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Release Date: 25 July, 2000 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (6 total) |
Breaking the Waves Reviews
Simply a Masterpiece
We live in a world of instant gratification in which the smallest and most insignificant of deeds are lavishly praised with the greatest of compliments. Oh you know, an athlete scores, for example, and he or she instantly has "superb and magnificent technique." Or some stupid and fat chef on TV cooks up a dish that anyone of us could have made and "it is absolutely marvelous." Or a politician does something that is obvious to the whole world and he or she is instantly praised with comments such as "what a tremendous and wonderful gesture on his part." In other words, praise is given so freely today that it really almost has no meaning anymore. That is not the case with "Breaking the Waves."
"Breaking the Waves" is simply a masterpiece -- period. No, not a cinematic masterpiece, but an artistic masterpiece any way you slice it. "Breaking the Waves" -- and I'll go out on a limb -- just might be the greatest cinematic statement about love ever made: its power, pain, truth and . . . importance. If you want to embrace yourself with a REALLY great work of art, unlike the numerous and meaningless crap that is so prevalent, then simply buy this movie. Emily Watson simply is a genius, . . . and there is nothing more to say.
compulsive love destroys
Breaking the waves was a sad, fantastic, unrealistic film with fine acting by Emily Watson and costars. Trouble is the film's faulty premise that abundant love no matter how misguided overcomes all.
In real life such all consuming love is self serving, loving to be loved back, and suffocating to most recipients. Such love in real life invites abuse, abandonment, and eventual scorn from the massive egos created by the backfiring love. The husband and friends portrayed in this film unrealistically accept, adorn, and appreciate this love instead.
So are we to believe Bess' love was pure or Christ like that this love had a different effect on people? Was it the director's intent to make us believe so with the bells ringing at the end of the film? No Bess was mentally and emotionally ill. Afer all Christ didn't cry every two minutes over some trivial incident.
So do the mentally ill go to heaven. Doubt it! Most mentally ill cause as much or more suffering to their family and friends as they suffer themselves. The husband and friends of Bess suffered alot because of her - that part of the film was true. So why should she go to heaven? The rigid clergy of the town were probably right when they proclaimed her final destination. The director should have seen this also.
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