This was just wierd not sure at all if i liked it! I mean it was a fantastic storyline just a weird way it played out and not at all what I was expecting. Couple of things that just didn't make sense such as:
The really random sex scenes:...
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This was just wierd not sure at all if i liked it! I mean it was a fantastic storyline just a weird way it played out and not at all what I was expecting. Couple of things that just didn't make sense such as:
The really random sex scenes: one minute he's gonna kill with his had around her throat and then they started to kiss?! Just really really strange and quiet as in its nice and sedate, explodes then back to sedate!

I'll be in the minority here, but there were so many things that I didn't like about this movie. First off, the story was totally predictable and without suspense....everything happened just as I expected, even the ending. All things considered,...
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I'll be in the minority here, but there were so many things that I didn't like about this movie. First off, the story was totally predictable and without suspense....everything happened just as I expected, even the ending. All things considered, the story is a bit of fluff (I think Matt Wagner's writing hit a high point in the early issues of Grendel and it was downhill after that) that's pumped up in a Tarentino style but without Tarentino's sensibilities.
Second, the production is just so slick and Hollywood, it's annoying. If Cronenberg has a camera crane rented for the day, then he's sure as heck gonna use it like a rented car, until the motor burns out. At times, the shots are just plain pretentious...Cronenberg makes a big deal out of the opening scene being a continuous four-minute shot, but in reality, it's a plodding waste of film in which nothing much happens at all...anyone could film a sequence like that. Dave, you're not Hitchcock, so consider editing scenes like this into shape before letting it out.
Third, I'm very weary of Cronenberg's twisted depictions of sex. The first steamy scene involves the couple roleplaying as cheerleader and nerd. Hey, let's all talk our companions into doing that, heh heh! Of course, Cronenberg seems quite proud of the particular act he shows them engaging in...yep Dave, you're the first to film that, except for a million porno films that came out before this. And then, there's the scene on the stairway. Cronenberg loves to mix sex scenes with violence (he does in almost every film), and it's just creepy in an unintended way. Cronenberg seems to be doing this just for shock value, something that most other directors grow out of early in their careers. When John Waters offers a fetish act to the viewer, it's done as a joke and the viewer laughs along...but when Cronenberg does it, it's dead serious and pervertedly lewd, and he seems to have an unabated passion for it.

On the positive side, the acting is very, very good, and the action scenes are well-done (although the action sequences do use a lot of quick cuts, as if Cronenberg isn't too sure about them.)

Ultimately, I can see how a lot of people like this flick, despite the trips and failures that I personally perceive. But, this movie tries to be something that it's not, tries so hard that I can only think of it as a failure, and I'm disgusted at what it really is, beneath all of the big-budget gloss. I'm really tired of Cronenberg's pretentious, perverted films...I swear, I'm never going to watch another one.

A really good movie for what it was. Viggo did a great job acting and the story was pretty good also. It's just not my type of movie, but it was really good for what it was.

+ cool way to unfold the story
+ great action scenes

- random as hell sex scenes
- the characters and story mostly don't make any sense at all - the worst dvd cover ever !