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dmihatmttl

09-29-2003, 12:50 PM

Agreed. I won this one in an online contest a month or so ago, hadn't seen it before but was definitely looking forward to it. All the good things I'd heard about it were true . . . a damn fine movie. Disturbing. Sad.

Like AvengerSoul said, I'll be looking forward to more from McKee too.

J.N.
http://members.tripod.com/~NEWMANATOR/index.html

pyewackett

10-01-2003, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by Killer Clown#1
I hope may's new friend can buy her a Glass eye:D , A great movie though

Speaking/writing as someone who has worn a glass eye (the left one, thank you) since age 18 months, I'm highly intrigued by the statement and the movie and am now off to imdb.com to check it out.

Amelie

10-04-2003, 12:54 AM

Originally posted by pyewackett
Speaking/writing as someone who has worn a glass eye (the left one, thank you) since age 18 months, I'm highly intrigued by the statement and the movie and am now off to imdb.com to check it out.

Seriously - you have a glass eye? That's kind of cool. If I'm can ask, how did you get a glass eye?

wyked

10-05-2003, 05:15 PM

I have to agree with everyone else on this one, this movie was sick and twisted...the best kind of movie I love to see. (Says a lot about me doesn't it, hehe). I have to say that Angela Bettis did a great job in her role as May, I couldn't think of anyone else that could've pulled it off as good as she did. :)

Sean1605

10-14-2003, 02:51 AM

I too look forward to more stuff from Lucky...especially when it's with Brucey.

delirium

10-30-2003, 09:11 PM

not really scary.. more just creepy.. i liked it though... what'd you all think??

avenger00soul

10-31-2003, 04:45 AM

Loved it, there is an old thread somewhere on this board dedicated to it.

Voorhees

10-31-2003, 06:22 AM

Havent seen it yet.

meetthecreeper

10-31-2003, 08:14 AM

I actually just saw this the other night, (based on forum opinion) I thought the movie was excellent, very good story line al though it did take a while to get to butchery but overall I enjoyed it. Will be adding it to my library.

ShamSham04

11-24-2003, 03:46 PM

Terrible movie.

I am very surprised that I sat all the way through it. The plot gave the movie so much potential but the movie was a complete waste of time. I hate the girl that played May too. She can't act.

Anyway, this is just my opinion, so don't reply wanting to start something.

avenger00soul

11-24-2003, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by ShamSham04
Terrible movie.

I am very surprised that I sat all the way through it. The plot gave the movie so much potential but the movie was a complete waste of time. I hate the girl that played May too. She can't act.

Anyway, this is just my opinion, so don't reply wanting to start something.

The good opinions do outweigh the bad ones so there is no need to start something.

orangestar

11-24-2003, 05:39 PM

I thought it was disturbing...very sad. Angela Bettis is a very good actress, I loved her in Carrie and Girl Interrupted also! Anna Faris is also good as the lesbian frend. :D

graveambitions

11-25-2003, 09:33 AM

I just watched May last night in fact. Bought it a while ago and haven't watched it till now. For fans of that kind of movie troubled, awkward girl go see the Japanese film Audition. At first you'll say, "What the hell am I watching?" It gets creepier little by little.

nightbreed

11-25-2003, 10:31 AM

on the wrong turn dvd. looks dope ill have to see it.

allmykids

11-25-2003, 12:05 PM

I had never heard of MAY, I will have to go rent it. if it's sick i'm sure I will like it.

dmihatmttl

11-25-2003, 01:52 PM

I watched this one again today, as a matter of fact. It does hold up to a second viewing.

Very tragic . . . I just wanna give MAY a big hug, tell her everything's gonna be alright.

At least until she pulls out the sharp objects. Then I'd run.

J.N.
http://members.tripod.com/~NEWMANATOR/index.html

sniktawt

12-20-2003, 11:18 AM

Next to Bubba Ho-Tep the best Horror Film Of 2003 IMO.

allmykids

12-20-2003, 10:27 PM

I just saw this movie about a week ago, i really liked it. favoret part was when she cut out her own eye. very sick!!

abbycomix

12-21-2003, 06:54 PM

I just saw this and liked it a lot too. I liked that they used The Breeders music and that James Duval was in it too, if only briefly.
SPOILER WARNING:
My only critique is I wish she used a human head for her friend. She had plenty to choose from!

KRUGERKID13

06-14-2004, 01:19 PM

I rented this the other night and was pretty impressed (or at least not dissapointed). I thought it had a pretty good story and good acting just wondering what everyone else thought

Paul M. Johnson

06-14-2004, 06:37 PM

Never heard of it, do you recommend it?

