The FiFi Report 122

The History of Violence……… Directed by David Cronenberg
Who: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed Harris
Genre: thriller with lots of romance. It’s the perfect date movie
The Plot: Evil, mean and wicked types try to rob a small town café. Quiet, easygoing family man shoots and kills them in superb style. Becomes a hero. Baddies with scarred faces in black suits doing blues Brothers impersonations turn up. Gets scary. Hero gets into more shooting. Wife gets snitchy. How can her husband be such a snazzy shot and kill so easily? Why are all these baddies after him? Who is he? ( it’s Aragorn Strider from the Lord of the Kings that’s who and we all know what he can with a sword ).
Acting: “Mortensen proves he can carry a film without the assistance of hobbits, dwarves and elves” . Maria Bello is great ( she was in The Cooler) and William Hurt is oscar nominated sensational.
Photography: Groovy and dark.
Set design: The baddies have tacky,nouveaux riche mansions and the small town good guys are all about vintage 50’s furniture. There is a moral in there somewhere.
Wardrobe: The wife looks far too chic to be in a daggy small town; simple camel sweaters back with clean white T shirts and hip jeans.
Salon de beaute: Viggo is so handsome George Clooney is out of a job. The wife’s hair is too groovy and styled for a small town dag. Ed Harris scarred face is fabulously scary.
Botox? Need a huge jab to get through the suspense, and all the blood and guts.
Waterproof mascara? A little tissue and a little dab is all you need to get to the end.
Tom Cruise/Alien sighting: Like Mission Impossible violence is always lurking
Smooches: yes, yes, yes
Smokin’ smooches; on fire, call the fire brigade!
Car chases; sex and violence; there has to be a car chase in there somewhere.
Blood’n’guts: It’s called the history of violence. Nuf said
Best review: “There’s not a scene wasted in the 97-minute unspooling, not a detour that doesn’t tell, surprise, horrify, delight.” ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Best worst review “Don’t watch any trailers or read any reviews, including mine. You shouldn’t have even read this.” About.com
See it or donate to the Prada bag fund? The Gothic trend is big news this season, it’s all about dark and brooding black. Is that a Prada copy or the real thing on your arm? See it and find out .
http://www.historyofviolence.com/