Monster [2003] [DVD]

A film about a bisexual serial killer who was also a prostitute who killed her clients starring a sexy movie pin-up could have gone wrong in so, so, many ways. Thankfully, it didn't. 'Monster' is well directed in that it sticks to the story and the characters and this makes for a film with a lot to stay in that it asks questions about the essence of criminality. It is also a film with a couple of brilliant performances.It was a very brave decision by Charlize Theron to play a unglamorous, unsexy, role with no make up and looking over weight. She does it superbly. I did originally think that she may have been a little over the top in the role but then Aileen Wuornos, because of circumstances, was obviously a wild and over the top character as seen if you watch documentaries about here. It also has to be said that Christina Ricci adds much as a supporting actress and together the two compliment each other .The performances and the subject of aileen Wuornos in this film leave answer a lot of the questions about what make a serial killer. They also lead to a lot more questions about how we deal with that.

I purchased "Monster" I watched an episode of "Deadly Women" on Netflix and on the episode they were talking about the crimes that Aileen Wuornos committed. I was hooked so I had to buy the DVD and loved it. It's a sad story. I felt really sorry for Aileen cause she didn't even have a good start in life. She was homeless for two years and became I hiking hooker. Shooting seven men in cold blood. At first she said she was raped but then on a later date she said it was a lie. I personally think that she was abused and shot those men in self defence. She was executed on 9th October 2002. I personally think she should have gotten a life sentence instead of being sent to the execution chamber. Other female serial killers that done much worse crimes compared to Aileen. Rose West killed her daughter & Myra Hindley captured the young children for her boyfriend Ian Brady who raped and killed there victims. They should have been executed for what they done. Aileen was a victim and that's what made her a serial killer.

“People kill each other every day and for what? For politics, for religion, and their heroes!” [Aileen]This 2003 dark crime drama tells the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos [Charlize Theron], a hard nosed prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The film picks up the story after Aileen moved from Michigan to Florida, and meets misfit and troubled loner Selby Wall [Christina Ricci] [changed for legal reasons but heavily based on her real life girlfriend, Tyria] in a gay bar. The two become friends and eventually lovers but it soon starts to go wrong.The film takes many liberties with the details and it condenses the time scale involved and the central lesbian relationship giving the impression of a few weeks, not over a number of years but Theron is truly remarkable in the role of the aging hooker, shedding her natural beauty and adopting a masculine persona she is unrecognizable as herself.The single disc opens to a main menu featuring play, scene selection and audio [2.0 or 5.1, subtitles on/off, and a commentary. This isn’t a glossy tale of a tart with a heart but gets to the dirty underbelly of a life gone wrong where we witness her sudden massive and violent mood swings and gradually learn of her brutal and humiliating treatment by men throughout her childhood from being raped at 8 by her alcoholic grandfather and again at 14—resulting in an unwanted baby being put up for adoption, and her descent into the dark world of prostitution and what led her to murder. Despite everything, it’s hard to come away from this without some sympathy for Wuornos, however despicable her actions,

Since I am a Fan of Serial Killer movies, I once owned this movie and so glad to have the DVD back in my collection again. This is the Best True Life Serial Killer Biopic ever, which won Golden Globes and Charlize Theron won an Oscar ( uncannily on 29 February 2004 on the Serial Killer's Birthday ) for her performance as Aileen Carol Wuornos also known as "Angel of Death" in the Tabloids. The Story is based on the life of Aileen, and out of all the Serial Killer childhoods, her Youth is the most heartbreaking, Until She met Selby Hall, the fictionalised version of her Lover and Partner, Tyler Moore, is when Aileen's life turned around, and at the same time came to a turning point on her deadly Destiny. So why is this Serial Killer movie so Different? A breath of fresh air, the make Up and Prosthetics and mannerisms that Charlize Theron did is Spot on like Aileen's Butch persona, including her philosophical way of thinking and feisty spirit, but made her an all round Human Being. Also it is a Love Story with a Difference, that is why it is a stand out from other Serial Killer movies. A Love Story of a Serial Killer is a bold and brillant step of our times when society and communities have different people, different minds from all walks of life, when one tragic soul finds love then the past catches up with them and they spiral out of control, Serial Killers are indeed addicts to their own impulses.The Film does have brutal moments that make you cringe bestowed on Aileen by a Misogynist, and pang of Guilt that Aileen felt on one Victim who tried to talk to her and being sympathetic. It's all there. sweet romance, Serial Murder, and One Woman's Life that is a tragic nightmare from the beginning to the very end. This movie will always stand the tests of time