Monster (film): Difference between revisions

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''(Leslie hesitantly tries to escort her out of the building)''

'''Aileen:''' ''Fuck you'', Leslie! }}

* [[Composite Character]]: Tom is a composite of Wuornos' various friends at the bar she frequented.

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: For all the trouble in their relationship, Aileen and Selby ''do'' have some pretty cute moments together.

* [[Disposable Sex Worker]]

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* [[Shout-Out]]: "Gassenhauer" is played, an obvious homage to ''[[Badlands]]''

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The way the movie portrays what happened to Aileen was probably very close to the truth. She killed her first victim out of self defense, and her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFBcjII3QAE rising schizophrenia] likely helped her jump to some unusual conclusions that lead her to continue.

** The director also personally met with ~~Wuonros~~ to get the film as accurate as possible.

** The director also personally met with Wuornos to get the film as accurate as possible.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Several moments, but the last ten or fifteen minutes of the film especially qualify.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Completely [[Justified Trope|justified]]. After being raped by the man who turns out to be her first victim, Aileen escapes, grabs his gun, blasts him several times, continues firing into his corpse and does not stop until she's completely emptied the clip. Shortly after, she starts beating his corpse with the gun whilst punctuating each beat with rage-filled insults.

* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: An odd mix of this trope and complete accuracy. To avoid potential litigation, Wuornos real girlfriend Tyria Moore was replaced with an original character deliberately engineered to be completely unlike her in any potentially actionable way. Also, the men Aileen shoots are loosely based on Wuornos' real victims.