Saw
#2
Posted 13 June 2004 - 12:14 AM
I chose not to watch the preview.
This post has been edited by Just your average movie goer: 13 June 2004 - 12:14 AM
#4
Posted 13 June 2004 - 07:00 AM
The world's got enough unpleasantness as it is, without those kinds of films.
#5
Posted 13 June 2004 - 05:07 PM
Event Horizon had alot of suspense, as did candyman, which is why I liked them. Gore is just plain dumb. I don't like gore scenes. I like them as much as I do long explicit sex taking place on the movie screen. I just shift unncomfortabely in my seat waiting for the pain to end.
#6
Posted 13 June 2004 - 05:18 PM
The world's got enough unpleasantness as it is, without those kinds of films.
Either you didn't read to where I added the cute little smiley jokingly sticking his tongue out, or you take things way too seriously.
And the world may have a lot of unpleasant things in it, but since most of those unpleasant things involve war and hate, how can one find the beauty in some truly great films like American History X, Saving Private Ryan, or any of a thousand other films that deal with similar subject matter if all one does is say "Oh, it deals with something that I dislike about the world, I do not like this movie"? True, Saw is not one of those films, but just because it deals with unpleasant subject matter that can be cringe-inducing does not neccesitate that it is not without its merits as a horror flick.
#7
Posted 13 June 2004 - 05:23 PM
I have nothing against gore, since most of it is exaggerated and completely unbelievable most of the time, but I do dislike explicit sex scenes. I usually sort of let my eyes wander a bit and check my watch or something.
#9
Posted 13 June 2004 - 07:09 PM
#10
Posted 14 June 2004 - 04:34 AM
All right, a lot of ideas are pretty stupid to begin with, but with some of them, if they tried to stop appealing to teenagers or just relying entirely on blood and gore (not that those are bad things), and started focusing more on the actual story or the concept of the villain or whatever the evil element may be, if they just made it a bit more intellectual...god, the genre would be so much better for it...
I want a horror story that will leave an impression. Something that will give me nightmares, keep me awake at night, and maybe even traumatize me. I want to be scared, goddammit!
Of course, I'm a writer-wannabe. Fear and angst and drama make my muses hyper as hell.
I really wish this trailer would work...damn thing won't play...
EDIT: Would you believe I wrote all this before reading the summary?
This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 14 June 2004 - 04:36 AM
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#11
Posted 14 June 2004 - 06:42 AM
Saw seems interesting, though.
Jimbo: We had to kill them to keep them from going extinct.
#12
Posted 14 June 2004 - 06:57 AM
It can all be based around personal preference when dealing with what is and isn't a good horror movie. Plus, a lot of them seem to be bad because it's hard to get decent funding for a horror movie that isn't some stupid teen sex romp/slasher train wreck, or made by Wes Craven (despite clear evidence that he lost his touch in the late 80s).
#13
Posted 14 June 2004 - 07:32 AM
Anybody who was at the old FullyRamblomatic forum will know that I'm a Freddy-Fangirl from the great Freddy vs. Jason debate, but honestly, most of my enthusiasm is created from my own attempt to understand his character (or at least, what it had the potential to be), and from extraordinarily well-written fanfiction (a hard thing to come across) from like-minded Freddy fans. Here's a (rather long and slightly edited) quote that I still think sums it up pretty well.
And just think of how Krueger was before the whole dream demon gig. [...] Freddy [...] was always evil. Let' see, according to the flashbacks I can remember:
He’s the “Bastard Son of a Hundred Maniacs” (and a nun), brutal killer of small classroom pets, he killed his foster(?) father, and of course, child murderer/molester.
You have to admit it. He's by far the sickest, most twisted horror movie monster/villain of them all. Of course, the idea of psychological torture has always scared the hell out of me.
Sure, I love his games and one-liners, those add to the "charm" of his methods. And maybe I'm just doing this to reassure myself, but it also seems to be an act of complete gleeful sadism. You can honestly tell that he enjoys what he's doing, and feels no remorse whatsoever.
Why did they have to go and ruin something like that?! Why?! Sorry, I tend to start ranting when it comes to this subject...
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#14
Posted 14 June 2004 - 11:16 PM
Jimbo: We had to kill them to keep them from going extinct.
#15
Posted 16 June 2004 - 03:01 AM
And yeah, the over use of gorey scenes has really just killed gorey scenes. They can be used to accentuate the plot and value of the story, not to replace it. Too many people don't grasp that. They figure the badder the villain looks the better the heros will look so theres no need for characterization or sympathy. The problem is it really does fail to shock now and after a while there's not that much more gore you can fit in. I mean really what are they going to do, rivers of blood flowing out of people?
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