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03 Aug 2013, 12:52 am
BenderRodriguez wrote:
Funny Games is the one that drives the point home most strongly (I would go for the original version) and if you're interested in Socio-Politics you might appreciate The White Ribbon, an interesting parable for Germany's moral (and not only) disintegration which lead to the war. I suspect you might also like the lack of emotional manipulation in his work.
Ahh, Funny games I am familiar with. That was one of those movies that was sorta ruined for me because of who I am, to wit my version would have been much shorter: *bang* *bang* *thud* *thud*, "honey, are we out of extra large Hefty bags?". Of course, I feel this way about most non-supernatural horror or suspense movies, which reduce me to yelling at the screen "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Most of my friends have learned not to watch horror movies with me...
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03 Aug 2013, 7:21 am
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Ahh, Funny games I am familiar with. That was one of those movies that was sorta ruined for me because of who I am, to wit my version would have been much shorter: *bang* *bang* *thud* *thud*, "honey, are we out of extra large Hefty bags?". Of course, I feel this way about most non-supernatural horror or suspense movies, which reduce me to yelling at the screen "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Most of my friends have learned not to watch horror movies with me...
My wife is just like that
But you see what I mean? We all have that point where we yell "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Haneke just rubs your face in it with the (in)famous rewind scene.cyberdad wrote:
No I don't think it's reasonable to be violent. I do understand the emotion of parents against those who harm children. I'm guessing you don't have kids do you.
I have. And I grew up in the system because my parents were not much different than these two. I don't let my emotional reaction take over precisely because I can identify with this poor kid so much.
And I think it's better to vent your anger here than bottle it up. Yet if you do it repeatedly people might think you actually mean it.
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03 Aug 2013, 12:56 pm
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My wife is just like that But you see what I mean? We all have that point where we yell "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Haneke just rubs your face in it with the (in)famous rewind scene.
But you see what I mean? We all have that point where we yell "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Haneke just rubs your face in it with the (in)famous rewind scene.I remember feeling distinctly trolled by that scene, but you have to understand that as a gun toting martial artist, in my movie Peter and Paul would have both died long before things got that far, namely right at the golf club scene. It's kinda hard to work a remote with a golf club wrapped around your head and/or an extra ounce of lead in it. I suppose my problem is that I don't identity with the victims in these movies because they seem so oblivious to obvious danger, so to me it's less a horror situation and more like a Darwin Award.
03 Aug 2013, 1:35 pm
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BenderRodriguez wrote:
My wife is just like that But you see what I mean? We all have that point where we yell "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Haneke just rubs your face in it with the (in)famous rewind scene.
But you see what I mean? We all have that point where we yell "just shoot the motherf*cker already!" Haneke just rubs your face in it with the (in)famous rewind scene.I remember feeling distinctly trolled by that scene, but you have to understand that as a gun toting martial artist, in my movie Peter and Paul would have both died long before things got that far, namely right at the golf club scene. It's kinda hard to work a remote with a golf club wrapped around your head and/or an extra ounce of lead in it. I suppose my problem is that I don't identity with the victims in these movies because they seem so oblivious to obvious danger, so to me it's less a horror situation and more like a Darwin Award.
LOL yeah, but I never considered it a horror movie as much as a commentary/almost parody to horror movies or, yes, trolling them. The trustfulness of the victims, their helpless and passive attitude goes way too far in your run of the mill horror flick and is I think exaggerated here to drive the point home (particularly the father). So the rewind scene is taking the piss out of another cliché: the audience still expects the helpless victim to suddenly pull out the big guns and kill the bad guy, f**k consistency, I wanna see the a***hole suffer. I think it was meant as a slap in the face: now you scream for blood yourself and I'm not going to give you this kind of satisfaction. I would have hated the film if I saw it as taking itself seriously as a horror flick...
I'd ask what MA you prefer if I won't get lynched myself for derailing
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I'd ask what MA you prefer if I won't get lynched myself for derailing
Why stop when you are on a roll?
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