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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The beginning sequence of this film almost took my breath away. It was painstakingly beautiful. The image was just that of a girl with dead birds falling in front of her face, but the emotion was overwhelming. The pathetic fallacy - when real world represents what's inside a person - in my opinion is one of the most powerful tools a filmmaker can use.Tries does this not only through uniquely his very documentary-like camerawork, and lighting that is itself melancholia at times, but in this case, also through playing with time. This scene is again from the beginning, where a woman is walking in a forest with a child in her arms. The mud under her feet goes up to her shins. And maybe this wasn't happening in reality, but the heavy texture of the woman's steps gave me a sense of how difficult every step was. The entire world here was stuck in melancholia. In slow destruction. That was the reality.And then comes the 'reality'. The camerawork dramatically changes, it becomes the classic Trier style handheld, zoom-in, zoom-out camerawork. Very often we see Justin's face as the dominant of the shot, and through great power of emphasizing and acting, we know from the beginning that Justin does not show openly what she feels.The hit of melancholia is inevitable for her, and she does not try to hide it with distractions such as drinking wine, but rather goes toward it face to face, fearlessly.

After watching this movie my first thought was "this is in contention for worst movie I've ever seen." The way they decided to film this doesn't enhance the story. It felt like I was incredibly close up the whole time. Lons Van Trier must have a love affair with shaky cam because that is all you are going to receive in this movie. It was quite terrible. I'm guessing the purpose of Kirsten Dunst's character, Justine, was to suck every last ounce of joy from everyone around her. Well she definitely did that with whatever poor person who decides to view this movie suffering the most. At least in other bad movies there are enjoyable parts somewhere while in this movie the immense boredom is only met with even greater disappointment.

What drew me to Melancholia were the stunning visuals but what kept me on what the wedding sequence. The dysfunctional dynamics of the key actors created a taut and highly tense ambiance that made me anticipate every next frame holding my breath. Unlike other movies, the impending doom of earth does not consume the characters from the onset and does not create cliché scenes. It was fascinating to see Melancholia grow from a speech of amusement and a conversation in passing to an eventuality that consumes their whole lives, much like how the planet grew in size as the day went by. The end of day scenes is unlike any I have seen before. Watch it if only for the visuals.

Straight off the bat, if you've had a hard week at work and you just want to chuck a DVD on and get lost in a movie for a couple of hours, this is not it!I cannot for one second say that I 'enjoyed' this movie. It is difficult to watch and literally has no hope or any shred of happiness in it.That said, the title of the film gives you a clue that this is going to a movie dealing with a depression and this is why it gets 7 stars from me. Kirsten Dunst is great in this film. You live every moment of the movie with her as she takes you through the mental torment of severe depression. Kiefer Sutherland also plays his part well.I can certainly say that I appreciate this movie for what it is. An unglorified look at what it is to be depressed and to not feel like there is a way out. I guess my main issue with the film is that it is too long and it borders on boring in places, but if you know what you are getting yourself in for, it's worth a look.