OKAY, so is this movie a giant PRANK maybe?
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This is one of the worst movies I HAVE EVER SEEN! The writing is HORRENDOUS. The acting! The direction!

IT IS SO BAD!

What exactly did people like about this?

(Because it's... terrible.)

(I am switching my updates on the badness of this film back and forth between lj and jf so as not to, you know, have nine hundred posts in a row on how bad A History of Violence is. HAH.)

ETA: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!? This ...HORROR was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay?!?

UNPOSSIBLE.

(The writing is PARTICULARLY egregious, and contains such stinkers as Viggo's family walking into the house after Viggo was just interviewed by an eager beaver journalist about defending his diner against intruders (NOT A SPOILER IF IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE DVD, guys) and Viggo going "SIGH. Man, it's good to be home. I hope there won't be too much more of that!" and his teenage son going "They all just wanna interview you because you're a HERO! You're a HERO, dad!" and then Viggo goes "No! I'm not. I just got lucky. Verrrrrry lucky."

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WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?

THIS IS TERRIBLE.