Movie #2117 "Land" (in theatre - first time in a year) Nice scenery, Demian Bichir was wonderful, but I was never emotionally drawn in to this film and its stark story --- the first 30 minutes there might be a couple of lines of dialogue and that's it. I kept wondering why anyone would do this, and even when I found out, it was tough to believe, for me. From the first scene, we know she is suffering from PTSD and how she reacts seems to be "out there," and so the movie sets up a difficult storyline to believe. The film needed more editing in my opinion --- way too many "establishing shots" of the surroundings, and many times just the same shot. I know that the film was trying to show us the passage of time, but it was more than enough. And film suffered from pacing. Also, I should point out that at first it showed a woman way out of her element, and then the "knight in shining armor" comes to bale her out --- so it wasn't winning any up with feminism votes with me; however, I did like the switch that is done here --- it becomes quite clear that he respects her boundaries (as she does his) and he is intent on "showing" her how to survive on her own and not "doing" it for her. That I respected in this film, and give it a 3 out of 5.
"LAND"
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