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The thing is, the movie isn't serious. I'm glad I saw it in the theatre, because there were some great moments where the whole theatre was laughing. Like early on, Spoiler: when Dr. Heiter caresses his picture of a canine centipede!. You don't go to a movie like The Human Centipede and plan to take it seriously.
The first third of the movie is practically a comedy. It obviously gets more painful later on, but I have to give credit to the movie-makers that they realized the concept alone was gruesome enough. Visually, this movie is rather sterile. There are only a handful of visually gross moments, and even those aren't too bad. Nothing much worse than you'd see on Nip/Tuck. They even had the smarts to include but practically ignore the requisite horror movie nudity.
Don't get me wrong, it's a terrible movie. It knows it's a terrible movie, and so it is also, at times, hilarious. In it's moments of seriousness, it's a tragic movie. Other than the concept of the human centipede - and it's really only ever a concept, there are always bandages concealing the supposed areas of attachment - the movie is your standard kidnapping horror movie. I have no interest in seeing it again, but it sure was an experience.
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