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Reading previous reviews of this movie really make me sad. I weep at the ADD culture of modern America. The only thing that kept me from undergoing complete emotional breakdown was the fact that some people appreciated this film in the same way that I did. This is quite possibly my favorite film ever (maybe with the exception of "Waking Life" which is another film that many people can't stand to pay attention to) and it really disheartens me to see people maliciously rip it apart without really going into very much detail of why it "sucked" so much.
I'll be honest, this is kind of a hit-or-miss film. It really takes a lot of brain power to really figure out. But because it takes so much brain power to digest it, I think that this is really the type of movie worth buying on DVD. Many great films I can watch once and enjoy them very much but I don't really care if I ever watch them agian. It's the whole idea of "Been there, Done that, Got the T-shirt." Northfork is the type of film that KEEPS ON DELIVERING!!! I can watch it countless times and really get something new out of it each time. Even when I think I've got it all figured out, something new hits me that I didn't see before. It's movies like this one that are really worth owning.
Also, this film is just an absolutely beautifully executed work of cinema. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous. Every single shot looks so carefully planned and fine tuned. The acting is great. The characters are intriguing, interesting and inviting. The film is just dripping with symbolism in every scene. The themes are deep and mature. This is the kind of movie that gets me going. It's absolutely captivating. Yes it's dense, yes it's complicated and yes it's absolutely beautiful.
When I say "Brain Activity Required" I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. I'm not saying that anyone who didn't appreciate this movie is an idiotic bump on a log who's not worthy of life on this planet. Not at all. What I am saying is that this movie really requires a lot more of an active processes from the audience. This is a movie that requires a much different approach to watching a movie. It's sort of like reading Charles Dickens. The pace may be slow, and it may be hard to dig the meaning out of the presentation, but you really see the genius when you get it all set straight. If you want to be a passive audience, then by all means this movie is not for you. Don't waste your time with it and don't hurt my feelings when you rip it apart for being too slow or boring or convoluted. If you really want an intellectually stimulating film, the open up Northfork and enjoy it for all it's worth. And it is sure worth a lot.
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This is the worst movie I have seen in many, many years. It starts out with many promising elements: an interesting premise, an appealing cinematographic style, and some very decent acting talent. Unfortunately, it slides rather quickly into an inexplicably deep and wide abyss of boredom from which there is no hope of escape.
The main culprit here is the awful script, which has absolutely no redeeming quality. Additionally, the director obviously has no idea of what he is actually trying to get across to the audience. And the costumes look like leftovers from Pee-Wee's Playhouse. All in all, it is dreadfully bad.
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I watched this last night and felt extremely disappointed that I had by the end. I had seen a coming attraction while watching another DVD and put it at the top of my Netflix que. As soon as it came, we watched it. My girlfriend fell asleep before it was half way through. I wished I had.
Just like "Neighbors," all the good parts of the movie seemed to be in the coming attraction.
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If when you get down on your knees to pray, you can feel God's Spirit . . . if, in the wilds of the snowcapped mountains, you sense a communion with Nature . . . if, as you watch a loved one die, you feel the real presence of Heaven . . . if, as you meditate, the Metaphysical becomes Reality, you will like this movie.
If you scoff at the reality of a Spiritual Parallel World, especially one with a personal involvement in human life, then this movie will be a confusing mystery to you.
Northfork is a top-notch allegory for the transition from this world to the Next World.
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This is a top-notch film. Sometimes funny, sometimes grim, sometimes dreamlike, and always gentle. I've watched it three times, and each time is better than before. The closing words of Nick Nolte, whose strong and gentle portrayal of the Father alone is worth the price of admission, say it all: we are witnesses to the birth of things and the death of things. The town of Northfork is drowned, but nothing ever really ends. If we can live our lives in such a way that we learn not to fear death, then we will come to understand the fullness of life. The journey toward that knowledge is not easy, as this film shows. But in that knowledge, we reach a kind of beautiful transcendence.
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