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Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Melancholia


Deb 5 Me 3

First off, look up the word melancholy; if the idea of watching melancholy for two hours is your idea of a good time, this might be for you. But probably not. Sure there is enough melancholy to fill a ward, but there’s boredom too. Think about that before plopping down your hard earned pay.

All this is disguised by some beautiful and fascinating imagery, but it leads to nothing. And the score, it plays a huge role in the film, from the long Wagnerian slo-mo opening montage to the swells of orchestration throughout the film, punctuated with popular songs, you’re still left in a drab emotional vacuum.

It was rated R for graphic nudity and sexual content and you can dismiss that right away. Sexual content was incidental and distant, and the nudity (I don’t know about it’s being graphic) was there for a few minutes, but it was cold and joyless skin shots. So if you like big music and lots of effects, this might whet your appetite, but if you like some sort of a story with maybe an occasional smile, go somewhere else.
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