Heath

Definitely some creativity in this movie, which is a refreshing experience. Seems like our current movies are very Comic book like. Dafoe offers a great acting experience as he usually does. His face communicates a 1000 words in each expression. The movie is a great reflection of how we are imprisoned by our technology and how we’ve alienated ourselves from nature. At one point, it seems like he was playing the first man, as he was praying to his own Gods he created to express the Holy and Sacred that lives within us. I really enjoyed his creativity in facing an uncaring environment. Overcoming and ascending it. Overall, if you like creative, artistic movies this one’s for you to watch

Another movie to show and reflect some of our cultural biases about beauty and how we are harming ourselves. The premise is that Demi Moore was the Aphrodite of her time , which she really was. The problem is she’s 50 now and though she looks great and physically is active. It’s just not good enough in the culture. Dennis Quaid plays the cultural avatar that is consuming and transacting in the business of beauty and desire. He acts disgusting in every way. He is controlling beauty yet he exudes ugliness in his Constantly consuming manner. Demi Moore strikes a deal with some sort of devil Her trust is given completely of her body her life for the possibility of a dream of beauty she wants to recapture. More importantly, the feeling of being who she thinks she is, which is beautiful and accepted and Loved. She quickly learns that when we don’t love ourselves completely as we are, and we put conditions on ourselves for that self love acceptance or and others to accept us ;danger approaches. The deal to obtain what she’s seeking takes more and more from her. It’s not linear it’s exponential. It’s the horror. It’s the ugliness it’s the darkness. A complete loss of self and a nihilistic trajectory This is a horror film and the horror is provided. The movie seems to pay homage or get inspiration from a bunch of horror movies like the shining, evil, dead, altered states, the thing.. The director does a great job of moving us through the journey with carefully thought out imagery. Overall, I like the movie I like Demi Moore I like the examination of what we do with beauty in our culture and how we are destroying our souls. The culture is not our friend.