08-14-2009, 11:11 AM
I created another thread for this movie awhile back, and no one posted in it, but this will do.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->There could be other interpretations, I'm sure, but I'm thinking that it's one of those four. Or some combination of those four.
I also think this film may have created a new genre. Existential torture-porn for intellectuals. Or something.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's also possible that the Anna shared a message from beyond that she would pay for her sins, giving the head of the group a feeling of unbearable guilt and driving her to suicide, not that such an act would erase all the pain and suffering that she and her people had caused.
I don't know what the answer is, and the open-endedness is one of the reasons why I loved the ending.
Like you, when I first watched this film, I was overwhelmed by it all. The movie kept throwing me curveballs, genre-shifting throughout. I didn't know where it was leading me, and was tempted at one point to turn it off. I'm glad I didn't. After watching it a few more times, I really really like this movie a lot. There are very few times that a horror movie makes me think, and leaves such an impression on me where I ponder it for months or years. I think this will stick with me for a long long time.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->There could be other interpretations, I'm sure, but I'm thinking that it's one of those four. Or some combination of those four.
I also think this film may have created a new genre. Existential torture-porn for intellectuals. Or something.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's also possible that the Anna shared a message from beyond that she would pay for her sins, giving the head of the group a feeling of unbearable guilt and driving her to suicide, not that such an act would erase all the pain and suffering that she and her people had caused.
I don't know what the answer is, and the open-endedness is one of the reasons why I loved the ending.
Like you, when I first watched this film, I was overwhelmed by it all. The movie kept throwing me curveballs, genre-shifting throughout. I didn't know where it was leading me, and was tempted at one point to turn it off. I'm glad I didn't. After watching it a few more times, I really really like this movie a lot. There are very few times that a horror movie makes me think, and leaves such an impression on me where I ponder it for months or years. I think this will stick with me for a long long time.