The story was a bit slow in my opinion, but the great acting and amazing cinematography really made up for that. Film title matches the overall feeling of the movie.
Loved the pacing of this movie that makes you feel totally helpless and makes the passing of time agonizing. Art is certainly an effective tool to convey mental illness. Loved the intent focus on the expressions of Claire and Justine; phenomenal acting from the cast in general. Don't watch before bed, the melancholy is infectious.
Wow. That was absolutely brilliant. It gave me chills, which is incredibly rare. An absolutely beautiful film, but I'm not sure if it's something that I'd watch again.
It's definitely a slow-burner, and has a very uneasy tension throughout the entire film. There is no
catharsis at the end, save for Justine
, but in a way that adds to its beauty.
In regards to the comment by user ChrisReynold:
I feel sorry for him, as I'm sure he'd be more satisfied if he fully understood the things that he complained about.
It's easy to call someone suffering from depression unsympathetic, but until you suffer from it yourself it's easy to be unempathetic.
Yet wasn't that partly the point of the film? Justine suffered from chronic depression (that increasingly worsened) due to her knowledge of the world's impending demise. Everyone else just told her to suck it up and get over her crippling depression, yet no one actually took the time to find out what was wrong. They assumed her depression was trivial, yet their day-to-day lives were trivial in comparison.
Wouldn't YOU be melancholic if you had to live with that knowledge?
And if the psychic ability part was removed, then she wouldn't be melancholic then, would she?
I don't understand why you feel like it's out of place.
I understand his comment is nearly 5 years old now, but it's the first thing I saw when I added this film to my watchlist. It left a bad impression on me, but thankfully the movie proved him otherwise.
My only real complaint was that
the beginning made it seem like she had super powers (even when looking up the movie, images of her with the lightning immediately pop up), which wasn't the case. I understand that it was meant to be symbolic; I just had my hopes up. lol
I normally only watch these types of films once, but I'm considering making an exception with this one. It was so captivating, and I'd like to see it again with the same knowledge
I was, surprisingly, not bored, and that's surprising because from the beggining we see it's a slow path movie, but its so beautiful, so well acted and it drags us so deeply to those events, that it couldn't be boring for even a second. For moments i've found myself scared of the situation as if i was there with them. Gotta mention, once again, how beautiful the photograph is, and I love Ms. Dunst.
Very boring, but fantastically made and acted. If you appreciate, and I mean really APPRECIATE good cinematography and "realistic" acting, this is for you. Otherwise I don't recommend it. On a side note, the first 30 minutes or so are rather interesting because of the humor brought on by Dunst's father.
As made overtly clear by the films title, Melancholia seems to be made with the intention of evoking melancholy feelings in the viewer. People often watch sad movies, they cry a little, get over it ten minutes later and then feel great. These films provide a sort of contrast for the viewer. This is not one of those films. This film has you nervous the whole time and is just flat out depressing without hope for convalescing.
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The story was a bit slow in my opinion, but the great acting and amazing cinematography really made up for that. Film title matches the overall feeling of the movie.MetalMagnum
Loved the pacing of this movie that makes you feel totally helpless and makes the passing of time agonizing. Art is certainly an effective tool to convey mental illness. Loved the intent focus on the expressions of Claire and Justine; phenomenal acting from the cast in general. Don't watch before bed, the melancholy is infectious.silhuzz
made me really nervousyukononun
Wow. That was absolutely brilliant. It gave me chills, which is incredibly rare. An absolutely beautiful film, but I'm not sure if it's something that I'd watch again.It's definitely a slow-burner, and has a very uneasy tension throughout the entire film. There is no
In regards to the comment by user ChrisReynold:
I feel sorry for him, as I'm sure he'd be more satisfied if he fully understood the things that he complained about.
Yet wasn't that partly the point of the film? Justine suffered from chronic depression (that increasingly worsened) due to her knowledge of the world's impending demise. Everyone else just told her to suck it up and get over her crippling depression, yet no one actually took the time to find out what was wrong. They assumed her depression was trivial, yet their day-to-day lives were trivial in comparison.
Wouldn't YOU be melancholic if you had to live with that knowledge?
And if the psychic ability part was removed, then she wouldn't be melancholic then, would she?
I don't understand why you feel like it's out of place.
I understand his comment is nearly 5 years old now, but it's the first thing I saw when I added this film to my watchlist. It left a bad impression on me, but thankfully the movie proved him otherwise.
My only real complaint was that
I normally only watch these types of films once, but I'm considering making an exception with this one. It was so captivating, and I'd like to see it again with the same knowledge
thaisquisito
I was, surprisingly, not bored, and that's surprising because from the beggining we see it's a slow path movie, but its so beautiful, so well acted and it drags us so deeply to those events, that it couldn't be boring for even a second. For moments i've found myself scared of the situation as if i was there with them. Gotta mention, once again, how beautiful the photograph is, and I love Ms. Dunst.Tomhotch
Very boring, but fantastically made and acted. If you appreciate, and I mean really APPRECIATE good cinematography and "realistic" acting, this is for you. Otherwise I don't recommend it. On a side note, the first 30 minutes or so are rather interesting because of the humor brought on by Dunst's father.SHARKSHREDDEr
MelowMaverickAs I understood it the Earth was the big planet and Melancholia the small one.
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one of the best movies of the year. Lars Von Trier shows his cinematography in this movie again.jktomas
Feel-good movie of the year.CSSCHNEIDER
Better than Another Earth and dealing with similar themes and emotions this rings far truer. Liked it, but didn't love it. Kirsten Dunst is amazing.nosex
terrible script. nothing else is very good either.pshapiro
As made overtly clear by the films title, Melancholia seems to be made with the intention of evoking melancholy feelings in the viewer. People often watch sad movies, they cry a little, get over it ten minutes later and then feel great. These films provide a sort of contrast for the viewer. This is not one of those films. This film has you nervous the whole time and is just flat out depressing without hope for convalescing.oddrid
Love love love love loved this.kanoba
First part was way better than the second one, overall: meh.apelsiiniits
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