GT again nice points, and valid... i guess i agree to disagree. this really comes down to the impact of the sudden tone change. i liked it, whereas it was too much for you. fair enough, point taken. strangely i think i'd more often side with your sensibility on this one, but my heart's in a different place i guess.
i gotta admit i laughed at "I think Von Trier does this because he thinks the content of the film will overwhelm viewers. In your case and others, it seems like it did."
that reads borderline elitist and patronizing, but knowing you from your previous posts makes me think I got lost in the written word

also i'm sorry but i wasn't accusing you of standing in the way of other people's taste or interests, i was simply amazed that you had the opinion you did. not in a condescending way, but on the contrary, in an intrigued manor.
If it's any consolation, I don't think you're trolling, your choices for the 25 best dictate that you're not. stefen, he would be more so trolling if he didn't have "popular" picks on his list. you accuse him of attacking well like directors yet oliver stone and clint eastwood are two examples of directors equally popular. true the three he chose to make an example of are probably more popular on this site, but in fact his choices get less indie cred; be it a good or bad thing. so that's a round about way of saying i think he means it.
pete i think i'd agree with you if another film like adaptation came out. adaptation is one of those movies that only gets made once, and works in the true meaning of cliche, to the point of establishing it. "The first man to compare the flabby cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." - Salvador Dali
kaufmen & jonze were poets. the next is an idiot. (cough cough cold souls)