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I don't get these films

posted 12 years ago by veil182
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Forget all the "how did he live" / "why didn't he kill him" / "why didn't she run" etc. etc.

I get it, it's a movie. But it's supposed to be entertaining, right? And if not entertainment, it should be enlightening, make us think, etc.

It's not scary, nor does it attempt to be. No atmosphere, not even any of those cheap *someone pops out and loud music* scares. It's more like a snuff film, but unlike the SAW movies which at least go to great lengths to kill people in weird ways, people here just get stabbed.

None of the kids live, which is fine because it's a horror film, but none of the bad guys get killed? Before anyone says it's based off a real story, it isn't. Leatherface isn't going to die but the rest of his family could have got what's coming to them.

Basically I just don't understand who *loves* this movie, why anyone would watch this movie a second time, and what anyone involved in writing/directing this movie wanted to convery.

Sorry for the rant, I'm not ripping this movie apart or crapping on anyone who likes it, I just don't see what the point is. Senseless killing with no direction. Good movie.

[–] SteveH2002 11 years ago

I hear ya, veil. I was around in 1975 and didn't see the first TCM until recently, watched this one just now.

What I think they're trying to do, what they HAVE to do, with a TCM movie, is include graphic scenes of torture and gore and push the boundaries of good taste. That doesn't make this movie unique - Saw, Hostel, The Human Centipede, all push those boundaries.

If you love it more power to ya, but I won't watch it again. I can handle the gore and violence, but it doesn't have - to me, just my opinion - enough in terms of interesting characters and situations to sit through again.

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[–] wallacesawyer 11 years ago

It might have been neat if Hoyt and Charlie Hewitt were two different characters, and Charlie had gotten killed. Since this is a prequel, I knew from the start that none of the "good guys" would live, but that's no reason not to kill off one of the villains.

This is one of the only reasons I would've been okay with a second prequel. One set in 1971 or so. Preferably not about the girl hitchhiker from the start of the remake, because I don't think we would've needed another predictable prequel.

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[–] Film_Guy76 8 years ago

The villains died when thry came into town and acted like liberal young trash rhst thrybare. The beroes were attacked in their own backyard by liberal entitlement .

The heroes: the Hewitts
Villains : four friends
check yourself before you wreck yourself BOI!!

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

People want different things from films.

Some people watch horror to be scared, others like gore and watching people get killed, some like macabre/morbid elements and monsters (vampires, werewolves, ghosts), others like the mystery elements in 'who's the killer' flicks.

This film is thrilling, brutal and morbid. It appeals more to gorehounds and slasher aficionados.

People getting butchered with a chainsaw, their faces skinned off, cannibalism etc, etc, is totally my horror vibe. It's why the TCM films are amongst my favorites of all time. This film delivers that macabre brutality like no other. TCM 2 has the macabre and grotesque nature, but it's chock full of comedy. This film is dead serious. There is nothing else quite like it. The 2003 remake is closest but this one went more nihilistic and graphic.

Also the cast of characters in this film are very sympathetic. I like them a lot and it's rough watching what they go through, it's basically misery-porn I guess. A morbid viewing intrigue in watching lovely people get brutalized.

I love this film and have watched it many times over the years. It's one of my all time favorite films.