Sebastian L (Protenor)

Fourth time I watch this and I am finally sure that this is the best movie I have ever seen. I'd go as far as to say that this is the single movie closest to reality that I have ever seen, too. A perfectly believable road movie, full of small details and beautiful moments, yet it couldn't be farther from being kitsch. A movie full of encounters, opportunities and changes - just like life itself so to speak. If the characters seem like people you might just meet round the corner, it's because they are: as far as I know Carlos Sorin picks most of his actors off the street. And now I hate myself for being to shy to shake hands or take a picture with Carlos Sorin when I saw him at the Venezuelan movie festival in the Andes three years ago, where he formed part of the jury that was to judge the Venezuelan movies shown at the festival. His own movies were played aside from the competition, just as an homage to him as a jury member. Needless to say, those were the best in the whole festival.

Talk about a horror movie. Forget every horror movie you have ever seen - this is the real thing. What is a good movie? I agree that this is certainly not a very enjoyable movie: The ending is extremely unsatisfying and the hand camera gives me a headache. However, I believe that a film is as a good as it serves its purpose and a horror movie's purpose is the one of scaring you. In my perception neither Hostel, Saw, nor Se7en, The Omen, The Others, The Ring, The Shining, The Silence Of The Lambs or The Sixth Sense get anywhere near to this movie in terms of scariness. This may be because I don't believe in the devil, ghosts or supernatural powers, and psychopaths - another popular source of evil in horror movies - tend to lose most of their scariness as soon as they are given a human face. This is how I come to consider creating fear of something completely unknown, unresolved the smartest move in the history of filmmaking. So here goes my humble opinion: This is the best movie I have ever seen.