Melancholia.

A newer movie starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourgh and Kiefer Sutherland has arrived. It was directed by Lars von Trier. 

Plot goes like this (SPOILER ALAERT):
It starts with really annoying shots in slow motion (REALLY SLOW motion) showing in code what the movie is about with background dramatic classical music. Then it shows the wedding of Justine and Michael in an enormous mansion belonging to her sister Claire and her husband John. The wedding looks (and it is mentioned) very expensive and fun. But Justine is distant and ends up having sex with a stranger and losing her job and husband. That's chapter 1: Justine. Chapter 2: Claire shows Justine in a severely deep depression living with her sister's family. John (Claire's husband) is an astrologist and is expecting a fly-by of a planet, Melancholia, by Earth. Claire is nervous, expecting Melancholia to crash on Earth but John assures her that will not happen. The fly-by then occurs and Claire relaxes. But the next day she realizes Melancholia is approaching again, and so does John. He commits suicide and Claire hides it from Leo (her son), and Justine. Justine also realizes the apocalypse is happening and she doesn't care. Leo, though, becomes nervous at her  mother's bewilderment and Justine calms him building a "magic cave" made of sticks in a teepee shape. At the end Justine, Claire and Leo sit inside the teepee and wait for Melancholia to crash the Earth.

My Opinion:
First of all, I'll applaud, in agreement with the Cannes' Festival, Kirsten Dunst's terrific performance (and her nudes!)

Have you been working out? Anyway, Kirsten is able to give you the image of the severely depressed Justine, who can't even get up or take a bath on her own. She does the right metamorphosis from the beginning of the movie (after the annoying slow-mo) where Justine is happy and beautiful with Michael to the end of her wedding, with her dirty dress and without husband or job, depressed and bitter. *Applause*
I'll applaud Lars von Trier, who managed to make an apocalypse movie artistic and Cannes-worthy. The music was appropriately dramatic without getting to the point of Requiem For A Dream.
I'll have to say, though, it can be a little bit boring. One has to have a cinematography degree or to be in the mood for such artistic movies to get through it all. You understand the high level of artistic the movie has, but it gets to the point of boring. Especially that slow-mo. THAT SLOW-MO. I had gotten your point von Trier, those TEN minutes of extremely slow images weren't that much necessary.

 

High Five dude!

4.5/5 <- just because of that slow-motion.
Recommended? Yes, when feeling patient enough (or you're an artist at mind)
Watch again? To show off to that hipster girl you're hitting on.