scottybrady

Well they said it was more about being thought provoking than being a box office hit and they were right. The Book of Revelation was incredibly hard to sit through - both because of its slow pace and its confronting themes - but so very worthwhile.

Beautifully crafted, the movie is not for everyone, especially if you've been the victim of sexual abuse.

The movie sets out to explore a range of issues and themes and it wasn't until the day after I saw it (today) that many of them dawned on me (and even then it was only prompted by reading an interview with the Director, Ana Kokkinos). I suspect that I'll be experiencing more of these revelations (pun intended) for quite some time.

One of the themes of "The Book of Revelation" is sex and power. There are some very confronting and disturbing scenes where the male lead is sexually abused by three cloaked and masked women. One of my female friends who I saw the movie with said afterward that she didn't feel any of the discomfort she usually feels when she sees a rape scene on the screen and wondered if it was purely because it was a man being raped. This is one of those areas that the movie gets you thinking about.

It's hard to watch but I highly recommend seeing it.

I recently saw most of 'Something New' on a flight from Melbourne to LA and loved it so much that I watched it again on the homeward flight. It's always a little bit hard to tell what you truly think of a movie that you see on a plane because there are so many distractions and the viewing conditions are far from ideal. I'm a fan of Simon Baker which was what prompted me to watch the movie in the first place.

I loved his performance as well as the rest of the cast, most of whom I wasn't familiar with. I haven't hear anything about planned theatrical release of this movie in Australia but if it does hit the theatres, I'd recommend a look in if you like a good romantic drama.