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I saw Funny Games (the Austrian original) yesterday and I really don't know what to make of it. It's either brilliant or an insult to the audience, and possibly both. I know I haven't seen many films lately that have sucked me in like this did, and pissed me off as much. I know I never want to see it again, and I have to see it again to figure out why. That's gotta be a good thing, right? Right...?
 
beer good said:
I saw Funny Games (the Austrian original) yesterday and I really don't know what to make of it. It's either brilliant or an insult to the audience, and possibly both. I know I haven't seen many films lately that have sucked me in like this did, and pissed me off as much. I know I never want to see it again, and I have to see it again to figure out why. That's gotta be a good thing, right? Right...?
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Right.
 
beer good said:
I saw Funny Games (the Austrian original) yesterday and I really don't know what to make of it. It's either brilliant or an insult to the audience, and possibly both. I know I haven't seen many films lately that have sucked me in like this did, and pissed me off as much. I know I never want to see it again, and I have to see it again to figure out why. That's gotta be a good thing, right? Right...?
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Yeah, I saw the American one. The movie was definatly a jab at the audience. It was totally not what people want to see. (Especially the remote scene).

12 Monkeys: woah... Bruce is always in the craziest movies... :lol:

Resevoir Dogs: It was good, but the language was really distracting. The main reason for watching it was because Tim Roth was in it! :innocent: hehe
 
Didi_Gogo said:
Yeah, I saw the American one. The movie was definatly a jab at the audience. It was totally not what people want to see. (Especially the remote scene).
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Oh, absolutely, it's not what we want to see, that's kind of the point. The thing that I can't make up my mind on is whether it's something we need to see - if Haneke's criticism of the film business and the audience that laps it up is relevant or not.
 
beer good said:
Oh, absolutely, it's not what we want to see, that's kind of the point. The thing that I can't make up my mind on is whether it's something we need to see - if Haneke's criticism of the film business and the audience that laps it up is relevant or not.
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Well, I think now I have to see it, so ordered.
 
beer good said:
Oh, absolutely, it's not what we want to see, that's kind of the point. The thing that I can't make up my mind on is whether it's something we need to see - if Haneke's criticism of the film business and the audience that laps it up is relevant or not.
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Well I'm not going to say that I know what people want :)flowers: hehe, I'm just a kid. I don't even know what I want! ^_^), but I guess people watch movies just for an interesting story, or gore, or because of a particular actor (guilty). Maybe people walked into the theater expecting a good horror flick, but instead were the victims of some sort of truth. Everyone wants to give the audience what they want, but Funny Games either does the opposite or makes the audience question what they truely want from a movie after their expectations have been manipulated by the film industry. You either hate the film or you feel guilty from it.

I don't even know if any of that will make sense to anyone but me. ^_^
 
Rescue Dawn. By far the most superficial, generic, un-Herzog-like Werner Herzog film I've seen. :star2:

Shallow Grave. Always nice to revisit an old favourite. Remember when Ewan McGrrrregga used to be in good movies? :star4:

Encounters At The End Of The World. Aaaaah, that's more like it. Philosophizing Antarctica researchers, man's battle against nature and his own nature, and penguins wandering off to certain death. Fate in Herzog restored. :star4:
 
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