Who Else Loved Funny Games?

This need only apply to the people who have seen the 2008 "Psychological Thriller" shot-for-shot remake of the 1997 film of the same name. I found this to be a very intelligently written and acted film on everyone's parts. Many critics found it to be unimaginative, but I honestly think of it as my favorite movie to scare/disturb newcomers to my home. The pacing is extremely well done, the violence isn't as bad as many make it seem (despite one rough scene), and it can legitimately happen in real life. That's one reason I found it to be so terrifying. I would like to hear/see your thoughts on the film, if you will.

No offense but...

I for one fucking hate torture porn films. Why people make and watch these films still baffles me. It's not genuinely scary -- it's just an uneasy feeling that doesn't go away for a while, and makes the world all the more pessimistic. You guys should watch documentaries about poor exploited people in Haiti or the Rape of Nanking or something, like learn something that's legit unsettling and worth preaching to others, instead of watching fake/inspired satanic rituals and underage rape.

I didn't see it as any sort of "porn" or anything. I just thought it was a disturbingly fucked up, but well acted film. A little like Hard Candy, but a different backstory. And I actually do watch a lot of documentaries. Lol, And I took no offense. Everyone has different taste.

"You guys should watch documentaries about poor exploited people in Haiti or the Rape of Nanking or something, like learn something that's legit unsettling and worth preaching to others, instead of watching fake/inspired satanic rituals and underage rape."

I thought it was alright until he rewound everything. Then I thought it was dumb. It's not "torture porn" by the way.

Never seen the remake, but the original was awesome!

Funny Games is pretty unnerving.

It's that movie where the guy use the "rewind" button to go back in time? Fuck that movie. That scene was just TOO retarded. The movie was fine until THAT point. 
 
Also,  @SpencerTucksen ,it looks like our taste in movies is VERY different (Judging by the Quentin Tatantino thread and by this.). But you're a cool guy.

@AhmadMetallic: It struck my mood! I always make posts by mood. A while back, I made like three posts about horror movies/games just because! Lol

@MikeGosot: Thank you. Lol And yes, THAT was stupid. Damn near movie-ruining. But I completely forgot that scene due to the rest of the film. Probably because I mostly remember it for what ELSE happened. Not a good movie for parents I would imagine, simply put, even though I am not a father. Because I'm 17 and FUCK THAT.

I actually really liked it. It was a bit silly, yes, but that's kind of what I liked about it.

Oh, and it's not "Torture Porn" at all.

@Gamer_152 said:

@themangalist said:

"You guys should watch documentaries about poor exploited people in Haiti or the Rape of Nanking or something, like learn something that's legit unsettling and worth preaching to others, instead of watching fake/inspired satanic rituals and underage rape."

I agree that it would be good for people to learn about more of these major real-world problems, but I wouldn't say that people should be doing that instead of watching fictional versions of the same thing. Even if you find certain kinds of movies unsettling, surely everyone is entitled to what entertains them personally, as long as it hurts no one else.

Well maybe i worded it wrong, but i agree it's definitely cool for people to do what they like. I just think simply the fact that there exists this genre of film or "entertainment" is unsettling and messed up in itself. It's sort of a "wrong" kind of unsettling.

I don't really like Haneke.

@SpencerTucksen: I saw it in the theater with a few friends of mine. We were the only ones there. We all hated it.

Like Monkey Island? Oh wait....

@Redbullet685: Thank you! It wasn't meant to be taken as a serious movie. Lol, Not sure why everyone has been trippin on that part. Outside of the rewind, the whole movie theoretically could happen. It's scary in a somewhat realistic way in that the monsters don't need to have blood dripping from fangs....but they can be anyone, anywhere.

@themangalist:I understand what you're saying. But it's not like it was that one movie where Jodie Foster gets raped for like 10 straight minutes.

Yeah, the rewind scene was fucking lame. Movie was all right overall, though.

I came to this game with the intention of putting Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts in mind, but then I read this.

@themangalist said:

I for one fucking hate torture porn films.

I think I am in the wrong place

I don't really feel any desire to watch a film about a horrific home invasion, thanks.

@MikeGosot said:

@SpencerTucksen: My father didn't wanted me to see this movie. But, yeah, that is a movie i wouldn't watch with my little sister. Even though that particular movie didn't made me feel tense or anything like that, i realize that it can be pretty unnerving to some people.

The father from the movie, Tim Roth, said that he can't even watch the movie. Lol

It's a pretty unnerving movie.

The whole rewind scene is made to make the viewer angry. Haneke want you to be happy about the fact that they kill the "bad guy" (it's the only time you see someone die in the movie), and then destroy that feeling just afterward. I think it's a pretty well made movie, but it tries to show the viewer how violence in cinema is sick but it fails since a lot of people enjoy it as a straight up thriller.

For me, it's the worst Haneke film, even if it's well done. I prefer Caché or The White Ribbon ever this any day.

My two cents.

@Fear_the_Booboo: I understand your points, but sadly, I have not seen those two films.

I didn't have a problem with the rewinding bit because that isn't the first time the character breaks the fourth wall and acknowledges that it is a film. The guy flat out says that the family is going to die and then addresses the audience so you know that he is right. He tells you the ending of the film, so unless you want to see them die then there is no point in finishing it. In fact, you are implicated in their murder by just sitting their and letting it happen. You could have turned the film off or walked out of theater, but you chose to do nothing. Your entertainment came from watching them die, you sick fuck.

@SpencerTucksen: They're not for everyone. I don't know what your tastes are. They're pretty slow and are probably what you would call artsy.

I don't want to scare you or anything. You might like 'em or not. I just want to warn people so they don't hate me because I've "recommended" a movie they hated.

@Fear_the_Booboo said:

@SpencerTucksen: They're not for everyone. I don't know what your tastes are. They're pretty slow and are probably what you would call artsy.

I don't want to scare you or anything. You might like 'em or not. I just want to warn people so they don't hate me because I've "recommended" a movie they hated.

I'm good about movies. I keep an open mind, so I'd love to give them a go.

@IBurningStar said:

I didn't have a problem with the rewinding bit because that isn't the first time the character breaks the fourth wall and acknowledges that it is a film. The guy flat out says that the family is going to die and then addresses the audience so you know that he is right. He tells you the ending of the film, so unless you want to see them die then there is no point in finishing it. In fact, you are implicated in their murder by just sitting their and letting it happen. You could have turned the film off or walked out of theater, but you chose to do nothing. Your entertainment came from watching them die, you sick fuck.

Technically speaking....I never watched them die! I watched them start to die, or I saw them post-death. :)

@SpencerTucksen: Cool! I hope you like them. :)

If i recall the Director/writer did something unprecedented with the rewind point in the movie, i think his intent was to rob teh viewer of a sense of victory which is present in movies where good triumphs and present in abundance in revenge flicks like Taken or Breakdown (Kick to the face of JT Walsh). Because of this inversion i rejected the movie, i tend to love revenge flicks where revenge feels innately just, this was sorta anti-pole of that. I hated the clock-work-orangeian characters and didn't get any catharsis and release from watching them dump the bodies of an innocent family then sail off into the sunset and have the credits roll.

It is on my IMDB watchlist, I think both versions are, as well as "Hard Candy". Although I tend to dislike movies like that involving young girls.

"That doesn't mean you shouldn't see it because blah blah blah" yeah well..

I'll probably watch it tonight though. (Funny Games)