Films/DVD Asylum

Funny Games-not funny (spoilers)

76.91.101.83

Duilawyer

A twisted tale of a young couple who allow two well dressed polite young men into their home, with the men quickly showing they are homicidal maniacs who enjoy cat and mouse. The film plays with the viewer, with one evil intruder talking to the camera twice. And the film showing you one hopeful ending, only for it to be undone by the film rewinding itself!! Very scary, very suspenseful, and proof of the survival rule, "Do not let them tie you up, no matter what. When you see the duct tape, fight to the death if you have to but do not allow yourself to be tied up". I hope you never need to know that rule.

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on reflection, one more gripe, same as I Spy: - Duilawyer 16:03:40 08/17/08 (0)
The 2 bad guys had the same personality.
People used to gripe that the two good guys, Cosby and Culp had the same glib lines, that they were the same character. The two bad guys here are two pisses in a pot. Poor movie.
Torture porn with a great actress - what a waste...(nt) - mkuller 11:25:58 08/17/08 (0)
(nt)
The same director made the same film several years ago. See it and - tinear 08:34:56 08/17/08 (6)
compare it for us.
Unlike the Dutch director that remade--- horrendously so--- his classic, "The Vanishing," this director is supposed closely to have adhered to the original.
Myself, it's such a bleak, terrifying film I think once was enough.
- I just watched this two weeks ago and saw the trailer for the German version.... - mr grits 19:55:10 08/17/08 (0)
  made ten years earlier. They looked to have the same scenes blocked very closely. Kind of cheating much like the Japanese horror remakes. To me, the American actors looked more German than the German ones--notice how un-American they looked? (It was filmed in the USA and the villians were American actors.
  
  I found this movie painful to watch and was wondering what kind of 'lucky shot' broke Roth's leg with a single swipe of a driver.
- The original Vanishing was one of the bet movies ever. - Duilawyer 09:19:20 08/17/08 (4)
  And as you say, I did not bother with the American version.
  - If you like films that are morbid and disturbing...though Oldboy would still win out NT - Jazz Inmate 12:47:16 08/18/08 (3)
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    Call it, friendo.
    - But very different genres. nt - tinear 20:54:16 08/18/08 (0)
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    - He ate FOUR octopii to get that one scene! Guess you gotta be Asian. * - mr grits 17:08:23 08/18/08 (1)
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      - No kidding. That has to be one of the most remarkable feats on film NT - Jazz Inmate 22:07:00 08/19/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: He ate FOUR octopii to get that one scene! Guess you gotta be Asian. * posted by mr grits on August 18, 2008 at 17:08:23
        
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        Call it, friendo.

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