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These people are morons...


and I don't mean the backwoods inbred hicks! So you're out hiking, and try to get some nookie in the forest, thinking you're all alone. Three guys with guns come out of the bushes, and after intimidating you, rob you. Do you run back down the trail and get the hell out of there, not wanting to hike alone in a place where these guys are roaming? No, these Einsteins keep walking up the trail, like nothing happened. Then, they get rid of the bullets to the gun after being approached by those previously mentioned gun-toting guys. WTH? Ridiculous. Scary a movie this bad got made. Those are not my only complaints, but I don't have time to write a book about how god-awful this movie was.

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There were reasons Sheryl did not want to leave (if you could follow). She was trying to have private time with Mike to tell him she was pregnant. She didn't want to leave on that note. And they didn't keep walking like nothing happened! She made him get rid of the bullets. Anyone could see the hillbillies were all talk, trying to take advantage of tourists. They weren't a threat and Mike knew it.

Now the bullets? That bugged me too, not too much, but it did seem odd. But in horror films, folks do silly things. Recently it was revealed that Mike had more bullets. Page 94 of the script.

http://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/Giglio/TIMBER_FALLS_SHOOT_SCRIPT.pdf

I wonder why it was not in the film, then I found this.

http://web.mac.com/the_war_room/The_War_Room%2C_Inc./TIMBER_FALLS.html

Seems like even the director realized his mistake.

You're free not to like the film, but I enjoyed the film. It was entertaining and had better acting than most horror flicks (see - or don't see SORRORITY ROW, the new NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PROM NIGHT, THE STEPFATHER, THE FINAL DESTINATION, the list goes on).

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I liked this as well. Very well done with solid acting from an unknown cast.

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do you people even watch movies? Good acting? Guy points a gun at you for money and threatens you and you just walk away assuming they were just talk.Ok, if you were seriously in that situation you would get the hell outta there. And don't tell me it's just a movie when you were defending the movie by saying that it did make sense.

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*beep* Which, by the way, you are full of as well.
Hama cheez ba-Beer behtar meshawad!

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There were reasons Sheryl did not want to leave (if you could follow). She was trying to have private time with Mike to tell him she was pregnant. She didn't want to leave on that note.
This is just a lame excuse! They could've left and gone anywhere safe for this purpose. Mike seemed to have plenty of money. It would've been perfectly normal, in light of the threat they just encountered, to want to go find a nice hotel (if you could listen to reason).

And they didn't keep walking like nothing happened! She made him get rid of the bullets. Anyone could see the hillbillies were all talk, trying to take advantage of tourists. They weren't a threat and Mike knew it.
They did keep walking like nothing happened, other than getting rid of the the bullets, which were there best mode of protection. I don't care if Mike secretly had more in the script. It still leaves Sheryl on the hook for a stupid unrealistic reaction. [Sheryl] "My vagina was just threatened with intrusion, get rid of that naughty gun/bullets! I want us to be even more vulnerable next time." [Mike] Okay baby... I like the challenge of having to fight for our lives with nothing to defend us with."

Now the bullets? That bugged me too, not too much, but it did seem odd. But in horror films, folks do silly things.
So we're supposed to accept the stupidity because it's common in horror movies? I would actually like horror movies to all be written without using the STUPIDITY plot device. This movie really abused that device too.

The acting was good but lilbearzmom's complaints were all valid. And she didn't even cover all the bases.


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Guns r bad, Mmmmkay?

-liberals

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Yea I found that odd too! I'm surprised they didn't tell the cop when they first saw him (before they knew the cop was corrupted). If I were them I would of gotten out of the woods the second after the encounter with the hunters for my safety!

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