Antichrist

Antichrist was released in 2009 and was directed by Lars von Trier. The main characters are the husband, wife, and child. Although the child is only there for the first 5 minutes, he plays a major role in the movie. Their son dies while they are having sex because they weren't paying attention to him, and then the wife ends up being extremely depressed. The husband is a psychiatrist and believes he can treat her better than staying at the hospital so he takes her home. They go to their cabin, "Eden", to face her fears and to hopefully make her better. After they get to the woods, things start to look on the brighter side until she relapses. The movie has a very dark feeling, and you really do need to have a strong stomach. It usually takes a lot for me to get extremely grossed out to the point of having to cover my eyes, never has a movie done that to me before I watched Antichrist. If a few scenes were taken out, I would say this is a good movie and really makes you pay attention and have to really think about it. There are a lot of underlying messages in this movie which is why it reminds me of art. When looking at a piece of artwork you have to think about what the artist is trying to state and look into it. This movie does the same thing when you watch it, which was one of the few things I actually enjoyed about this movie.

A clockwork orange

A clockwork orange is a rather interesting movie to say the least, there are really no words to describe it.  Stanley Kubrick is either creative or sick, even though it is based off a book, it made me wonder who made up this story.  The main character in the story Alex, was one sick human being and didn't seem to mind it.  Raping women, hitting people in the nuts, and just doing about anything he wanted to do.  One had to know that he had it coming when he got arrested and I think getting drugged wasn't enough.  Even though the government used him to their advantage, one had to know it would not last.  As we figured out in the end, the brain washing was not going to last.  The movie was different then most and if that is the future, then society is going to be in a very bad place.  Some aspects were a little hard to take, I've seen the Shining and Full Metal Jacket and they were both interesting in there own way.  This movie just showed the evil side to people and that people are capable of anything, this movie took it to the extreme.

Movie Review of Russian Ark

Russian Ark was directed in 2002 by Alexander Sukurov. It is filmed in a single 96 minute shot. The film looks like a dream narrated by the director. In the beginning of the film, the narrator said that he has been dead because of a mysterious accident. He meets a French diplomat Marquis with whom he follows the 300 years of Russian History. They meet different historical and fictional characters from the history as they enter each room. The rooms present the specific era of the Russian history. The film included a court scene in which Shah of Iran sent an apology for the death of Alexander Griboedov. It also included a grand ball featuring Orchestra and dancers. The family life of Tsar Nicolas has been discussed in the film. The scenes from War World 1 and destruction caused by the war can be seen in one of the scenes. The film is technically fascinating as it is filmed in a single shot. The narrator and Marquis are visible to audience and interacted with the characters in some parts of the film. The architecture of the building and backgrounds of the scenes are incredible. The costumes are relevant with each era of the history. The music included in the film is by Mikhail Glinka. The scenes are connected to each other although they are not in chronological order. The film ends as the narrator leaves the building ans sees it as floating in the sea.