Love the movie, and I still think the “R” rating is/was very unfair and scared away people who might otherwise also like it - should have been PG-13. However, if it is too scary for kids and a lot of adults might find it too childish, “cult film” would be the appropriate term.
Yes, havana, I think you could be right on that. There are definitely some horrific scenes in it which would be totally unsuitable for kids. Also, the director (can’t recall the man’s name offhand) does indeed ladle on the CGI and that, I imagine, may prove a turnoff for a lot of adults.
Misery’s Fence, I saw an interview with the director in which he said that while he didn’t set out to make an implicitly Catholic movie, a friend of his stated that it was indeed a Catholic movie.
This got me thinking: the graveside oration is the movie’s turning point. I suppose it is where our “heroine” uses evil to combat evil. But the circumstances of said usage are so ingrained in the plot that one is left thinking about how to combat evil especially in a time of war when evil appears to hold sway.
Bataar, I sympathise with how you feel viz subtitles. However, you could check to see if there is a dubbed version of the movie available. The standard is very high these days. I’m sure you would find it a rewarding experience.
If you would allow me, here is the graveside oration (said in v/o):
‘Because the paths to the Lord are inscrutable,
Because the essence of His forgiveness
Lies in His Word and in His Mystery;
Because although God sends us the message
It is our job to decipher it;
Because when we open our arms
The earth takes in only a hollow and senseless shell.
Far away now is the soul in it’s Eternal Glory.
Because it is in pain that we find the meaning of life
And the state of Grace that we lose when we are born;
Because god, in His infinite Wisdom,** puts the solution in our hands**;
And because it is only in His physical absence,
That the place He occupies in our souls is reaffirmed.’
It is brilliantly woven into scenes showing the young girl’s “discovery” of a way out of the torment in which she finds herself, the emboldened words literally flagging that moment.
Good movie. Lots of food for thought. Thanks.
God Bless,
Colmcille1.
