Saturday, October 01, 2005

I went to see the movie A History Of Violence, David Cronenberg's new movie. This movie was well done and thought provoking and disturbing. There are some graphic moments and of course the movie does live up to its title. It's the story of a man with a past and he wasn't a nice guy. Now he has a family and the respect of the community but his past has caught up with him. There are a couple of things in the movie that don't quite add up but that's true of most movies. Maria Bello and Viggo Mortensen are nicely cast and the film features two of the best placed, storyline appropriate and realistic heterosexual sex scenes that I've seen in a long time. They are both vastly different as well. It's even got something in the film that I am tired of seeing; a vomit scene. Thankfully they don't show the person throwing up but it seems that no matter what I watch on tv or film, there's a throw up scene. The film does feel like it's missing something like there's some story we're not getting or maybe I wanted something more from the film. Anyway if you like violence this movie's got the V for YOU.

paul

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