Comments | shes_a_giant: you can't break the rules

shes_a_giant

you can't break the rules

Jul 08, 2008 22:32

it has been a long time since i have been that let down by a movie. i just watched Funny Games, starring naomi watts and tim roth, and that kid from hedwig i forget his name. i wanted to watch the original first, but i am glad i didnt, cuz i likely would have been just as disappointed but still watched this remake and then hated myself for watching ( Read more... )

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meggyanne July 9 2008, 14:04:55 UTC

caleb and i have thought about renting this (er netflixing this) more than once, but it seems stupid to me like... how could they realistically entertain me for 2 hours with this plot? so im kinda glad to know its dumb. i'll tell him. haha

kristyn July 9 2008, 14:54:46 UTC

i watched the original before i watched the remake and i really liked the original much more. even though it is almost identical except for the violent scenes. the movie was a bit annoying but there were some parts i liked a lot.

mrs_mandy_jr July 9 2008, 15:04:19 UTC

took it off my netflix ... sounds lame

beauty_sleeps July 9 2008, 17:30:18 UTC

Omg, all of those parts drove me nuts, too! I was like, omg, drive away, drive away! Why are you just sitting there with the hair dryer you moron?! Omg, it was so dumb!!!

shes_a_giant July 9 2008, 17:47:25 UTC

did the kids take their keys?? thats the major thing i didnt get. obviously they had just arrived when the kids showed up. soooo where were their keys? and who leaves their cell phone in the car. honestly.

wordgamething July 10 2008, 00:10:05 UTC

First off, hey, it's the user formerly known as upon_whimsy!

Secondly, I didn't watch the remake, but I watched the original of Funny Games, and since it's a shot by shot remake, this discussion can be had. While you hated it all for artistic choices made, I didn't care for it because it was overly sadistic.

In interviews, Michael Haneke has said that this was supposed to be a reaction to over the top violence in American movies - as if it was his job to teach America why their obsession with violence is wrong by taking things to such extremes that audiences can only be feeling slightly ill or turned off. While I respect his opinion, I don't think that Funny Games was the way to critique the Hollywood violencefests that we perpetually watch every year ( ... )