Thread: Antichrist

Quote: Originally Posted by Sage Eh, it's far too stupid to be shocking. It's like juvenile high school students who draw stupid things because they think it makes them edgy and disturbed, or something. Juvenile high school students aren't that clever to come up with the evil of female within nature and gender role reversal through mutilation. Maybe amatuer porn that apes the prologue, but not the real meat of the story. But...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ali D Gainsbourg was OK, Swinton was phenomenal...Swinton created a very interesting character with flesh and blood...Gainsbourg creates some evil inside as an extra effort, other than that standard depressed middle class mother in the rest of the movie... Actors can make or break a terrible screenplay. Swinton did neither, but still gave a solid performance. I could reduce it to a grittier performance of a female...

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Quote: Originally Posted by OscarsFan 2.3 On the Björk note, did Lars' abuse cause this? YouTube- Bjork - I've Seen It All at Oscars 2001-03-25 WTH kind of introduction was that??? Gee, Winona ! And yes the legendary SWAN dress.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ali D actually that is the intention in the prologue. The whole scene has been shot like a TV commercial, which has a direct discourse connection with couple's social-economical level in the society.(watch out for toothbrush or washing machine) That's the irony and that scene was deliberately stylized. Doesn't make it not terrible and corny to see.

Lol. I've only seen up to "Chapter Three: Despair" (right after the talking fox, LMAO, which is where the disc froze) but so far I don't think it's so disturbing as much as it is...really weird? I'll go back to y'all once I've finished this.

I may see this again tonight -- I really must catch it once more before it leaves the area...

Quote: Originally Posted by Scarmi Woman . Or maybe Nature . LOL, I feel like it's impossible to discuss this film's themes without sounding ridiculous, which may be why there's not so much of that in this thread. Three weeks after seeing it, I still don't know about this. It defies assessment. It's so audacious and provocative (as art or whatever, it's certainly important) and so beautiful that I can't help...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dally I have to say that, upon more reflection, this is pretty hollow and sometimes laughable (intentionally or unintentionally... the ending was an eye-roller) even as it danced along some intriguing concepts (like the idea of the natural world and the relation of humans to it and within it). But... and I hate saying this... I was shockingly bored throughout. The opening was pretty basic, let's be artistic...

yeah, just wait and see...