Ninth Gate A dark tale or a romantic horror story? What is really hidden under the name “Flower of the Devil”, perhaps, each viewer will decide for himself. The film is ambiguous in genre, sometimes rushing to extremes and even changing shape. At the same time, everything looks quite organic, thanks to a beautiful picture and well-chosen shooting angles. And not so often appearing special effects their visual part look decent. Yes, and the candor of the film will not deny, will please and naked female body and saturated in cruelty finale.
But the script and dialogue spoil all the pleasant impressions of the visual part. In the sincerity of the main character do not believe, even when she is silent. Not always appropriate empty glances, strange facial expressions, in the end, behavior and actions committed, which largely cause smirk and bewilderment. Sometimes it seems that the characters in the film understand each other not only from half a word, but from one glance, and the viewer should guess with a smirk, what this ridiculous scene was at all and when the film will begin adequate dialogue, not going to primitive. But unfortunately, it would be better if the characters did not open their mouths, for example, the Black Knight powerfully gives the silent terminator the entire final quarter, but barely in the end demonstrates the gift of speech, as all sympathy for him immediately disappears and disappears. No, the conversations in the film clearly failed not a drop.
At the same time, add to the above I want a very hulking voiceover background, say in a bar, or in the premises of the college, when the girls are shushing. Listening to this background - you hear frank nonsense, as if it was difficult to create an organized sound thematic background for each such "noise" scene.
The plot does not shine with logic, but the mystical bias allows the authors to move away from a healthy chain of events in the path of crazy fantasies and nonsense of situations. Before us are mysterious events that revolve around strange dreams and a magical book with nine sacred illustrations to discover almost the secrets of the universe. Here are these ninth gates and lead either to the abyss, or to the gloomy abode of the black knight, in general, the main character is sought with all their might to drag there, and drag in the end into bed. But it doesn't matter. After all, instead of torturing the drama about two lovers of different types and characters, we are easily and simply given to understand who is good, who is bad, and the girl gets the one who will be able to fill the other snout, and to such an extent that he already could not move. The harsh Russian drop of worldview poisons the intersperses of romance, making a gloomy fairy tale just an allusion to the harsh reality, where the girl of easy behavior, deprived of character and her own opinion, is given to a stronger male, walking regularly to the right and left.
You will not have to wait for a children’s fairy tale, despite all the banality. As a result, c. a. will not get a clone of twilight, adults will laugh at the ridiculous banalism, and children will not be allowed to watch this at all. Should I? Yes, here the guys are not so snotty and disgusting, as we say in “Twilight”, but the plot again if someone repeats, so slightly, slightly “Ninth Gate” concept of mysticism and books with illustrations, and the main character is quite cute and even undresses. There is in the film, by the way, such a crazy red-haired character, who every minute I want to push by the neck out of the scene, but in her madness, the girl is magnificent and tries, it seems, more than everyone else.
This is not too smooth, not logical dark fantasy, with a beautiful picture and quite pleasant young faces, some of which even tries to play with the soul and somehow serve the visually obtained role. To watch this movie, of course, is better than worthless "Twilight", and more atmospheric than many Russian crafts. But whether you want to watch the Devil’s Flower a second time is another big question.
5 IZ 10
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