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highdro69 · 10-15-2008, 11:19 PM

Funny Games
9.5/10
It's a remake of a 1997 movie.
This movie would be pretty depressing and perhaps too weird if one did not understand the point of the film. It's a critique and examination of how violence is portrayed in movies today. The two antagonists(Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet) do a very good job of being overly creepy and truly disturbing. In fact, one of my favorite aspects of this movie is the acting; Naomi Watts and Tim Roth portray true anguish like I've never seen. The only reason I couldn't give it a 10 was Spoiler: there is about a 20-25 minute sequence after the "villains" kill the 10 year old son of Naomi Watts and Tim Roth where the two just cry and be miserable together that, in my opinion, could have been cut short, but then again, perhaps that was a point the film maker was trying to make.
Overall great movie, and you have to keep in mind that it is not just a thriller for thriller's sake; it has a point, and to enjoy this movie to its fullest, and not just get turned off by it, you have to remember this point: violence is portrayed gratuitously in our movies, instead of there being any sort of emotion attached to it. Sometimes it is much more necessary for the impact of a character's death if the on-screen death is not glorified. The on-screen death should not be the movie's "reward" for that character's death, rather the implications of that character's death and how it affects the environment of the movie should be the point of that death.
ok, said death way too many times there, but hey in this movie (and you'll see why), it's appropriate.

10-15-2008, 11:19 PM	#3079 (permalink)
highdro69 Crazy Location: Tampa Bay, Florida	Funny Games 9.5/10 It's a remake of a 1997 movie. This movie would be pretty depressing and perhaps too weird if one did not understand the point of the film. It's a critique and examination of how violence is portrayed in movies today. The two antagonists(Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet) do a very good job of being overly creepy and truly disturbing. In fact, one of my favorite aspects of this movie is the acting; Naomi Watts and Tim Roth portray true anguish like I've never seen. The only reason I couldn't give it a 10 was Spoiler: there is about a 20-25 minute sequence after the "villains" kill the 10 year old son of Naomi Watts and Tim Roth where the two just cry and be miserable together that, in my opinion, could have been cut short, but then again, perhaps that was a point the film maker was trying to make. Overall great movie, and you have to keep in mind that it is not just a thriller for thriller's sake; it has a point, and to enjoy this movie to its fullest, and not just get turned off by it, you have to remember this point: violence is portrayed gratuitously in our movies, instead of there being any sort of emotion attached to it. Sometimes it is much more necessary for the impact of a character's death if the on-screen death is not glorified. The on-screen death should not be the movie's "reward" for that character's death, rather the implications of that character's death and how it affects the environment of the movie should be the point of that death. ok, said death way too many times there, but hey in this movie (and you'll see why), it's appropriate. __________________ "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."