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I Would Rather Spoon My Eye Out!!!!


This movie is so appauling its hilarious!

The only reason I watched it was because I was bored waiting for friends to turn up.....and I was so angry that they were delayed because otherwise I would not have submitted myself to this torture.

The acting is a disgrace......and I was so disappointed that I secretely wanted this to turn into a B Rate Porn Movie....between Jason Lewis and Elisabeth Moss and when they finally "get it on!" it shows you a kiss and then afterwards....when he is pulling his pants on.......so the hopes of some serious flesh pounding......"dont hurt Pu55y baby" p0rn was dashed.

And what a pile of pants the movie is (excuse the pun)......

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Your opinion is kind of biased, Sex scenes don't belong in horror films though. Leave in the gore and terror, take out the screwing. But I do agree, this movie is quite an insult to the horror movie industry.

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woah woah slow down, sex scenes dont belong in horror films?
COME ON
thats the ONLY decent thing about horror movies.
if it werent for the sex scenes horror movies would simply be lame effects, bad acting and crappy stories mixed in with a hint of why did i pay money for this? and a dash of what moron even approved making this crap?!
so for the love of god leave the sex scenes in to give the rest of us something to look at when you horror buffs force us to watch movies about idiots who run up stairs and bad guys who just cant be killed.

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You are truly ignorant.

What about the Omen? Rosemary's Baby?

The Beyond?

You can't be serious.

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hmmm true, i cant comment on a genre unless ive seen every single movie made that fits into it. a general broad statement from watching a large number of them doesnt count for anything, you have to see ALL movies. obviously, three movies is enough to redeem it.
i have seen the omen, it bored me. the others, havent seen, so moving on...
you are truely anal,
b-b-but you didnt see this movie!
doesnt really mean *beep*

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is that meant to be some way of redeeming your pathetic excuse for an arguement? aside from your lame attempt at stirring me (unsucessful by the way, might want to try harder cos primary school payouts really dont work in the real world), when actually READING my original point, you would realise i dont like horror movies at all, let alone love one of them cos theres 15 seconds of tits. as i said, it gives you something to look at, when dumbasses like yourself are getting excited over the "interesting story" with its "unexpected twists and turns".
its funny, i work in a video shop, and the only people i know of who are major horror buffs are either young teenagers, trailer trash or retarded. and im not joking. lets hope for your sake ur a young teen.

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seriously, my original comment was so easy to criticise, but you just couldnt pull it off. lets take a look at why shall we?

"Well let's see. I'm not a teenager (at age 32), I don't live in a trailer park or trailer, and I have no mental problems."

thanks for the self diagnosis. because if you do have some form of undiagnosed retardation, youd be the first person to know about it...oh and as a side note, yes trailer trash is a term used to describe those who live in trailer parks, but in this instance it wasnt meant to be literal. it can also describe those who are uneducated.

"Oh, and I'm a horror movie buff. I think I can accurately say, if you do indeed work in a video shop, that you are a teenager and not exactly the smartest either."

funny, youre annoyed by my pigeonholing every horror movie buff, and in the same arguement doing the same with me. way to go there.

"You have the audacity to call horror movie buffs "retarded" yet you cannot spell simple words, and it starts off with your user name, "organised chaos.""

i think i can live with a spelling error here and there. seeing as how im not majoring in english, knowing enough to get by suits me fine.

"In case you didn't know, when you are typing and it puts a red line under a word, that means you spelled it wrong."

for those of us not currently using firefox, the red line doesnt exist (or does someone know of an addon im not aware of?). unless you type everything into word first to make sure its error free, in which case good for you, im not that desperate.

"Try using the letter "Z" in place of your "S's" when spelling words such as "organize" and "realize.""

try having an understanding of english beyond that of your own stupid bastardisation. thats right, spelt with an s.

"Argument only has 1 "E" in it too."

and herein we find that error here and there i was mentioning. an extra e? golly, thats heresy.

"So before you try to degrade people with your superior intelligence, learn how to spell. Otherwise it makes you look like a complete jackass. "

this is my favourite part. first you started digging a hole by using the same "flawed" judgement you were complaining about me using, then you go to the extent of pointing out words that are spelt correctly, and stating that they should be spelt your way. then you finish it off with a comment mirroring your own ignorance. heres a little tip for you captain america, those of us outside the US DO spell organise with an S. we also add the letter u in words like colour. it was actually changed by those in your country from the original CORRECT spelling. so before you try to degrade people with your superior intelligence, learn how to spell. otherwise it makes you look like a complete jackass.

