Avoid this movie
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metaspheres — 19 years ago(July 20, 2006 04:51 AM)
I strongly disagree. Just because someone hates this movie doesn't make them stupid. You will find no shortage of intellectual heavyweights who absolutely despise this film and who will never go near it again even though they have only seen it once.
The film should definitely have a warning because it is probably the most visually and emotionally obscene film that has ever been unleashed on this unsuspecting world. It is volatile, repugnant, blasphemous, sickening, and pornographic.
I cannot imagine any sane person of healthy mind and spirit actually enjoying this monstrosity. If one wanted a preview of what hell surely must be like, this film would fill that role excellently, and to be certain, the ultimate form of torture, far worse than any lifetime experience in a miserable SuperMax prison, would be a forced, mandatory twenty-four hour screening of this film in a theater.
That very experience alone, I can assure you, would cripple, paralyze, and traumatize any normal human being for life, both physically and mentally. If you hated and despised someone and wished to do them the most severe and unadulterated harm, you would give this film to them as a gift, for most certainly they would walk away deranged and mentally incompetent and unable to function as normal human beings ever again.
It is a godless film devoid of all humanity and is nothing short of a purely visceral ravaging of the post-modern soul. It is the product of a sick mind who produced it for a sick audience.
In short, this film is insanity. -
PostmortemG — 19 years ago(October 07, 2006 08:43 AM)
"The film should definitely have a warning because it is probably the most visually and emotionally obscene film that has ever been unleashed on this unsuspecting world. It is volatile, repugnant, blasphemous, sickening, and pornographic."
I'm happy that this movie apparently made you so miserable. ^_^ However, i think you're wrong in judging it as something vile. It's a very relevant film for the same reasons you dislike it. The director must have endured a terrible, terrible experience to bring something so bizarre to life; it's a sincere expression from his soul, and he is not afraid to explore the undesirable and the unknown. It's obvious to me he's a man who understands himself as best he can, and through Possession he's laid bare who and what he is.
This film is a near-masterpiece, if not a certified one.
If you thought this film was vile, then what do you think of films like Cannibal Holocaust, I Spit On Your Grave and The New York Ripper?
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jakealejo — 18 years ago(November 21, 2007 10:44 AM)
This is one of my favorite movies ever made! I think if a movie can affect people in the way "metashperes" describes it, it is suceeding in accomplishing something that many movies lack, an absorbing/involving experience. I think by not blatantly spelling things out it causes the viewer to have to actively think and process some of the issues being explored which in effect causes the viewer to be more involved and invested in the film. This allows a viewer like metaspheres to react the way they did and is a testament to the excellent quality of this movie. I wish this movie was more readily available for viewing. I think Anchor Bay did a limited run on it but it is hard to find the uncut version for less than $50 any more. I hope people give this movie a chance and aren't thrown off by the negative comments.
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dalldorfw — 16 years ago(November 05, 2009 09:01 PM)
"I can assure you, it would cripple, paralyze, and traumatize any normal human being for life"
Did anyone read that? We must send a copy of this picture to every noraml person in the world. Thank you metaspheres (if that is your real name), if not for you me may never have found their weakness! -
omega_21 — 19 years ago(October 28, 2006 09:02 AM)
shining is one of the most boring thing i saw in my life and i am polite here never looked it until the end possession is one of my favourite movie. It's not about frightening it's about atmospher i think that you didn't catch it, but stop saying stupidities
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dep1353 — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 12:36 AM)
.I'm just now waiting for the uncut release I bought at Half.com.. I picked up the old VESTRON 80min. version
at a Video store liquidation. Andrzej Zulawski must have been greatly relieved to get that out of his system when
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dep1353 — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 05:29 PM)
.It's the Anchor Bay 2000 VHS widescreen clamshell release. It clocks in at 123 min.
Picked it up for $5. You're right, the DVD is out of print. People are asking $40 at amazon.com -
scvido — 19 years ago(March 25, 2007 06:47 AM)
just purchased the dvd and it rocks!
this movie is great, Isabelle Adjani besides being the most sensual and sweetest woman on earth, scared the fffff out of me during the metro station scene when she started getting "possessed". wow!
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post4deantje — 18 years ago(May 16, 2007 10:36 AM)
I just saw it again yesterday and I love it as much as the first time. It's a difficult movie, sure, but personally that's how I like my movies. Challenging, mentally exhausting but extremely fulfilling. Adjani went very far with her role and I'm not surprised one bit she didn't came out unscathed. One of my all-time faves. The washed-out colors of the whole thing make for an eerie, yet recognisable scenery.
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Memories-Of-Murder — 18 years ago(May 20, 2007 01:20 AM)
Yes, this movie will not be found very good for the idiotic Michael Bay mindless brainless fanboy crowd. For those that actually like cinema and don't mind a bit of a mind challenge one and a while, this movie has much to entertain.
And the OP, i'm sure he likes The Shining for the wrong reasons! This type of people typically do. They like good movies by mistake.
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