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Misc: Don't fall for this one

Wow. I’m speechless. Sort of. I guess I can say something about this junk. I will be spoiling the movie, but don’t worry if you haven’t seen it. Anyone with a brain wouldn’t do such a thing.

This might have been the worst movie ever. A History of Violence. Wow. It looked so promising. It was promoted well, I guess. I thought it was going to be this action thriller where we’re held in suspense and left guessing until the ultimate twist. Well, I thought wrong. When I saw promos for it, I got the idea that Viggo Mortenson was this nice guy who freaks out and kills people and wonders how he did it. But you learn quickly that he knows exactly who he is, and why he’s able to pull this shit off.

Then we ge the storyline of his kid. The kid is getting bullied. But he kicks the crap out of the bully and his dad gets mad. So the kid gets weird and leaves. End of that story.

And what was with the sex scenes? First, we get the wife in the cheerleading costume. It lasted just a bit too long. And the scene on the damn stairs. Odd. And long, too. I wonder if the reason they kep them long was that the movie was too short. It only lasted like 90 minutes.

The end was ridiculous. He goes to Philly, sees his brother who tries to kill him, winds up wacking everyone in sight, then goes home. End of movie. Christy and I wondered aloud about what could happen. She said she thought there would just be more mobsters coming, getting killed, and repeating the same scenario. Who knew we’d be right?

I kep telling her it had to have a twist. There would be redemption for the movie, right? Nope. It was weird, boring, and it just ended. Nothing to it. Brutal.


tags: a history of violence, movie, pan, review, viggo mortenson
posted by Ryan Jerz on 05/29/2006

Comments

Dave2, May 29, 09:53 PM #:

I thought that the movie was okay… mostly because I thought the performances were generally good. But the unrealistic ending was a deal-breaker, I agree.

Peggasus, May 30, 02:23 PM #:

I totally agree. We watched it last weekend, and I thought it was one of the worst ever too.

That stairway scene? He practically rapes her, then I guess it’s okay because she ‘allows’ it and starts clawing at thim too.

I think at the end that we were supposed to think that all that was now over and she took him back and they lived happily ever after.

Even Ed Harris and Aragorn couldn’t save this one. Viggo’s ass was pretty nice though.

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