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Topic	Movie Club Topic 4 - We Need to Talk About the Genius Saint Who Killed The Muppe
Seginustemple 08/18/21 9:27:50 PM #251:	Melancholia What an opening sequence! Lars isn't afraid to quote the masters - Wagner, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Bruegel, Millais. I feel like I have to walk back my criticism about Portrait of a Lady on Fire's use of Vivaldi at the end, because this movie milks Wagner's most famous thirty seconds the entire time. It works at first but eventually overplays the same familiar clip. The wedding half plays up so much stress about pageantry and social graces and anxiety about being trapped forever, but I felt like the story begged some questions about how we even got here. Like if Justine is so perceptive and intelligent why is she marrying captain bonehead? Is she just now realizing she doesn't want this? I'm sure I missed some exposition but I found the situation very vague. It's fitting that in real life Kirsten Dunst is married to Jesse Plemons, the guy from the previous depressing/vague movie we watched. By the time we're in the second half I dislike all the adult characters, which I don't doubt is Lars' intent as the dialogue dips into some nihilistic "all life is evil" shit. Maybe Melancholia is actually just Lars von Trier headbutting Earth with his galaxy brain. But I find it hard to enjoy or appreciate in the end, despite all the artistic flare and style. Not my cup of tea 4/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc <cite>Seginustemple posted [p:957217856] in Movie Club... [t:79546069]...</cite> <quote>Melancholia What an opening sequence! Lars isn't afraid to quote the masters - Wagner, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Bruegel, Millais. I feel like I have to walk back my criticism about Portrait of a Lady on Fire's use of Vivaldi at the end, because this movie milks Wagner's most famous thirty seconds the entire time. It works at first but eventually overplays the same familiar clip. The wedding half plays up so much stress about pageantry and social graces and anxiety about being trapped forever, but I felt like the story begged some questions about how we even got here. Like if Justine is so perceptive and intelligent why is she marrying captain bonehead? Is she just now realizing she doesn't want this? I'm sure I missed some exposition but I found the situation very vague. It's fitting that in real life Kirsten Dunst is married to Jesse Plemons, the guy from the previous depressing/vague movie we watched. By the time we're in the second half I dislike all the adult characters, which I don't doubt is Lars' intent as the dialogue dips into some nihilistic "all life is evil" shit. Maybe Melancholia is actually just Lars von Trier headbutting Earth with his galaxy brain. But I find it hard to enjoy or appreciate in the end, despite all the artistic flare and style. Not my cup of tea 4/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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