Japan’s Aokigahara forest becomes just a generic creepy wood in this predictable scary film starring Natalie DormerLast year,Gus Van Sant brought his film The Sea of Trees to Cannes – an exasperatingly sentimental film set in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, a huge woodland wilderness that has become notorious as a place where people approach to take their own lives. section of that films problem was an inability to resolve if it was supposed to be scary or sad. Related: The Sea of Trees review: a fantastically annoying and dishonest tear-jerker Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com