(this is ironic because it uses your own arguement against you. figured you might need it explained.)

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...are you pretending to be a complete dumb *beep* or what. am i being videotaped...AM I ON TV. theres no way youre that stupid.

"You're welcome. I thought it would be much more accurate than your "diagnosis" of horror movie buffs as a whole. "
im laughing on the inside.

"It's called defend and retaliate. I'm sure if I was to make some sort of idiotic generalization (with a z) about people who work in video stores, I too would have someone defend their honor and retaliate against me. It's about pride and human nature. You must be the type of person who thinks they can say anything they want and no one is supposed to call you out on it. "
errr wrong. you dont seem to understand whats going on. i called you a hypocrite. your main issue was with my generalisation, and then you generalised, get it now speedy? or are you still caught up on the retaliation thing.

"Then I suggest you download it, seriously. Not only will it help you with your spelling, but it runs much faster than Internet Explorer or whatever browser you are currently using. "
thanks for the tech advice. taking it would be like listening to britney spears opinion on classical music. first, im using opera. its faster than firefox. it also comes with more features only available in firefox through addons. on top of that, its safer. dont try to teach me things you dont know anything about. or is ignorance just your "thing".

"I understood everything you typed. "
welcome to one of my points.

"Nice to see you admit your judgment was "flawed." That is good. It's progress. The first step is admitting."
wait, are you paying me out...or yourself. im not sure.

"My apologies. Maybe I do need to take a lesson in Old English. I wasn't aware I was speaking to a wanker (figured you could identify with that term) from a country that lives in the past. Some of us move forward while others are lost in time. I feel sorry for you, really, I do. Good luck with the video store clerk job. Maybe someday you'll move up to manager, although that would be quite a feat for someone of your intelligence. Here's a thought... Maybe next time think before you open your mouth to generalize a group of people. All it does is show the rest of us what a wanker you are. I'm out. "
old english? perhaps...english in general would be a good start though.
considering half the world speaks this historical language you claim that i use, id say its quite up to date you daft fool. i cant believe youre so clueless about the world around you that you really believe what youre saying.
now youre insulting my part time job? are you one of those old twats who give waitresses *beep* about their intelligence even though theyre studying to be doctors? im doing a science degree, im also qualified for 3D animation and digital media, and am currently working on a large project in this country thats apparently stuck in the dark ages. way to go on that one grandpa.
hows this for thinking before judging a group of people, you yanks are a bunch of self centred self absorbed jackasses who are completely ignorant of anyone not in your own stupid ass country, and for some reason you are stupid enough to believe this makes you elite. sorry, i dont take lessons from those whos intelligence is best used on the receiving end of a bullet.

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"I think I can accurately say, if you do indeed work in a video shop, that you are a teenager and not exactly the smartest either."

generalisation. not everyone who works in a video shop is a teenager.

"I'll give you the faster part for now, although Firefox 3 just became available for download today, so we'll see where it goes. You are wrong on Opera being safer: This is from a variety of reviews on best web browsers. Check into it. Opera is 3rd, behind 2nd place Internet Explorer, and #1 Firefox. So maybe you underestimate me a little on my knowledge."

your claim was that firefox is faster than whatever im using. so no, i dont believe i did underestimate your knowledge. looking up something after i point it out doesnt show you know something. i read an article a long time ago that mentions alot of malicious script is not run through opera, and every action is user controlled, so nothing happens in the background unless you tell it to. however this was a long time ago, and i may just be remembering things wrong.

"Thank you for proving my ORIGINAL POST. You don't like being insulted do you? Well, I didn't like being insulted for being a horror movie buff. Now do you get my point there, speedy? You can voice your opinions and debate over things without insulting people. That was my whole point to begin with. Now, having insulted you back, perhaps you understand what I tried to say in my first post. Let this be a learning lesson for you. Debating can be done without insults. There was no need for you to generalize horror movie buffs. If you had a problem with another poster on here, then you could have just included that particular poster instead of grouping us all together to make your insult. Good luck in life and I wish you well. No hard feelings. Later."

if this was indeed your original point, youre not any good at getting messages across, considering at no point did you even hint anything suggesting "dont insult people". infact the word insult isnt even used in your first message. that being said, i dont mind being insulted, but if its wrong ill always negate the point. i dont see how saying "now youre insulting my part time job?" proves your point but whatever floats your boat.
i wasnt debating, i was insulting. debating is not something you can do in response to a message such as this:
"your mother gives terrific head.
And you don't deserve the Omen. Watch the Ruins, a girl is topless for fifteen seconds and I'm sure you'd love it for that reason alone.
Suck my balls.
The end."
those messages deserve insults.
youll also find i didnt generalise all horror movie buffs.
"its funny, i work in a video shop, and the only people i know of who are major horror buffs are either young teenagers, trailer trash or retarded. and im not joking. lets hope for your sake ur a young teen."
the only people i know of, does not suggest this is the case for all/even a majority. it is generalising those who i know personally, but not every person who fits the category of horror buff. if i were generalising that line would say:
"the only people who are major horror buffs are either young teenagers, trailer trash or retarded. and im not joking. lets hope for your sake ur a young teen."

