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SPOILER WARNING - DISCUSSION OF MOVIE DETAILS
Just saw the film on DVD today. It was so-so in my opinion but I guess I wasn't impressed. The actng was mostly good, the atmosphere I found too depressingly dark to be enjoyable, the pacing too slow most of the time. I especially disliked the graphic brutality and could have done without the frog puking it's guts out. The story itself was interesting because we don't know whether Ophelia made up the fantasy world or not. I don't know if her using the chalk to create a door to her brother's room really happened or not. I think she may have just known that the door would actually be unlocked and created an appropriate fantasy around it. The ending scene when she died depressed me the most, as one isn't sure if her final vision of herself as a princess is just a dying fantasy or actually real. Tat's the exact same fear I have about people who report near death experiences. All in all the movie gets a 3 out of 5 from me. It's obviously a quality piece of filmmaking, but too dark and gruesome at times. I think that element didn't need to be so explicit.After all the real world is bleak enough.
Just saw the film on DVD today. It was so-so in my opinion but I guess I wasn't impressed. The actng was mostly good, the atmosphere I found too depressingly dark to be enjoyable, the pacing too slow most of the time. I especially disliked the graphic brutality and could have done without the frog puking it's guts out. The story itself was interesting because we don't know whether Ophelia made up the fantasy world or not. I don't know if her using the chalk to create a door to her brother's room really happened or not. I think she may have just known that the door would actually be unlocked and created an appropriate fantasy around it. The ending scene when she died depressed me the most, as one isn't sure if her final vision of herself as a princess is just a dying fantasy or actually real. Tat's the exact same fear I have about people who report near death experiences. All in all the movie gets a 3 out of 5 from me. It's obviously a quality piece of filmmaking, but too dark and gruesome at times. I think that element didn't need to be so explicit.After all the real world is bleak enough.