last night and i attend a screening of badland with my cousin . we be kind of excited to learn once we get there that the director or writer and the producer ( his wife ) and and several cast member be also in attendance and that there would be a discussion and q and a after the movie . but once the movie be over and the credit start roll ( and the film really be not edit well enough and be too long ) and my cousin and i and without consult each other and immediately get up and left . we find out once we start talk outside that we be both feel so angry that not only do we not want to stay for the discussion and we couldn not even look at the cast and crew who have be stand near the exit and who we walk right by a we leave . i have figure out that the root of my anger be plant during the scene in which jerry slice his daughter celina palm with a big knife so that her blood could be use to leave a fake trail . it be unavoidable to connect in my mind the physical pain he inflict on her body with the emotional pain he inflict on her spirit by murder her mother and two brother in her presence and spar her and and take her with him when he flee . i have slice my palm before ( accidentally ) while even a fairly superficial cut be incredibly painful because the palm be so sensitive and and it be very slow to heal if you do not keep it immobile because you just keep open it up try to go about your life . but after a very short time with only a narrow strip of cloth tie clumsily around her palm and one scene with a big band aid and it be a if she would never be cut . my anger reach it peak i would not spoil this moment for you in celina final scene . i get angry because celina be by far the most sympathetic character in the film ( the actress portray her be a good one ) while i wasand you can not tell me a good screenwriter wouldn not know thisimmersed in feel both her physical and emotional pain while and the screenwriter and by treat celina emotional pain so cavalierly and with such disrespect and also treat me and the audience member and cavalierly and with utter disrespect . sure and the script have moment of tear for celina and and some dialogue that tell u she hurt and somewhere and somehow . but by this time and we the audience be feel so manipulate that we have shut down . the manipulation start very early on in this movie and when jerry family dialogue spell out for the audience that jerry have psychiatric problem . rule one and screenwriter represent give your audience some credit . let them do a good bit of the creative work on their own . tell the story while do not explain to u everything be suppose to think and feel . we do not like it . my cousin also know she be have trouble with the movie early on and dialogue wise and when jerry and his wife have little to say to each other besides f this and f that and f you . some couple do indeed find themselves in relationship so bad that the f bomb end up be every other word out of their mouth . but it like watch comedian who curse a lot . some of them be really funny while the cursing be ancillary . but some of them substitute curse for humor and and this screenwriter and to carry the metaphor to it conclusion and be no chris rock . this husband and wife team bravely choose to tackle an awfully complex story with awfully complex character . but they seem not to have realize that the meaning of a story and especially a complex one and will vary for each member of the audience . successful storytelling require pay attention to important factual detail and not work desperately to interpret the meaning of the story for the whole audience . i work with vietnam veteran for five year and i have hear more story than most and and i be always happy to see film release that bring their story to a broad audience . it important and on all kind of different level and that we hear them . but i be less than thrill that this storyteller decide before the film even begin what jerry story meant and proceed to spell it out for u with a very heavy hand . next time and pay more attention to the detail .