Antichrist, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and A Christmas Carol

I saw three movies this weekend, and guess what, I'm going to review them! The first movie I saw was...
Antichrist - Lars von Trier is an amazing director. Antichrist is amazingly directed. It is also amazingly acted by Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. After watching the first hour of this movie it would be a four star movie for me, but then something happens. The movie takes a sharp turn to the extremely graphic and insane. The first hour is masterfully done, the first scene is jaw-droppingly beautiful and there are also some more surreal moments and images. But in the last 45 minutes there are occurrences so extremely graphic I'm not even sure how to recommend this movie with a clear conscience. If you have a strong stomach, I urge you to see this as fast as your can, but for everyone else I'm afraid I have to give...
Antichrist - 3 out of 4
The Men Who Stare at Goats - This movie was weird and stupid. I enjoyed some of it but for the rest of the time I was bored out of my mind. The only thing that almost saved this movie was Jeff Bridges playing a more assertive dude (from The Big Lebowski) who actually did something with his life. All the other performances, even Kevin Spacey's, were dull. The story goes nowhere and most of the jokes aren't funny.
The Men Who Stare at Goats - 2 out of 4
A Christmas Carol - This was a funny little movie. It was not funny like a comedy, I just find it funny that this movie was made. I don't understand how in any circumstances kids would enjoy this movie. I really enjoyed the movie, but there is almost no comedy and there is a lot of talking. There are also some haunting images which I enjoyed but many young children wouldn't. I absolutely loved the visual flare of this movie and I think that is the best thing about the movie. If you like the story I would recommend it, but if you are going with young kids with short attention spans I'd suggest that you not spend your ten dollars on this.
A Christmas Carol - 3 out of 4
A Christmas Carol and The Men Who Stare at Goats are in wide release and Antichrist is in limited release and is available on IFC on demand.
-Zach