Yeah, saw it. The opening rape scene was pretty disturbing, gave me chills. The rest of the flick seemed too gratuitous for my liking. I had to carry myself through the rest of it, not really much meat to it. Seemed like an oversimplified road-movie striving to be as anti-hollywood as possible (which should never be the goal in and by itself).

It's not "special", nor is it "eccentric". It's called escapism; it's a device for unhappy people to wallow in their own sadness and feel good about doing so. It's the ultimate way for them to feel sorry about their situation while soothing their conscious by giving the impression of trying to do something about it.

All it does is create and maintain an us-against-them mentality, which is never a healthy thing to try and sustain. Instead of helping these people come to grips with the reality of the situation, these so called 'spiritual' people do nothing but solidify and intensify the problems at hand. Sometimes out of ignorance, but more often than not the real driving force behind their actions is nothing more or less than greed, plain and simple.

It's a shame really, that people tend to condone this type of behavior without thinking about the consequences.

Wow