[ExI] Movie review: Melancholia

[John Grigg]

I was very impressed by some of Von Trier's earlier films, but based on the
reviews I have read, this movie is a real misfire.  But even a very
talented director can sometimes come out with a major dud.


John

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Alejandro Dubrovsky <alito at organicrobot.com
> wrote:

> On 11/26/11 10:19, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> > Anybody expecting a science fiction film from von Trier probably has
> > themselves to blame. Colliding planets does not make a film science
> > fiction. He is mainly doing pretentious stuff... and occasionally fun
> > horror like The Kingdom. But the default expectation should be something
> > with overacted emotions and some experimental camera work.
> >
>
> I think the default expectation should be something closer to "trying to
> make the watcher uncomfortable". Also, I'll gladly take the title of
> extropy-chat's biggest von Trier fan if noone else wants it.
>
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