Antichrist

[Stark Evade]

I highly recommend watching Lars Von Trier's Antichrist, if you have the opportunity. Extremely graphic and disturbing, very creepy, very tense, very unusual, very beautiful, very well-acted. Check for local theaters on IMDb.

[TomServo]

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I remember reading about Antichrist earlier in the year, when it was causing a shytstorm at Cannes.

Looks like it's not showing anywhere near me, but if the trailer is anything to go by, then I'm sure it will look stunning in Blu-ray.

[Stark Evade]

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It is beautifully shot.

[Eddo211]

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Frightening.......

[One-Way]

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I have yet to see the film, but a friend of mine saw the film in New York, when it was playing at the New York Film Festival. It sounds like a mess of a film, and I'm the first to have an open mind and will definitely take a look, but he was left somewhat disappointed. They also had a Q&A with Willem Defoe, and according to my friend, it was very obvious that he wasn't too sure about his answers on the film.

With that said, I've heard a lot of the "I didn't get it" or "It was good but totally weird" comments. I'll give it a look when it rolls around here, but I hope it's just not the type of film that tries to be confusing. My friend even went as far as saying that he doesn't even think Lars Von Trier even knew what he was doing, which I can believe because if you make this type of film, you're pretty much born with this state of mind, and your films are pure insanity. There's a lot of mixed reviews, so I have faith, and I'll trust my own opinion when I do see it.

[Yedtarts]

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I highly recommend watching Lars Von Trier's Antichrist, if you have the opportunity. Extremely graphic and disturbing, very creepy, very tense, very unusual, very beautiful, very well-acted. Check for local theaters on IMDb.

I highly recommend to read God’s bible or to pray to become a ProChrist if you have the opportunity.
It’s not graphic at all, very calming and relaxing, very beautiful, no acting all real.
It’s free, right in your home; you don’t need to go to theaters.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

[Stark Evade]

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I have yet to see the film, but a friend of mine saw the film in New York, when it was playing at the New York Film Festival. It sounds like a mess of a film, and I'm the first to have an open mind and will definitely take a look, but he was left somewhat disappointed. They also had a Q&A with Willem Defoe, and according to my friend, it was very obvious that he wasn't too sure about his answers on the film.

With that said, I've heard a lot of the "I didn't get it" or "It was good but totally weird" comments. I'll give it a look when it rolls around here, but I hope it's just not the type of film that tries to be confusing. My friend even went as far as saying that he doesn't even think Lars Von Trier even knew what he was doing, which I can believe because if you make this type of film, you're pretty much born with this state of mind, and your films are pure insanity. There's a lot of mixed reviews, so I have faith, and I'll trust my own opinion when I do see it.

I don't find it to be as confusing some people feel it is. I've seen far more inaccessible films. I think many people accuse a movie of being purposefully and needlessly confusing only because they don't get it. I don't find that to be fair.

The film is not perfect. Lars Von Trier was not in his most focused frame of mind during production. I felt the epilogue was not as solid as the rest of the film and found it a bit distracting. But I think the film is a very good one. It does a great job of keeping people consistently uncomfortable and tense throughout the entire movie (and not just because of the graphic scenes). I still recommend it, but I know many people will hate it.

[One-Way]

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Well, you can't expect people to love the film, given its subject matter. It's bound to cause a certain type of relationship from the get-go. Roger Ebert (I agree with most of his thoughts, nowadays) certainly did not hate the film and had some pretty good things to say.

[Stark Evade]

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Well, you can't expect people to love the film, given its subject matter. It's bound to cause a certain type of relationship from the get-go. Roger Ebert (I agree with most of his thoughts, nowadays) certainly did not hate the film and had some pretty good things to say.

I'm not expecting anything. Merely recommending.

[One-Way]

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Antichrist is screening in a local theater on January 7, alongside Ingmar Bergman's Vargtimmen. It's going to be tough convincing my girlfriend for this one.