Emily Druce | Livin' in London town

Yesterday I went to the cinema twice! First I saw Melancholia, the Lars Von Trier film about depression and the world coming to an end, and second I watched we need to talk about Kevin, the film about a kid who kills loads of people in his school with a crossbow, and whether or not it is his mothers fault her turned out the way he did, and asks the question if people can be born evil. Sound like a lot to take in? It was.

First of all, I was crying half way into Melancholia, but luckily for me being right at the back of the screen, the only near by lights were the little LED DRIVER bulbs on the floor, and because I managed to do a silent head bobbing cry, rather than a full on wail, I don't think anybody noticed.

But by the time I had seen the world end, and then seen what this horrible kid did to his poor mother, I was slightly desensitized to it. Don't get me wrong, both films were arguably masterpieces in their own way, and are other than their slightly morbid content, have nothing in common. But having seen them back to back made me compare them, which isn't really fair to either film. I think that seeing them both next to each other, considerably lessened the impact either would have had one me if I had seen each one individually.

Verdict - Don't try and watch 2 films of that emotional magnitude in the same day. Not because it will make you want to slit your wrists, but because it won't.