"I have no problem telling people, 'I'm not your babysitter and I'm not your church'," he says.

[lissie_pissie]

Saw VI just made me cry. Not because it was sick and twisted scared me (those things made me smile), but because I wanted to make that so much. I can't explain it and the fact that I had such a positive and inspiring reaction to a film of this nature kind of makes me wonder if I'm not slightly ill, but it also makes me wonder if maybe it just means

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[zorabet]

I have absolutely nothing to say to make you feel better in any way except that I get it and people get it and I think this is a fucking beautiful post and you're fucking amazing, okay, and you'll get to do so many cool things, even if they aren't what's on your list.

[fishingvegas]

Bb, go for your dreams. YOU CAN DO IT!

[all_shine_on]

You know, this is actually a really interesting post for me to read. I've always wondered why the people who make horror films are compelled to do so, and what kind of people they are to think of such things and it's intriguing to see that you, who I know to be a very loving, soft hearted person with so much goodness is so drawn to them as well. It changes the way I think of them a bit. I can't watch gory or even slightly violent movies, really. They trigger something in me that is just too much and I usually end up crying. I often am startled out of almost sleep by reliving moments that were nearly horrible, like when one of the kids I watched fell off the couch and cracked her head. I see it over and over again and it makes me ill. Seeing movies of violent moments freak me out but I'm so interested by why people love them and what makes them so magnetic for people

[lissie_pissie]

And to me this is a really interesting comment, thank you, I'd love to expand and explain. I was hesitant to even post this publicly because kind of like you said, I didn't want people to think I was sick or fucked up. I know I'm not. I know I never WOULD kill anybody or in any way emulate the subjects of my films. I think the reason I personally feel like I'd want to do them over straight-up drama films or romantic comedies or something, is that you get so much more creativity, I feel. If you do love stories or period films or whatever, you're kind of limited by the real world. With horror films, you're more limitless. People CAN have different colored skin. People CAN be disfigured and different. People CAN act differently than what is expected and normal. But I don't think I'd ever do just a straight up slasher film. I'm so interested in character in this context, too. Like, idk if you've seen the Saw films, you probably haven't because they upset you, but the reason I love them so much is because they are so. fucking. intelligent

[all_shine_on]

Oh, don't worry! I didn't at all think you sick or anything like that and I certainly didn't think you were attacking me. I'm happy you got my comment the way I meant it-I was genuinely interested in this line of thought! I see what you mean about horror being a genre with fewer limits in a creative sense because if a studio or whatever is going to let a certain amount of gore occur, you are probably going to be able to pose more interesting moral and psychological questions as well. Have you heard of "The Box" with Cameron Diaz coming out next month? It's about this couple who receive a box with a button inside and they are told that if they press the button, someone whom they don't know, somewhere in the world will die, but they will be given $1 million. That is SO INTRIGUING to me! It's done in a sort of sci fi way but it's that very basic human concept you talked about, but being explored through the thriller genre

[idoltina]

Sometimes, words aren't enough. Sometimes, you just feel way too much, "want everything too much (hello, Glee, have you made my life lately?)," but you CAN'T do anything bout it. You can't break out, you can't break free, and you've got all of this creativity lying dormant and turning inward and driving you insane and all you want is to do what you want but you end up making entries like this and it just makes you, well, SAD

[jenncho]

And god, even the previews beforehand, I wanted those so badly too.

I feel this. I swear when I'm going to the movies if we are running late and end up having to miss the previews I will just wait for the next show. I have to watch the previews. Idk but I noticed with my editing work that I seem to always want to drift towards trailers. I just have the NEED to tell a story as dramatically as possible in a small space. I really WANT to move people with my work and make them say WOW. I NEED TO SEE THAT. I've lost count of how many trailers have moved me to tears only for the ACTUAL movie to not even come close to living up to that.

I want that. I NEED THAT. Lets start a company ;)

[lissie_pissie]

I cannot even explain the effect they have on me. By the time they're done, half of the time I'm so emotionally drained that I don't even feel like sitting through a film anymore. I'd be so content to just walk out then, already gotten my money's worth. FUCK, there was one tonight, and Mad World came on and I started crying and I had no control and it was so stupid and I didn't even understand it. Oh, I found it.

I've lost count of how many trailers have moved me to tears only for the ACTUAL movie to not even come close to living up to that.
Fucking same. Or movies where the trailers blow but I can tell that it's just a shitty trailer because their editor sucks and the film will actually be good, and it is. Hey hey, can we make a deal that if we ever see bitchin previews, we take note and share? Because I would love that. I would also start a company, not joking, because artistic companions that are on the same page as me, you'd be one of those.

[jenncho]

I saw that trailer yesterday actually. What I love about it and Mad World especially in it, is that the song itself is kind of slow and haunting but the action is a polar opposite to it. And instead of just looking like a badly paced music video (see: several ive sent to you from the xfiles fandom lol) they use the scenes to heighten the song and the overall effect. It's really quite brilliant.

I remember watching the preview to Nights in Rodanthe and I had never read the book or even knew it was by He Who Shant Be Named and I just cried in the theater for a good 5 minutes. I dont even remember what the trailer after that was about. It just struck me for some reason. The same thing with Martian Child. The trailers were so beautifully edited and then I see the movies and neither lived up to the expectations I had in my head.

Or movies where the trailers blow but I can tell that it's just a shitty trailer because their editor sucks and the film will actually be goodTHIS! I was watching that movie Helen Hunt directed and starred in,

[jenncho]

also... randomly offtopic...

I hate how shitty vidders have it in fandom. Icon makers and fic writers get all the glory and vidders tend to get the shit end of the stick. Not as far as comments and shit go but as far as awareness.

For icon makers they have icontests and for writers they have prompts and 100s and shit.

I always kind of wished there was stuff like that for vidders. Like you sign up for challenges and every month you get a choice of like four things. Either like four different bits of dialogue or four different scenes and you have to make an entire video around that.

It'd be so fascinating to see what people would come up with.