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Why is this rated so high?

posted 12 years ago by lolmail911
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I am honestly just curious why this is rated so high, and why a seemingly small group of arthouse (I think) people are putting this movie on a pedestal.

When I watched it, I thought I had stumbled into a Russian drama from the 1960s - not because the movie was in black and white, but because of the atmosphere and feeling you take away from it, very downtrodden and depressing.

Personally I have watched a lot of movies all the way from early 1900s to today, and I love foreign movies. However this didn't sit well with me, it was just two people (and in some scenes a few more) eating potatoes and sleeping... for two and a half hours!

[–] sunheadbowed 9 years ago

Maybe the "small group of arthouse (you think) people" found this film incredibly moving; it was an incredibly moving, powerful and stunningly shot and lighted film, so why not.

If all you saw when you watched the film was people eating and sleeping, then you didn't even see it at all.

[–] tiligo-mes92 9 years ago

What was so moving and powerful about this film? I'm genuinely asking, in fact I need to understand how I could watch it without falling asleep although it was such a bore.

[–] KnatLouie 9 years ago

It's just diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

If you like pretentious art-movies with none or little plot, but with loads of gloomy and depressing atmosphere, and don't mind spending 2½ hours on watching people eat potatoes and stare into the wall, then this is the perfect film for you.

But if you like movies with great writing, a good plot, and a more straight-forward narrative, character-developement, etc. then this will bore the sh*t out of you (like it did me).

[–] cegg 8 years ago

The wind.

just kidding, I loved every little detail about it. The rhythm. Like at first you're just there thinking "why the hell are they doing the same things over and over again?"
But then you look again, and there are tons of little things that change, that show you the erosion etc. He's playing with emotions, too.
The view. The suspense (like what is going on over the hill?).
The realization that we all have our own valleys.