Monster's Ball will be aired two more times on German TV:
Thursday, Feb. 8th, 22.50 Uhr (10:50pm) on 3SATand
Tuesday, Feb. 13th, 23.15 Uhr (11:15pm) on RBBOkay, I saw it last night. I liked it, think it was a good movie. But you are right: for me, one time is enough. I didn't like it that much that I would see it again any time soon. Except for the beginning with Heath in it
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I felt like Mikaela, I didn't fully believe the change in Billy Bob Thornton's character. It was too easy. But I liked the scene very much when he threw his father out of the house. I wasn't distracted by Peter Boyle because I dont know him. Never saw "Raymond".
I liked Halle Berry's perfomrance, but didn't find it outstanding. What made it hard for me to like the movie was that I can't stand Billy Bob Thornton. I just don't like him period. And The Hank character he played wasn't likeable, too. No, not likeable at all, that bastard.
Heath's very impressive in this one and I can see why this role and characterisation was the precursor for Ennis. Sonny's is a very bleak story, very bleak life.
I couldn't agree more, Mikaela. Although I have to limit my judgement about Heath's and Halle Berry's performance to what I could
see. As usual, the movie was dubbed in German, so I didn't hear the actor's voices.
What I found the most depressing about Sonny's story were his last words, the last part of his confrontation with his father:
Sonny Grotowski: You hate me. You hate me, don't you? Answer me! You hate me don't you!
Hank Grotowski: Yes, I hate you. Always have.
Sonny Grotowski: Well I've always loved you.
And then *bang*. That really hit me.
Another thing I didn't like about the movie: the fact that they actually showed the execution. Sorry, but to me it was unneccessary. It was brutal enough when they showed Musgrove with his son. To imagine how they both must have felt. Unimaginable, harrowing.
For the purpose of the movie it would have been enough to show all the preparations for the execution, but not the execution itself.