Hardcore - 6

This is one of those films that for me is "understood from the inside, rather than as an external viewer." Let me explain, This film is about a Dutch guy, whose last name is Jake Van Dorn(I am a Dutch guy, with a last name starting with a V). Jake grew up and is a part of the Dutch Reformed Church, in Grand Rapids, MI(I grew up in a similar church, and spent 4 years living in GR, attending Calvin College). The writer/director Paul Schrader also went to Calvin College. On top of all of that, Jakes daughter goes to a Young Calvinist Convention in California, which I also did as a high school student (the difference being that I did not get lost in the porn industry). So as you can see that led to getting more of the internal humor, but that also means much self-critical introspection and reflection. Although many interpret this movie as a bashing of this historic Dutch tradition in GR, I think it is rather critical and insightful about the unfortunate parts of this tradition along with some of its value as a fruitful and human way of life. So, you can take my rankings for what they always are, very subjective.
This film engages many good questions, like who and what do you care about? What can you forgive? And what do you believe?