Antichrist

Pros: von Trier's direction, eerie atmosphere, Dafoe and Gainsbourg's performances
Cons: VERY intense, not suited for everybody, don't know if I like or dislike it.

Every ten or so years a film comes around where you can't help but feel divided over the fruits it bears. Last decade a film was released that I could hardly stomach. It was a good film, but one with a subject matter that was brutal, with acting that was ...

Pros: Von Trier's Direction/Script, Mantle's Cinematography, Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Dafoe & Gainsbourg.
Cons: None but Themes & Images Might Be Too Extreme For Audiences.

Throughout his career in filmmaking, Lars von Trier has been an individual interested in pushing the envelope whether it's on filmmaking techniques or in themes. From his melodramatic depiction of women in his Golden Hearts trilogy of films like ...

Pros: It ends, eventually.
Cons: Everything before that.

Lars von Trier has a message. It's something so powerful, so utterly Earth-shattering and eye-expanding... that he fails to convey it with Antichrist.That isn't to say that powerful messages can't be portrayed in cinema, and that isn't to ...