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I rate the ending of melancholia because of the spoiler! giant fucking planet smashing into the Earth which is absolutely terrifying. I haven't been able to look at the moon in the same way since. Fuck me. I stopped and re-watched the ending again immediately after.
LVT is terrific, but the OTT stuff (Idiots, Dancer in the Dark [although I haven't seen it since it came out... But I doubt I'll ever watch it again]) isn't for me. Breaking the Waves, Dogville, The Kingdom - terrific. I also got really excited by Dogme 95. #lofi4lyfi
His work works for me, but yeah sometimes you wonder if its not a high brow emo fest, a sort of high class tearjerker.
I do rate the ending of Melancholia though with the depressed character the only one being able to face reality / offer a futile gesture of hope.