ULTIMATE POSTER

06-14-2004, 06:52 PM

May I ask what the plot line is?

KRUGERKID13

06-14-2004, 06:52 PM

yeah its definetley worth renting im probably gonna buy it

KRUGERKID13

06-14-2004, 06:54 PM

its about this girl who was never accepted and she starts trying to make a perfect friend out of body parts that she took from her victims. Theres more to it obviously but im not gonna say anymore

ULTIMATE POSTER

06-14-2004, 06:55 PM

Sounds very interesting

KRUGERKID13

06-14-2004, 06:56 PM

it is

Paul M. Johnson

06-14-2004, 06:56 PM

Its a hunk of junk!

KRUGERKID13

06-14-2004, 07:06 PM

oh thats right it didnt have any nudity so paul johnson wouldnt like it since hes a dusch

Paul M. Johnson

06-14-2004, 07:07 PM

Oh, it doesn't have nudity? Thats ok, if you say its good, I'll check it out anyways. I am sure you know lots more about horror movies than I do.

KRUGERKID13

06-14-2004, 07:17 PM

theres somthing strange about you paul wether it be your using sarcasm or your someone who was on here at another time and just got a new name but i cant put my finger on it

ShankS

06-15-2004, 06:02 AM

May

it's not may it's june

Paul M. Johnson

06-15-2004, 06:03 AM

May I buy you a pint of Guiness - says in Irish accent.

Vodstok

06-15-2004, 07:26 AM

I hate to be picky on this Paul, but how/why would you refer to a movie as a "hunk of junk", only to post, later, that you havent even seen it?

ShankS

06-15-2004, 08:02 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
I hate to be picky on this Paul, but how/why would you refer to a movie as a "hunk of junk", only to post, later, that you havent even seen it?

yeah lol just noticed that, ........."I've not seen it but it's crap" lmao

Originally posted by Paul M. Johnson
May I buy you a pint of Guiness - says in Irish accent.

you sure can.

Vodstok

06-15-2004, 08:04 AM

Shanks, this is how i know you are a good man, you like titties and beer. :)

Have another one on me.

I'll toss out some cash for BudMan to have one too. He appreciates beer also :)

Sick_As_Fuck

06-15-2004, 09:45 AM

I didn't like it too much...

ShankS

06-15-2004, 10:32 AM

Originally posted by Vodstok
Shanks, this is how i know you are a good man, you like titties and beer. :)

Have another one on me.

I'll toss out some cash for BudMan to have one too. He appreciates beer also :)

cool. thanks very much there dude.... cheers. :)

feral cat

06-15-2004, 01:57 PM

Its pretty good not an out and out horror, but its does satirise many horror fan stereotypes very well!

massacre man

07-24-2004, 08:06 AM

Originally posted by orangestar
I thought it was disturbing...very sad. Angela Bettis is a very good actress, I loved her in Carrie and Girl Interrupted also! Anna Faris is also good as the lesbian frend. :D ^orangestar's first post^

thepsychicfetus

07-24-2004, 12:01 PM

i was really not very interested by this movie. there was nothing truly "creepy" about it. oh no, the doll talks to her and she listens, not really creepy or even interesting. the movie really didnt make sense, because she has a glass eye, she only likes certain parts of other ppl? Is her vision really that poor in her good eye that she can't see the rest of the person? All in all i guess i was just very disappointed.

Nyder

07-26-2004, 09:52 PM

It was because her mother told her that if you can't find a friend, then make one, so she just twisted that concept with her own devious little mind.

I really enjoyed this movie. May is my dream girl :D .

The music was very good and the horror was subtle for the most part. The production design was also very good considering their budget. Obviously Taxi Driver was an influence on this film (they even say so in the commentary).

LilMissScareAll

08-01-2004, 11:57 AM

May is definitely one of my favorite movies. :) Mainly because she reminds me alot of myself. Too bad May isn't a real person...I think I'd get along with her really well. :p

deadandgone

08-03-2004, 08:41 AM

i just saw may last night and its one of the best movies ive seen in along time that lucky mckee guy is a genius

Jason Hodder

10-14-2004, 10:13 AM

Last night on HBO Zone they showed the movie May. I had never seen the movie. After reading about it many times in Fangoria i wanted to see if but I kept putting it off for whatever reason. I decided that eventhough I had to get up early for school today I would stay up late and watch it. I must say that I was not disappointed. It was a great film. I'm happy that I stayed up to watch it. Angela Bettis was great. Lucky McGee is a great young writter/director. I hope that both of them go on to great stuff in the future. This was just a creepy ilm. I am now going to go out and buy the film.

feral cat

10-14-2004, 11:20 AM

… May (http://shadowfaxmedia.co.uk/forum/kb.php?mode=article&k=6&sid=d41a062eda82868b9a763e5acf0cd005) is very good debut, I love the way it laughs at the tipical horror audience and most of them don’t notice …

SamCostello

10-16-2004, 08:06 AM

Agreed. May is a really terrific film.

