08-14-2009, 11:18 AM
<!--quoteo(post=57850:date=Aug 14 2009, 10:11 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Aug 14 2009, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I created another thread for this movie awhile back, but no one posted in it, but this will do.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>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 in 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.
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I guess I missed that original thread. My bad.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's actually a really good interpretation of it -- and one that hadn't occurred to me yet.
I'll have to give it some more thought. There probably is no "real" answer and it's up to the individual to decide.
And I agree -- I love movies that leave you thinking and stick with you for a while. It's kind of too bad that it was so excessive because I'd actually like to discuss this one with my wife. But I don't think she could make it through the whole thing. I was seriously considering turning it off in the middle of that long stretch of Anna's torture. Sheesh. But, yeah...I'm glad I stuck it out.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>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 in 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.
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I guess I missed that original thread. My bad.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's actually a really good interpretation of it -- and one that hadn't occurred to me yet.
I'll have to give it some more thought. There probably is no "real" answer and it's up to the individual to decide.
And I agree -- I love movies that leave you thinking and stick with you for a while. It's kind of too bad that it was so excessive because I'd actually like to discuss this one with my wife. But I don't think she could make it through the whole thing. I was seriously considering turning it off in the middle of that long stretch of Anna's torture. Sheesh. But, yeah...I'm glad I stuck it out.