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"Melancholia": I got emotionally involved . . .

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By the end of the first 20 minutes I wanted to spread their entrails, slash their bodies, tear their hair, set fire to Kirsten Dunst and every member of her totally fruit cake family at her elegant wedding reception. I usually don't get involved like that but these people where awful. It was Part 1. Justine, or known as the wedding reception. I'm not sure what this had to do with the ultimate movement of the film but it was long and gruesome to me. I'm unsure if all this nut case activity was due to the nearness of the calamity or not. Whatever it is I wouldn't want to sit through it again.

Part 2. Claire is about the more sane of sister who is married to a very wealthy Keifer Sutherland. This part of the film gets down to exactly what is going to happen when the planet Melancholia flies by in a near collision path. This is where the tension mounts with Claire and Justine reacts with cool detachment. Sutherland maintains the manly "everything is going to be all right" for the good of his family and son.

I have no idea what Von Trier was trying to say to us. Lost on me. This film would have been better if it were a visual knock out--it wasn't. The soundtrack was the same strains of Wagner over and over. The dialog believable but the story malformed. Von Trier is getting too much free money for his "art".

Follow Ups:

"the wedding reception... I'm not sure what this had to do with the ultimate movement of the film..." - Revolver66 07:36:32 12/10/11 (5)
Try Schopenhauer:

The world that we perceive is a �presentation� of objects in the theatre of our own mind; the observers, the �subject,� each craft the show with their own stage managers, stagehands, sets, lighting, code of dress, pay scale, etc. The other part of the world, the Will, or �thing in itself,� which is not perceivable as a presentation, exists outside time, space, and causality. Aquila claims to make these distinctions as linguistically precise as possible.[8]
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Represent (Open in New Window)
- Let's us try reality instead of relying on philosophical doo doo. * - mr grits 17:15:45 12/10/11 (4)
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  - OK...Let's try this... - Revolver66 06:25:38 12/11/11 (3)
    The film presents the viewer with a dichotomy, e.g., two planets...
    
    On a near collision path with the other, one planet is considered a "rogue" and therefore dangerous.
    
    Now let's make the wedding reception a microcosm, an "Earth" in this case.
    
    What are the rogue elements to planet Wedding Reception? Did its course serve as a fly-by or a collision?
    
    This dichotomy is the key to understanding the other themes of the film, a major one being science vs faith, and leaves it up to the viewer on how this ultimately addresses the two parts of the film.
    - No thank you, you are working entirely too hard to excuse it.... - mr grits 16:08:08 12/11/11 (2)
      I'll stay firmly in the bored and pointless camp.
      - OK...Let's try this... - Revolver66 02:53:02 12/12/11 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No thank you, you are working entirely too hard to excuse it.... posted by mr grits on December 11, 2011 at 16:08:08
        
        Justine slips on a banana peel. Claire helps her up, and in doing so, both end up falling down on their bottoms to audible effect. The guests at the wedding reception are split between laughter and shock...
        
        Eureka! * - mr grits 06:02:46 12/12/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: OK...Let's try this... posted by Revolver66 on December 12, 2011 at 02:53:02
        
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I can't believe that release made it down to the hinterlands yet - Road Warrior 15:28:02 12/09/11 (1)
It's been on Mrs. Nasty's and mine's to do list for a month now. I'm a fan of dark, sad, and melancholy, and, dark.

"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
- Yer've been warned...let us know what you think. * - mr grits 18:57:36 12/10/11 (0)
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