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Haha you work in a video shop and you're making fun of people. Reminds me of Clerks, get a real job before you start poking fun at and making judgments on other people.

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thanks for that father time. maybe ill go quit uni and say hey u know what? screw qualifications, im gonna be a dead end loser like mattttt who has a real job, cos hes awesome mega cool.

ironically i dont actually work in the video shop anymore, however we do still own it because, unlike your family, mine arent complete dumbasses, so we own our own business.

besides, since you are apparetly captain awesome, what exactly is your fantastic job?

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lol you got owned bitch. ah nostalgia, how i adore thee.

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"its funny, i work in a video shop"

You're right. That *is* funny.

"and the only people i know of who are major horror buffs are either young teenagers, trailer trash or retarded."

Odd. I spent my last year as a teenager long before you even existed, my house (not trailer), modest though it may be, is clean, well-kept and paid for in full, and, if your posts are any indication, it's a virtual certainty that I'd have you at a considerable disadvantage in a battle of wits (were I inclined to waste my time arguing with self-important wankers on Internet message boards), yet I enjoy a good horror film - or even a not so good one if I'm in the right mood - with or without bare breasts.

I've seen my share of bad movies, but I've seen relatively few that have nothing at all to offer. Almost any movie, regardless of genre or quality, has at least some entertainment value, even if it's only the "cheese factor."

"and im not joking."

Damn, son. If you're this funny when you're *not* joking, maybe you should consider a career in standup comedy. It would almost surely pay better than renting crappy movies to "trailer trash" and "retards."

"lets hope for your sake ur a young teen."

Let's hope for *your* sake that *you* are. That would handily explain not only your tendency to type in "netspeak", but your apparent lack of marketable skills (why else would you be working in a video store?) and your petty arrogance as well - which, needless to say, appears to be entirely without justification.


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you know this was ALMOST a good comment. i did laugh through some of it, so its better than most of the crap ive read in the past on here. it all fell apart when you went off assuming things about me. its all well and good to attack that comment i made based on me generalising and sounding like a complete moron - mainly due to wanting to vent from having to put up with said horror buffs at work alllll day - but to then go and do exactly what you were attacking just doesnt work. kinda makes you look like an ignorant hypocrite. otherwise id say it was well done.
that day id just put up with a whole sh*tstorm of stupid in the form of horror movie buffs at work and id just needed somewhere to blow off steam, though i wouldnt have admitted it at the time...admit im wrong? NEVER! besides, arguing a point you know is wrong is more fun, because at least then if you succeed you feel somewhat better about yourself...

this would be the part i have an issue with in your comment:

"Let's hope for *your* sake that *you* are. That would handily explain not only your tendency to type in "netspeak", but your apparent lack of marketable skills (why else would you be working in a video store?)"

i dont remember how old that comment was so i cant say how old i am, i dont however work at the video shop anymore, we sold it as of last week, and i started selling phones as of...6 months ago? something like that. i type in "netspeak" because i choose to. I find it easier, quicker, and more accurately depicts spoken word than written english. this is a message board, i see no reason to use correct english, and im never going to. get over it.
your major flaw was the "lack of marketable skills" part. i worked in the video store because i was at university studying health science majoring in nutrition, rather than living on government support i chose to work part time, as i still am, and make more than most students. i have an adv dip in multimedia, 3D animation and web design, and have no trouble getting a job, however i want to be a dietician, so im in the middle of studying the degree that will get me there. if you cant see any marketable skills in that then i feel sorry for you. so next time if youre planning on grilling me about something, make sure you dont go and do it yourself, it makes you look kinda stupid.

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organised chaos please watch alien, halloween, and the texas chainsaw massacre then come back to this board because right now you are incredibly annoying

Fear Can Hold You Prisoner, Hope Can Set You Free

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alien isnt a horror movie, itd be degrading to suggest otherwise. halloween is average, and texas chainsaw massacre blows.
oh and the new halloween is even worse. same with texas chainsaw massacre. youd think itd be impossible for them to do, but they pulled it off and make it look so easy.

oh and by the way, you replied to a message i left over a year ago. im fairly sure i did leave this thread some time ago...

