Talk:Feed (2005 film)

Removal of "needs infobox" tag
This article has had its infobox tag removed by a cleanup using AWB. Any concerns please leave me a message at my talk page. RWardy 19:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Better Plot Synopsis
I removed the previous plot synopsis. It had almost as much text about the last five minutes as the rest of the movie, and didn't address any parallels between various points in the plot. After just seeing the movie, understanding it, and reading a bunch of reviews claiming that plot was nonsensical, I felt that the article in its current form would fuel misunderstanding about the film.

It talked about the initial police raid, but didn't explain that the cop who busted the guys is the protagonist of the movie and that it severally screwed him up in the head, which is one of the main driving forces in the movie.

It then states the protagonist finds the website and goes to where its located, without pointing out that it is out of his jurisdiction, that the high security of the website is his prime cause of his suspicion that it is illegal, or that the 'feeder' is aware of his attempts to crack is security and collecting information about him the whole time. As the bulk of the movie is really about the psychological games the feeder plays with the cop, this last point is especially important.

On that note, the summary also failed to address that Philip, the cop, was shown to have severe psycho sexual issues himself, and that the feeder had obviously pegged him on this and used it as the crux of his psychological manipulations.

I also felt that the statement that Philip shoots the girl out of shock and disgust was way off base. My analysis was that he shot the girl because she was calling him a pig, the same term his ex had painted on his chest before leaving him after he beat her in the middle of a sexual episode which could easily fall into the context of rape. Since it had already been brought forth that both he and the feeder knew that he had psychological issues, and that it wasn't about justice because he was out of his jurisdiction and threatening to kill the feeder anyway, but instead about a psychological and physiological power battle between the two men, he chose to take away what the feeder had all along. His sense of power. If you watch the film the climax is heavily centered around all these elements and I'm surprised that the original entry offered such an elementary take.