Oh boy...

Of course I respect your opinion, and I know that if everybody had the same opinion about things this would be a boring place to live! "The Visitor" belongs to a specific genre, this collection of Italian movies from the 70's & 80's that were experimental and avant-garde. Maybe the better word for this movie would be "experimental," rather than "art house." I'm aware also that these movies only appeal to a small percentage of movie fans. They are weird, sometimes for the sake of being weird, they are sometimes frustrating because they often invoke feelings of "what the hell is this?" etc. The majority of audiences equate "weird" with "bad." For instance my parents are very normal, down to Earth types, and they would think this movie was absolute garbage! My brother too, is very straight-laced, and he would see "The Visitor" as junk. but believe me, fans of avant garde cinema, films like "Suspiria" and Jodorowski's "Holy Mountain" really love this movie. It bends reality, and takes the viewer on a strange trip, while making them think about what they are seeing. It also dazzles the senses with strange and often beautiful imagery, and for some people, that is enough. Personally, i see film as a purely visual art, and if a movie can offer such powerful imagery, i believe a coherent script or story is not even necessary. The thing is that I love these movies so much that I cannot understand when someone isn't impressed with them. It bothers me when someone refers to something like this as "garbage," because good or bad, there is a lot going on here, and movies like this have a lot of very unique qualities. would you at least agree that the movie had some very good death scenes? Or some memorable cinematography?

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