short when compared to the digital distribution juggernaut that is Steam.

Currently Origin has a meager 150 EA titles while Steam only offers gamers a whopping 1,100+ games from various publishers.

Is Origin dead on arrival? Maybe not. The one saving grace may be upcoming Origin exclusives such as the highly anticipated MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

More information an be found at www.origin.com

We officially announced the Reach for the Swag contest in June of this year. And here we are, nearly three months later. Bungie.net has a brand new look, Gamestop is completely sold out of preorders, and we now have winners of our first ever giveaway contest.

The second prize winner, who will receive the “Grenades are Tactical” TGZ shirt, is…

…Eric “EZE” Abrams!

Our first prize winner, taking home the Halo: Reach Standard Edition, is…

…Steven “Tweeder” Duvall!

And finally, the grand prize winner, who will be rocking the Halo: Reach Legendary Edition in just a few short days, is…

…Ryan “EMOFATGUY” Eastwood!

Congrats to our winners, and a big, heartfelt thank you from KM and Myself for your donations and support, which makes the Gamerz Zone a great place for gamers like you and me to come together and celebrate our favorite hobby.

It’s less than a month away and we already have a handful people who are the running to win the LEGENDARY Edition of the upcoming game, Halo: Reach.

What does that mean for me?

Your chances are still PRETTY DARN GOOD to be in the running for this amazing chance.

What do I have to do to enter?

Well, you can make me laugh via twitter by giving me, @thekittyman, reasons as to why you think I’m gay. Make me laugh? You’re in. I’ll be sure to let you know if you’re in. It’s not hard to make me laugh either.

Or just follow me and Morte for questions you can answer for another free chance to win! Some of the questions could be pretty hard, so just keep an eye out. Difficulty could mean an EXTRA chance to win.

I don’t have twitter and I’m also not funny! What else can I do?

Well, you can donate 5 dollars and get a name in the drawing or even 10 for 2 names in the drawing. It’s a quick and easy way to help the site and also have a chance to win something really awesome.

*Disclaimer* You are not purchasing a chance in the contest. It is a reward to those who choose to help us maintain the site and forums. Our donors are awesome people and deserve something for their contribution. We at TGZ thank you guys. Ya’ll rock.

Are there any other ways I can get a better look at what this all means?

Well, you could be a member of the forum and get a chance. That’s right. Just sign up on the forum and be a part of the action.

(note: there seems to be a slight problem with registration. Really interested and want an easy way in? Shoot me an email with desired Username and pass to get you started. km@thegamerzzone.com )

What if I don’t win the Legendary Edition?

No need to worry! We’ll also be giving away the regular edition of the game as well as shirts!

What kind of shirts and what if they don’t fit?

They’ll be shirts of our own design.

and we’ll make sure to get your size after confirming the win to ensure utmost satisfaction.

Get cracking. It’s only less than a month left and tons of chances to be a part of this.