It's so unusual for horror movies to have characters as well realized as May or Adam are and all of them film's action and violence grows out of the characters and their motivations, rather than just the necessity of plot or high concept.

That's even rarer in horror.

Can't wait for McKee's next movie.

Sam

youshouldvknown

10-17-2004, 04:54 AM

Yeah, I was putting it off too for a while, but I was in the video store and I heard the clerk tell this old guy "That's a horrible horror movie. If you want to see a good scary movie, rent May. It should be in." Well I just so happened to be standing in front of it so I swiped it before the old man got over to it and checked it out.

It was pretty great. It was really original, I thought. The audience pities the killer more than they condemn her. I've also read a lot of people who say that all of May's quirks (about the hands and talking to the doll and just being misunderstood) were really sexy.

The only thing that I thought was bogus about it was that contacts don't straighten strabismus (lazy eye). It's a weakened muscle in the eye and there's no way that wearing a contact lens will straighten and strenghthen that muscle. The patch she wore over her other eye as a child, though, would. But I suppose they'd use that as a ploy to get her out of those glasses, which I thought were hot. *shrugs*

FAIRYDUST

10-17-2004, 12:50 PM

I love the movie May b/c as an outcast myself I identified with wanting close friends.

allmykids

10-18-2004, 03:39 PM

I really liked it. I kinda felt sorry for may!! :(

allmykids

10-18-2004, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by FAIRYDUST
I love the movie May b/c as an outcast myself I identified with wanting close friends.

Thank god you changed your av. It was giving me a headake.

allmykids

10-18-2004, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by allmykids
Thank god you changed your av. It was giving me a headake.

Make that............. Oh hell my spelling sucks!! :(

Mayfan01

12-06-2005, 03:22 AM

This is one of the best non franchise films of the last few years. it has marked out Angela Bettis as someone who can be both a sympathy gaining character as well as a body harvesting screwed up nutjob. the end payoff is good as well but i wont spoil that.

slasherman

12-06-2005, 12:45 PM

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/slasherman1971/may-web.jpg

RavageRitual

12-06-2005, 12:54 PM

People have different opinions, I think May was a really good film.

zwoti

12-06-2005, 01:07 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/zwoti/00012035.gif

Femme Fatale

01-08-2006, 04:34 PM

I searched the forum and was surprised no one has talked about the 2002 movie "May". What did people think of it? I found it to be morbidly amusing, awkward and disturbing...I liked it.

For those who don't know this movie...it is about a strange girl named May who never had a friend except a doll her mother gave her when she was a little girl. Due to this fact she is inept at having a normal relationship. When she fails to find the "perfect friend" she decides to make one herself using parts from different people.

BH14

01-08-2006, 06:06 PM

Im quite sure there are plenty of other topics on it here. It seems like a love it or hate it movie. I thought it was ok but I didnt find it scary at all. Acting was very good by the lead actress. The storyline was pretty cool as well. I dont think it had people on edge of their seats or had their hearts racing in suspense.

RavageRitual

01-08-2006, 06:36 PM

I think this movie is very good. Like BH14 said. Its not scary. But i dont think that it is meant to be. I think this movie is trying to achieve something else. Somthing very morbid. This movie achieves that in my opinion. And after viewing this film. I was smiling and very happy for May. It was a happy movie. In the sickest most disturbing way possible.

BH14

01-08-2006, 06:58 PM

I actually liked "Love Object" more which follows a similar type of plot..... If you like May, check out Love Object. Both good movies in that creepy way.

RavageRitual

01-08-2006, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by BH14
I actually liked "Love Object" more which follows a similar type of plot..... If you like May, check out Love Object. Both good movies in that creepy way.

Funny you bring this up, I was just at Blockbuster earlier, and saw "Love Object" picked it up and looked at it and thought how it must be similiar to May. I think because of its similiarities. Is why i didnt rent it. I bought High Tension Unrated instead.