Your perception of this film and your emotional/mental predisposition

1. Yes I do. I don't think of it as the greatest movie I ever watched or anything, but I do hold it in high regard.

2. Yes I am prone to it. Sometimes something in my life just saddens me and I cannot engage with anything or anyone in the world properly, just like Justine at her wedding.

1. Yes, very much. I've given it a 9 after the first view and I think the rating might go up after I've seen it a few more times. Loved both "parts" of the film and loved the contrast between the depression experienced by both sisters, their inability to truly connect to each other when each of them hit rock bottom. And, of course, Von Trier's unforgettable images are the icing on this cake, particularly the stuff he conjures in the second part with the approaching planet. I don't think I've been terrified by a movie in a long time but that claustrophobic sense of impending doom he captures in the film still haunts me; the closing shots were devastating... but, at the same time, aesthetically magnificent.

2. Not the severe kind of melancholy witnessed in the film, no... but, sure, I suppose that everyone has their bouts of "harmless" depression every now and then.

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

1. No. This movie is not about melancholy. It's not about anything other than the directors apocalyptic fantasies.

2. Yes.

1. Id give it a 3 of 5 which is better than average but nothing special. I really didnt connect well with the theme though and found the planet idea completely ridicoulous although I know its not the point.

2. Not really, I have had my dark times in life but I SEEM to be of the opposite part of the spectrum, almost nothing can make me not feel enjoyment about life although that doesnt mean I am always happy.

I saw it in April or May 2011 and I still think about it regularly (here I am again)
It's so beautifully shot, it strikes a chord with me very much. I've only seen it once and I'm actually scared to see it again incase it doesn't have the same impact.

The final, beautiful scene literally left me breathing deeply sitting on the edge of my couch with my jaw open, Melancholia got it's final beautiful embrace with Earth, delivering humanity it's just dues.

The movie could easily be labelled pretentious, I love it immensly - but I'd recommend it to very few people.
9 or 10/10 - and I'm pretty damn tight with review numbers, top 10 experiences of my life watching the film. Not top 10 film, top 10 experience.

Art.

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I know what it's like to live tormented by an unshakeable feeling of impending doom. And I know what it's like to think - if the world ended now, I wouldn't mind.

Doom is portrayed as an astoundingly beautiful event in this film. Imagining it that way is kind of like having a crush on a really bad guy. It's a romantic portrayal of giving up.

I'm 29 and I have never experienced depression or melancholia. I saw the film yesterday and it was good (4/5) but depressing: I cannot say I enjoyed the movie and I'm probably never going to watch it again.