This is what you will precisely learn after going through the pain of watching this latest offering from David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror. The History of Violence might not necessarily rank even a 5 on Mr Cronenberg's horror scale of 1 -10. Nevertheless, it manages to retire you into a state of eerie silence, as you wonder why you chose to spend your Saturday night amidst shotguns,smut and screams on the first place when anything else on earth would have proved better.
Well.. I had my own reasons! Its been long since the one and only Aragorn of the LOTR trilogy- Viggo Mortensen had played lead in any movie and I did not want to miss that. Secondly, a fellow aragorn-buff who also happened to be a good friend of mine until I watched this movie, suggested this as a psycho thriller. I was swayed by the above mentioned facts and in the process I totally forgot to read between the lines... "MPAA: Rated R for strong brutal violence, graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use". For someone who cant tolerate a drop of fake blood on screen, this movie was like Munich & Basic instinct rolled into one. Definitely not my cup of tea. And as far as Viggo is concerned, he has made his statement clear.." He look!, I can fight the sword and pull the trigger with same ease" .
I'm not leading you thru the plot or the cast. Silence is golden.
Hey Aragorn..thanks!! but no thanks!!!
Well.. I had my own reasons! Its been long since the one and only Aragorn of the LOTR trilogy- Viggo Mortensen had played lead in any movie and I did not want to miss that. Secondly, a fellow aragorn-buff who also happened to be a good friend of mine until I watched this movie, suggested this as a psycho thriller. I was swayed by the above mentioned facts and in the process I totally forgot to read between the lines... "MPAA: Rated R for strong brutal violence, graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use". For someone who cant tolerate a drop of fake blood on screen, this movie was like Munich & Basic instinct rolled into one. Definitely not my cup of tea. And as far as Viggo is concerned, he has made his statement clear.." He look!, I can fight the sword and pull the trigger with same ease" .
I'm not leading you thru the plot or the cast. Silence is golden.
Hey Aragorn..thanks!! but no thanks!!!
4 comments:
I do not mind blood bath on screen. (I wonder what you'll say for Hannibal Lecter trilogy) If ever I watch any other movie of Viggo, I think I'll stop watching LoTR.
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I am a sucker for your movie reviews - and for your phrases like "King of Venereal Horror". LOL.
Gollum: I beg to differ..after watching HOV, you will watch LOTR with reinforced vigour. Its like going thru the phase of "shadows" back to "mankind". You have to watch it, to share my misery and dissapointment. Afterall, Misery loves company.
PS: I have never watched any of Hannibal Lecter trilogy and for a long time I was scared to even look at Sir Anthony Hopkins anywhere else, until "Legends of a Fall"
One day I'll make you watch "Hannibal". Not "The Silence of the Lambs", but the sequel. Plenty of gore, as a teaser I'll mention that Sir Anthony Hopkins/ Hannibal the Cannibal performs lobotomy to a person and ... forget I mentioned it. That was the height of gore. I was shaken a bit by it.
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Hopinks is brilliant in "Silence".
HOV sounds amazing. Must ownload that one. And most of the realy great movies deal with biolence and blood. Lots of it. Fight Club. Pulp Fiction. Reservoir Dogs. A clockwork Orange. Braindead. Need i say more? If you haven't watched these, you're missing out.
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