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Yes, this is a boring movie; but it is not meant to be an action movie. Dramatic movies do not have to have beautiful people. Movies about lesbians do NOT have to have hot naked sex all over the place. This was a movie about three women; a middle aged woman who is basically being manipulated by an older, scared woman and a younger needy one. Some might say: go for the young beautiful girl; others – the more mature interesting one. You are given the chance to follow her and try to decipher the decisions she makes. It could have been a much more interesting movie; but take it for what it is. Everyday life is not always interesting; this is just a study in real life.

This movie had great potential. The story was excellent. The horror was good and they did not turn this into a slasher film. Most of the camera work was outstanding, only a couple of scenes not up to the rest of the movie. Things that kept this from being a 10. The main young bad guy – living out in the sticks of Poland just had to maintain his young Hollywood hipster hair and couldn't go along with the rest of the Polish villagers and try to get in character; this was just amusing though. What really killed the film was the screen writing, it was beyond bad. I realized that the director knew this when they decided to have most of the dialog in Polish, normally totally understandable, being as the movie was taking place in the Polish countryside. However, so many points were being made in Polish and there were no subtitles available. This was inexcusable. The actors were not hacks; they were believable, all except for the main female protagonist. This is a film that I hope will get a future treatment for DVD release in which subtitles will be added. I would very much like to add this to my collection, as I thought the movie as a whole was excellent.

I'm an avid reader and found the Gormenghast novels in a friend's book collection and was planning on reading them when I got the chance.

He suggested I could also watch the miniseries, which I did not know existed either. So I cannot yet compare the two to each other. I did however like the miniseries. It was well written and very well acted.

Christopher Lee was at his usual best. A surprise (probably just to me and maybe not to others) was Rhys Meyers. I was never really impressed by the authenticity he brings to his roles. However in this movie I HATED him, and I mean that in a good way. I really hated his character, he did a fantastic job; I guess now I'll have to watch some more of his work.

The sets were incredible.

This is one instance where I'm hoping the books will be as good as the movie.