Dogtooth (2009)
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
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WTF Just WTF MAN One of the biggest let downs movie wise I have seen in years. I really really regret taking the time to watch this piece of garbage
This is my first review here. Now, as the title says, just because we can do it, doesn't always mean we should every weird ****** idea in a movie. the 3/10 I gave was because the message was good and new. But it's portrayed in the weirdest way possible. The movie talk about the dangers of keeping children from the outside world for the sake of "protecting them", but you don't need nudity, extreme sexual themes and animal violence to do that. If you really want to express sexual desires, you can do it just by showing vague stuff(like actors taking off their shirts and hen cutting) that imply what you want. People will understand your message and you won't have to show all these adult scenes, which are just scarring really and not fun in any way.
After seeing both The Lobster and Killing Of A Sacred Deer, I wanted to go back and watch some of Yorgos Lanthimos' previous films. Dogtooth (or Kynodontas) was both unsuspecting and incredibly put together. Never have I felt so uncomfortable yet intrigued and satisfied by a film. There were moments within it that I definitely wanted to turn it off, but I couldn't, I had to keep watching. Saying that I got enjoyment out of this film would be difficult, it was more a sense of confused gratification at its content and outcome. Most definitely in keeping with the rest of this directors films.
The most twisted and revolting film I have ever seen. This film is sick but an interesting study in human nature and also unfortunately entertaining. ScreenJunkies put this on my radar. I honestly do not know what to say, humans can be this sick and twisted. Just look at what is going on in Burma right now - so yeah, morally evil stuff happens a lot but now the next level horror has found its way into mainstream entertainment over the past ten years or so. Does that mean as a society, we are changing to normalize the horrors of the world as it continues to drop into the lowest common denominator where was I? Whatever. We're finished here.