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then why are you coming back....a little too much time on your hands...and alien is a horror movie how is it degrading to suggest that. please name a horror movie that you like

Fear Can Hold You Prisoner, Hope Can Set You Free

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"then why are you coming back"

...you...left me a message. clearly. i mean you dont need to be a genius to figure that one out.

"a little too much time on your hands"

wtf?

"and alien is a horror movie how is it degrading to suggest that."

cos alien is a sci fi thriller. its degrading to consider it in the same category as movies like texas chainsaw massacre, friday the 13th or last house on the left.

"please name a horror movie that you like"

none. there are some im indifferent about, as id watch them but have no strong positive or negative feelings about them. most movies that are any good i categorise as thrillers, like cube, its on the cusp of horror but isnt because usually those movies contain an interesting story of some kind. and characters that have undergone some form of development while at the same time not being legally retarded and capable of basic thought. horror movies tend to be devoid of at least one of those.

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organised_chaos,

Well it's obvious from this comment and the one before it you must only think all horror films are of the slasher genre, and no horror films were made before the 70's. Going all the way back to the 20's the horror films that don't have or rely on "sex scenes" far out number the ones that do.

I collect dead pigeons then I press them between the pages of a book.

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pretty sure my point was the sex scenes were the only redeeming factor, not that all movies rely on them. ie. those that dont have them are boring and stupid. not that the ones WITH sex scenes arent, but theyre less boring and stupid cos theres something to look at. follow now?

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Hey man, say 10 of 10 horror movies have sex or nudity scenes involved? why?
Because everytime someone has sex, doing drugs, drinking, stripping or saying i`ll be back, get splattered. It`s just the way horror movies tend too be, or that`s what i think, i`ve been watching horror movies since i was a kid, and its always been the same setup, smoke some pot (you`re dead, have sex (you`re dead), come on man you get the picture. And don`t complain about the sex scenes in horror films those girls are almost always hot;) but hey, it doesn`t matter as long as it is a horror movie, because we are all about tension man;) and yeah im from Norway;) but hey gaylord, some people just don`t like girls.

BTW im talking to " organised_chaos_ "

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try reading what i said before commenting.

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"Hey man, say 10 of 10 horror movies have sex or nudity scenes involved? why?
Because everytime someone has sex, doing drugs, drinking, stripping or saying i`ll be back, get splattered. It`s just the way horror movies tend too be,

Wow, do any of you people actually watch horror film older than the 70's or 80's?

"i`ve been watching horror movies since i was a kid, and its always been the same setup, smoke some pot (you`re dead, have sex (you`re dead), come on man you get the picture."

Yes, all those horror film from the 20's through 50's had nothing but pot-smoking and sex. Oh wait, those are in black and white so they probably don't count as movies.


I collect dead pigeons then I press them between the pages of a book.

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I agree, it's an awful movie with zero redeeming qualities. And it's so PG 13, Disney might as well have made it. At least if there was some skin it might not have been a total waste. But as it stands, they should have paid us to watch it.

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You're creepy...


This movie was very good, not very predictable and the acting wasn't at all that bad! I thought it was in the beginning and I actually thought Emma was like Frankie, but it got better. I was actually looking for a "The attic 2"

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I saw the title of your comment: "I would rather spoon my eye out" & thought: Yup...That's how I saw it too!

I wasted nearly 20 minutes of my life on this drivel,so you can be sure I will not waste a second more reading the comments below....that would be just too much in the "Insult to Injury" domain.

What a crock of *beep* How many times did she recoil & fall down with a pathetic squeal in the first 15 minutes? I can't recall,but it was obviously once too often for me......Pass me the red-hot-poker....never mind the spoon...I've got one too many eyes...I'll just pop one out & spare it having to see such crap again.

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Yep, the movie was awful. The acting was very bad. The storyline did not make a lot of sense.

It's true, a longer scene with Lewis and Moss would have added something to it.



I kept wondering things like Why not give Trevor the camera? She believed Trevor to be real. Why not call the police after the twin came in the window and attacked?

WHY stay in the house if the evil twin seems to have free reign inside and out?

Was the occult guy not real if Trevor wasn't real? Why didn't she let the occult guy into the attic?

Why did they show the audience the evil twin speaking to the parents in the hallway if they could not see it?

Those are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to delving into why this movie is a big mess.




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