Mother of Tears (2007) - Dario Argento

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by cloud

My laptop is playing up at the moment so do you mind linking me to your review? I'd like to read it.

My review is here: http://shameless-films.com/forums/sh...p?t=699&page=9

Hello mate, sorry for the tardy reponse. Here's the link:

Mother Of Tears review on Lovelockandload

[Zarith]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

Mother Of Tears review on Lovelockandload

Very nice review Paul (you have a fantastic style, by the way).

I couldn't agree more. Mother Of Tears was painful to watch.

Cheers!

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by Zarith

Very nice review Paul (you have a fantastic style, by the way).

I couldn't agree more. Mother Of Tears was painful to watch.

Cheers!

You're welcome, Zarith. Thanks for the kind words too.

[cloud]

I've gotta say, Paul, the things that irked you about MoT didn't bother me at all. I think they added to the film's charm. I like campy films from Italy and other countries and applied that taste to my mindset while watching this film. It worked a treat for me, it's saddening to that others dislike it so strongly.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

I love cheesy Euro horror too, Cloud and, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA aside, am not the sort of person that slags off all of Argento's post-TENEBRAE output either. I just expected more from a film that concluded the tale of the Three Mothers. It really should have been better. Had Argento eliminated all reference to SUSPIRIA and INFERNO I would have enjoyed MOTHER OF TEARS on a kitschy level, but as a sequel to those films it failed for me.

[cloud]

We'll have to agree to disagree then on this.

What's your opinion on Phenomena? That's another that's always divided his fanbase right down the middle. I regard it as a classic.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

I wouldn't go as far as to call PHENOMENA a classic but I do rate it. As an aside, PHENOMENA was the first Argento flick I saw, actually, albeit on the Palace Video release that was the BBFC-cut, shorter version of the flick, as CREEPERS.

Out of all the stuff he has directed, there's only a small handful that I've not liked and these are PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and MOTHER OF TEARS. I didn't like JENIFER—one of his Masters Of Horror pieces—either.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

CREEPERS on Palace VHS,now there's a piece of artwork....

[trench]

I think I'm going to give this another shot tonight, picked it up for £4.50, if nothing else it updates my Argento collection. I found it very disappointing on first viewing, but I owe it to Dario to give it another go I suppose.

[vincenzo]

Despite being cut, cut, then cut again I kept the Palace VHS for the cover alone. Great stuff.