[Angra]

"Antichrist" 5/10

2 things..


First off, if you can't handle penetration, masturbation, clits, erected penises and naked bodies in general in non porn movies, do not watch Antichrist.

Second, i'm certain non of you regulars in here will find anything in it groundbreaking disturbing. We've seen lots of scenes before which've been much worse and disgusting. And the "disturbing" scenes in Antichrist are VERY few.


My biggest issue with this movie was that i couldn't get into the female characters psycotic grief and therefore didn't get the first 50 minutes. I understood what was going on, but i just didn't understand/believe her reaction to the tradegy in the beginning. Defoe was almost just as weird but in the totally opposit, overly calm kind of way. I just didn't believe the characters, who, might I add, must be the dullest couple in movie history. At least in the first 40 minutes. Every conversation they had was like small therapy sessions. Lots of sex but no feeling of actual love. Just therapy and numbness.... As Antichrist only consist of these two charaters it's needless to say I didn't think the story was working at all.

What Trier managed to do great was the music and sound score. Also the intro was beautiful even tho it was tragic. The slow-mo scenes in the dark woods were beautifully shot as well. Very dreamy with a hint of nightmare.

Some of this movie made me think of David Lynch. Many weird unexplained things happening and also it felt like Trier tried not to make it a genre piece. So the first 50 minutes was drama and far from horror. Last 30 minutes definitely horror. And in the very end i believe everyone in the theater was thinking, "WTF??!! What the hell was this guy trying to tell us???".

All in all Antichrist felt not very successful and quite Pretentious.