Re: Movies - What have you been watching ?
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:58 pm
woof woof ! » Thu Dec 27, 2018 5:20 pm wrote:
Feeling full and in need of some relaxed couch time settled down to watch this after Xmas lunch
:wwww :wwww
Lets just say the Xmas mood in my house was radically different this year :(
After going with RBG's recommendation and choosing this for our afternoon movie I'm surprised that social services haven't moved all my extended family to a safe location ! :(
Its definitely not a Christmas movie mate It garnered massive publicity with its inclusion of some extremely controversial content ,but I thought it was handled well by Matt Dillon who delivers a quite remarkable portrayal of the OCD affected serial killer and the intensity of Lars Von Trier's direction is at times 'although' shockingly visceral its also intelligently handled enough to slightly diffuse the ferity of the violence depicted. I think the film is a deeply cynical one and the scenes that caused such walkouts on mass at Cannes are without doubt the most impious in its cruelty I've seen on film ,callous ,devoid of empathy and with little sympathy for its audience but when all is said and done mate ,this is a Lars Von Trier film and the viewer should be aware of the nihilism that eventually bleeds its way through all his work.
Not for kids ,grandmothers ,wives or indeed Christmas