Funny Games

[JerkyPuck]

A friend of mine who normally shares my thoughts on horror in general rented this last night and said it was awful. I am so disappointed because I really have been wanting to see it. Normally he and I have the same opinions...but this movie looks really good. Just wanted to get your responses to this movie before I waste my time.

[BooBerry]

I liked it a lot. I say rent it.

[KING]

I was actually really looking forward to it too.

[steelba]

Doesn't look good to me, i'd beat the shit out of those weak intruders.

[Rust In Peace]

isnt it a remake though??? because not too long ago I saw previews for it coming out soon, but after didnt hear a word, then at the store i saw it, but the release year said 1997 on the back

[BooBerry]

Yes, its a remake. But they're both pretty much the same. Nothing changed really.

[ASoron0424]

Damn, I forgot that came out yesterday, I've been wanting to see it for a long time now too.

[Galerian]

I got it on its way from netflix. I've seen the first one and thought it was ok, kinda crazy. I don't know why I need to see a shot for shot remake but what the hell, Naomi Watts is in it.

[WarBeast]

Doesn't look good to me, i'd beat the shit out of those weak intruders.

Yeah... They'd probably get the same treatment at Casa de WarBeast as well... I would bust the little bastards up and my o'lady would shoot them.

[XdrewX]

I definitely want to see this! Tim Roth and Michael Pitt are both awesome actors and Naomi is pretty good as well. I wish I would've got this went I went to Blockbuster earlier :/ But I got The Signal so hopefully that'll be just as good.

[slasherman]

Heard relatively little about this and checked it out last friday online... I must say, I was pretty impressed, I was glued to the monitor the whole time. Definitely worth the watch.

[Chief Falling Rock]

hopefully its worth it, I've got it waiting on me at home from Netflix.

[Cannibal]

I should be getting this from Netflix shortly.

[Chief Falling Rock]

movie was crap. The 2 lead crazy guys were absolutly great in there roles, and for awhile the movie kept my interest. But the ending is stupid and predictable. Plus something happens towards the end that goes completely into left field. Which was just retarded. And some of the scenes blew my mind, ok I get it lets move on. But no, the camera would just sit there for waaaaaaaay to long during a couple scenes. So is the 2 killers play their parts perfectly. But the movie itself is very very forgettable.

[BooBerry]

movie was crap. The 2 lead crazy guys were absolutly great in there roles, and for awhile the movie kept my interest. But the ending is stupid and predictable. Plus something happens towards the end that goes completely into left field. Which was just retarded. And some of the scenes blew my mind, ok I get it lets move on. But no, the camera would just sit there for waaaaaaaay to long during a couple scenes. So is the 2 killers play their parts perfectly. But the movie itself is very very forgettable.

Did you see the remake or the original?

[Chief Falling Rock]

Did you see the remake or the original?

remake, but I heard it was almost a shot for shot remake.

[BooBerry]

remake, but I heard it was almost a shot for shot remake.

SPOILERS....


.... Ok, when you said "And some of the scenes blew my mind, ok I get it lets move on. But no, the camera would just sit there for waaaaaaaay to long during a couple scenes." I figured you were talking about the part where they shoot the son and leave and the camera just sits there while the parents don't move or anything.

Well, in the original, add another nearly two minutes of that exact scene. That's the only real difference they changed between the two films was the length of time on some scenes. Guess they figured American audiences wouldn't sit through too long of a scene like that.

[Chief Falling Rock]

SPOILERS....


.... Ok, when you said "And some of the scenes blew my mind, ok I get it lets move on. But no, the camera would just sit there for waaaaaaaay to long during a couple scenes." I figured you were talking about the part where they shoot the son and leave and the camera just sits there while the parents don't move or anything.

Well, in the original, add another nearly two minutes of that exact scene. That's the only real difference they changed between the two films was the length of time on some scenes. Guess they figured American audiences wouldn't sit through too long of a scene like that.

yeah that was the main one, I don't mind them not moving the camera, but it just went on way to long.

And SPOILERS IN BLACK the part where she shoots one of them, and the other one rewinds the movie to save his buddies life? That was just stupid. And in case your reading this hand haven't seen the movie, yes you read that right. He grabs the remote and rewinds the movie that your watching so his buddy doesn't get shot

[BooBerry]

I don't know how to do that BLACK TYPE thing so SPOILERS below concerning Chief's comment about the rewind.
...
..
.
It did seem kind of stupid, but the movie wasn't trying to be a movie I don't think. It was basically a play on movies and how films that have similar subject matter always seem to work out with the same formula.

Bad guys die, good guys prevail. I think Funny Games was basically trying to say, no, that's not how it is in real life. Sometimes the good guys don't get a chance to overtake their captors or escape, they're just killed. And to show movies where that always happens is downplaying the violence of real life.

[Galerian]

I enjoyed the remake better than the original even though it's the same. But I guess I liked these characters more and for some reason I found it more effective and disturbing this time around. Haneke is definitely a crazy director, the sickest movie of his though for me is Benny's Video which is completely disturbing and depressing.