Ok curiosity got the better of man... I'm not a squirmy person but <i>oh my smurfing God the clit scene</i>.... That was <i>nasty</i>.

I found the movie to be completely pretentious, but not at all gratuitous. It was completely self-indulgent and I didn't enjoy it but it had me captivated from the first scene, just for sheer curiosity of what old Lars was gonna chuck at me next. And even though I thought it was pretentious, I really think every single scene in there added to the movie in some way; there was nothing in there just for shock-factor.

While I can appreciate the artistic merit of the film, it had about the same effect on me as Lars von Treier, killing a baby while dressed in skinny jeans, a tshirt that says "I am an artist" and loafers would've.