This movie was bad. Don't get me wrong there were things that were brilliant, but overall it was misguided, untactful and lost. The film has scenes of graphic, intense and numbing pornographic violence. By pornographic violence, I mean that literally. If you can get past the shock factor, the scenes offer little to the viewer or to the story. They are meaningless. It's really too bad because the film is wonderfully shot for a horror film, and fun to watch aside from the previously mention bits. I read up on the director Von Trier and it's obvious he is part of the dogme 95 gang because I think he respects honesty in filmmaking. However, I think someone needs to tell him that honesty for the sake of honesty is almost as bad as lying. You must have reason and intent and think out every decision for the good of the whole. His decisions in the film showcase a blind disregard for the final product and simply exhibit a carelessness and obsession with pointless details. The film is at least worth the watch for a few beautiful scenes, and the clear acting chops of Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
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