Movies You Purchased Even Though You Hated Them - Blu-ray Forum

Echovoid52 · 07-25-2014, 02:27 PM

This isn't a film I hate, but I'm not entirely sure how much I like it. and that's Michael Haneke's Funny Games U.S Version. On one hand, I don't care for it's condescending talking down to the viewer. I don't think its message or theme has any merit. That said, I bought it because I'll never forget the feeling the film gave me while watching it. It was a total slap in the face to the viewer and nothing I could have ever prepared myself before. I saw it in the theater and once the lights came up the audience let out a collective "What the heck was that!?" I personally couldn't help but love it since it had the balls to essentially sat "**** you" to the audience. So yeah, I'm not a fan of what the film stands for. But I bought it because I love the feeling it gave me.

Another one is Martyrs. I bought that film recently after seeing it all the way back when it first came out. I was honestly unsure if I'd watch it again because I could barely get through it the first time. It's taken me all this time to revisit it due to how traumatizing it was the first go around. That said, I do think it's a genuinely good film. Just one I can only revisit ever 5 years or so. It's definitely one of the best horror films of the last decade, despite the fact that there are a few instances where I wish the film would release itself from the trappings of the horror genre. Some of the extremity could be toned down just a tad, although I recognize that for the most part, the movie needs to portray itself pretty ferociously to work. But yeah... I also just find it incredibly moving, albeit very existentially terrifying.

07-25-2014, 02:27 PM	#10
Echovoid52 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Downingtown, PA Blu-ray collection:374 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:5	This isn't a film I hate, but I'm not entirely sure how much I like it. and that's Michael Haneke's Funny Games U.S Version. On one hand, I don't care for it's condescending talking down to the viewer. I don't think its message or theme has any merit. That said, I bought it because I'll never forget the feeling the film gave me while watching it. It was a total slap in the face to the viewer and nothing I could have ever prepared myself before. I saw it in the theater and once the lights came up the audience let out a collective "What the heck was that!?" I personally couldn't help but love it since it had the balls to essentially sat "** you" to the audience. So yeah, I'm not a fan of what the film stands for. But I bought it because I love the feeling it gave me. Another one is Martyrs.** I bought that film recently after seeing it all the way back when it first came out. I was honestly unsure if I'd watch it again because I could barely get through it the first time. It's taken me all this time to revisit it due to how traumatizing it was the first go around. That said, I do think it's a genuinely good film. Just one I can only revisit ever 5 years or so. It's definitely one of the best horror films of the last decade, despite the fact that there are a few instances where I wish the film would release itself from the trappings of the horror genre. Some of the extremity could be toned down just a tad, although I recognize that for the most part, the movie needs to portray itself pretty ferociously to work. But yeah... I also just find it incredibly moving, albeit very existentially terrifying.

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