+6
Just finished watching Nymphomaniac. I thought it was fine. Very graphic with the sexual content, but I expected that going into it. I'm still processing my thoughts for the film, but for reasons I can't quite put into words yet, Joe was less interesting of a protagonist than those in some other Von Trier films I'm a fan of (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, and Melancholia). I can handle watching graphic sexual content if I'm able to have a strong enough emotional impact to other parts of the film, but aside from the middle segment with Jerome, I felt rather distant from Joe throughout most of the film. As a result, I'm not sure I'd watch this again, nor am I eager to check out part 2 anytime soon. On the plus side, I think the film definitely adopts a hypnotic feel as it goes on, with the narration and the cuts to stock footage helping to make the graphic imagery easier to stomach (to a degree). Also, the Bach sequence at the end was very well-done, even though I had seen parts to it before. Though yeah, I've enjoyed other Von Trier films quite a bit more than this one.