CHILDREN OF SORROW
What I liked about the evil cult horror CHILDREN OF SORROW - Bill Oberst Jr’s performance was very good. He was creepy and manipulative but one also understands him, feels him to a certain extent and how he operates. This was all due to a good script that introduces the characters and their weaknesses and why they would join a cult. A number of the other performances are good too especially Jacqueline Johnson. On the negative side, the handheld camera found footage style is very annoying and detracts and distracts from the story. The movie would have been better if it had not been shot this way. The transition from creepy cult to murder cult is very quick – the set-up could have been better. The ending which I assume was meant to be a surprise was pedestrian and dumb. Still, the good parts beat out the bad parts and I would say it's worth seeing despite the fact it could’ve been a better film.
What I liked about the evil cult horror CHILDREN OF SORROW - Bill Oberst Jr’s performance was very good. He was creepy and manipulative but one also understands him, feels him to a certain extent and how he operates. This was all due to a good script that introduces the characters and their weaknesses and why they would join a cult. A number of the other performances are good too especially Jacqueline Johnson. On the negative side, the handheld camera found footage style is very annoying and detracts and distracts from the story. The movie would have been better if it had not been shot this way. The transition from creepy cult to murder cult is very quick – the set-up could have been better. The ending which I assume was meant to be a surprise was pedestrian and dumb. Still, the good parts beat out the bad parts and I would say it's worth seeing despite the fact it could’ve been a better film.
NYMPHOMANIAC PARTS ONE AND TWO
I gave up on the first part
of Lars Von Trier’s NYMPHOMANIAC about an hour into it. What self-indulgent crap. It’s not even good as pornography. I tried watching the second half but it was
no better. I believe the ending might
have been trying to send a LAST TANGO IN PARIS vibe only with some kind of
muddled message but of course no Marlon Brando.
All of the actors even the execrable Shia LaBeouf look extremely embarrassed
about being in this movie. Every film I’ve
seen from Von Trier has been shit but this is probably the worst. Someone should lock Von Trier in a dark room
and prevent him from making any more films.
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