V for VIOLENCE!
Apr. 25th, 2006 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulso I watched 'History of Violence' last night.
that was really...well it was really VIOLENT! I guess I hadn't expected it to be quite so graphic. It had an interesting concept. Knowing that it was based on a graphic novel was interesting too, since I kept wondering how close it was to the original comic. Some scenes felt like panels out of a comic book. (I ordered the GN thru the library so I shall know soon enough). But this movie is not for the faint of heart, or stomach. I watched a large portion of the movie thru my fingers. And I guess there was some sort of controversy about "Scene 44" but I was totally unaware of it. It's one of the more gruesome moments, and I didn't have the stomach to watch the documentary on it, since they started it off immediately by showing the scene in slo-mo.
Anyway, it was a good movie, if you can handle it. I really had no desire to ever see Viggo Mortensen's butt, but if that's your thing, this movie has you covered for at least one scene. I really felt like there should have been more plot. It was almost too easy at the end. But, again, I shall peruse the comic and see how it compares. I thought Mortensen did a good job. Definately no Aragorn haha.
I think I'm going to get 'Capote' next. Everyone is requesting 'In Cold Blood' from the library and I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman, so yes, that is next.
that was really...well it was really VIOLENT! I guess I hadn't expected it to be quite so graphic. It had an interesting concept. Knowing that it was based on a graphic novel was interesting too, since I kept wondering how close it was to the original comic. Some scenes felt like panels out of a comic book. (I ordered the GN thru the library so I shall know soon enough). But this movie is not for the faint of heart, or stomach. I watched a large portion of the movie thru my fingers. And I guess there was some sort of controversy about "Scene 44" but I was totally unaware of it. It's one of the more gruesome moments, and I didn't have the stomach to watch the documentary on it, since they started it off immediately by showing the scene in slo-mo.
Anyway, it was a good movie, if you can handle it. I really had no desire to ever see Viggo Mortensen's butt, but if that's your thing, this movie has you covered for at least one scene. I really felt like there should have been more plot. It was almost too easy at the end. But, again, I shall peruse the comic and see how it compares. I thought Mortensen did a good job. Definately no Aragorn haha.
I think I'm going to get 'Capote' next. Everyone is requesting 'In Cold Blood' from the library and I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman, so yes, that is next.