this movie... can't understand

Evangeline 2022-03-20 09:01:41

Just watched it, the picture is good, the music is good, but I feel like there is nothing else left except these two.
I won't say anything about the wedding. I like this part. The heroine, Justin, began to be abnormal, showing all kinds of absent-mindedness, all kinds of depression, all kinds of strange behaviors.
Then she finished riding the horse, and the whole person seemed to be disabled. Although there are many physical problems caused by depression, I don’t know if it’s the source of the film I watched or it was just filmed like this. Suddenly, he said that this person can’t even hit the car, can’t take a shower, and can’t eat. tasteless.
I just wanted to rant about it being too sudden.
Then her former swift and capable older sister Claire became depressed and worried about the stars hitting the Earth.
I don't understand this kind of end-time fear. Everyone dies and no one escapes. How fair it is. Afraid of having an egg. And let yourself have a bad day at the end.
Claire's husband finally found out that the stars were still about to hit, but he told his wife and children that he couldn't hit, and he committed suicide because of the pressure. He died because of stress. Although Melancholia is said to have indirect effects.
In the second half of the movie, Justin is very calm, and he also reveals a sense of superiority. If it doesn't sound good, he is a middle schooler, and it's a blatant middle schooler, not a flattering kind. He may be sensitive to this kind of malice. People with melancholy temperament have long been used to living under the threat of death. They are not particularly afraid of death at all, but I still feel so sick. I don't think this movie makes it clear. It just gives the impression that this person is because of the stars. The change in temperament makes people look confused.
As a person who is slightly depressed in the second grade, committing the second grade is commonplace. I originally wanted to find some resonance in this film, but there was no resonance at all. I am deeply saddened.

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Extended Reading
  • Queenie 2022-01-28 08:02:42

    A love letter from arrogant and melancholic von Trier to himself.

  • Novella 2022-01-28 08:02:42

    Ordinary people get depression because of the doomsday. Depressed people are relieved because of the end. If the end is so beautiful, come on. Only the power of the universe can save these poor people. The most literary disaster film + the most science fiction psychology film in history. It is a perfect artwork in every respect. Not suitable for people who think that they are living well

Melancholia quotes

  • John: Those bitches have locked themselves in their bathrooms and now they're taking a bath.

  • [last lines]

    Justine: [to Leo and Claire as Melancholia approaches] Hold my hand. Close your eyes.