The Holy Mountain
This was the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen, and it’ll probably keep that title for a long while. Honestly though, as much as I love weirder movies, this one was just kind of stupid. Before I get into what’s bad, I’ll talk about what was good about this film. The cinematography was pretty interesting, I liked some of the scenes because they felt very experimental in a good way and made this movie at least somewhat interesting to watch for some parts, however that alone won’t save a movie. Looking at the plot, it was really hard to follow and, even after figuring it out, it just wasn’t that good. I mean, the concept itself could make for a pretty good movie, but I just didn’t really like the execution. Also, while I was just talkjng about how the cinematography was done good in this movie, it wasn’t totally good. In some parts they were just throwing random animals and elements to make this feel weirder, and they were also just doing random things. I know this is about a cult and cults aren’t exactly normal, but a lot of what happened just felt useless. Another thing they resorted to when they needed to make this movie feel weird is nudity, because there is a lot in this movie. I usually don’t mind nudity in films, especially if it’s meant for more artistic purposes, but it was just all in your face and annoying at some parts. And the ending for this movie was just stupid to be honest. I feel like, if you’re going for a highly experimental cult movie, you shouldn’t cheap out with a be ending. But that’s what they did, they just figure out they’re in a movie and leave, and then the credits roll. It was such a let down, because that could’ve at least saved them even a slightly higher rating. I usually talk about symbolism at this point in the review, but I really couldn’t find anything. And believe me, I really try and look for symbolism if I know the movie is supposed to be deeper and more complex. But this one just really didn’t have any. I imagine it was supposed to be something about religious psychosis or something, given that it’s about a cult, but I didn’t see it. Honestly, I had higher hopes for this movie, but I guess it’s just not for me. I wouldn’t recommend.