chocolateshotgun101 It's difficult to explain what Begotten's about. It's better to be direct and say what this film is. So, Begotten is a collection of stretched out scenes with no dialogue, ambient sounds and indecipherable cinematography. To give credit where credit is due, the beginning scene is pretty good. While it may still be a bit too long, it's creepy and pretty disturbing enough for it to be a pretty good and memorable scene. Unfortunately, it's mostly downhill from here. The rest of the film is indecipherable and boring garbage that felt way too long (ironic since the film's actually quite short).Even if the Begotten was shorter, it still would not be worth your time as most of the actual contents fail to make this film enjoyable.

Comedy Lover I went to film school and I am still so sick and tired of every pretentious student who fancies him or herself an "artiste" with something "important to say to the world" shooting a bunch of awful, grainy, gritty, black and white footage that's disjointed and poorly spliced together, apparently on a super-8mm camera, and pretentiously declaring it to be an experimental masterpiece. This movie is boring, unimportant, and stupid. The acting (what little of it can be made out) is terrible. Some of the imagery is OK but that's the only good thing I can say about this.The director clearly has some problems and I hope in the future he borrows money to get himself a psychiatrist, not more film stock. This film is one of the most boring and infuriatingly self-important pieces of crap I have ever seen -- and again I went to film school!Maybe this could have been a decent 4 or 5 minute Nine Inch Nails Video, but for what seems like two hours it's just awful. Not scary or entertaining in the least.Also it "borrows" its grainy look from a lot of other films and really wants to be Eraserhead. The great thing about Eraserhead's sound was the constant machine droning. This movie takes that idea and replaces it with a loop of crickets (or sometimes birds). Just a dumb movie pretentious hipsters need to get over.

dragokin Begotten left me wondering whether it has been a movie or a video installation. Either way, it's been truly disturbing.The main question is why are such movies/installations treated like art. There has been some rudimentary plot that could have been interpreted anyway you'd like. Sound and music followed what happened on the screen, yet it all sounded like random, albeit harrowing, noise. As if someone tried very hard to trigger a suicidal reaction in viewers.At the time of it's creation Begotten must have been a challenge to make. Today with digital photography and powerful computers generating abstract images, it would have probably been easier to make.

Robin Kuhr No dialogue, horrific images, surreal atmosphere, experimental cinematography and a concept abstract and haunting. This film is not for everyone. I dare say only the very brave, very patient and very open will find some credit through this ordeal of twisted context.With the directors vague intentions centred around a God disembowelling himself, giving birth to Mother Earth through a brutally and graphic wonder of dark imagination; I believe this film will effect everyone differently.Whilst the atmosphere is beautifully presented through the various unnatural noises and surreal artistry of the intensely graphic nature of this film, the plot itself isn't important. What counts is the journey it puts you through and how you see that vision through your own ideals and impression.I myself found it to be a nihilistic wasteland, where the evolution of humanity is born and instantly based on justice (Mother Earth) and regulation (Son of Earth); where this is both repulsed and lusted after, shown through the dilemmas of the first of the flesh and their fascination to bend it their wills; only to find that time is omnipotent and constantly against their plight. (The Shots of the sun rising, and Moon falling) The Black & White imagery shows the shades of Gray which represents how fickle morality is and can only be seen one-sided by the first of us born. In the end nothing matters. Existence and struggle continues, yet purpose is worthless and tiring. All we need to know was presented to us cleverly through the opening phrases. It's a reflection to our modern ideologies. Is this what the director intended when he first set out to make this? Probably not.However, no films is without it's flaws, and this one suffered from a few too: Most of the shots linger for far too long to keep any attentive interest. The numerous repetition takes you away from the film to make any lasting impact. The extreme close-ups make it hard to manage what's going on. And sadly the mixture of all three means you will be checking your watch every now and then.Is it perfect? No. Is is a masterpiece? No. Do I hail it as one of the greatest films ever made? No. But for something different, something niche and for those with the patience, lead stomachs and flexibility to handle it; Enjoy it, you sick dog you.