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I'm so pissed right now! (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)

posted 15 years ago by da_mous
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I just finished watching this movie about 20 minutes ago. My first feelings after it was over was complete and utter despair, then I got angry at the filmmakers for ruining, what could have been, a very good scary movie. Honestly, if it wasn't for that goddamned heavy handed ending, this would be one of my favorite scary movies. It's a movie, not a documentary on white slavery!

All of you people saying these characters are stupid and the scenarios are unrealistic have, apparently, seen way too many movies with stupid characters and unrealistic setups to notice the difference. Sure, there were some dumb moments, but, for the most part, these characters acted the way most regular people would react when confronted with some aggressive, crazy dude with a gun.

From the comfort of your couch it's easy to say that you would have fought back sooner, but, more often than not, that's just not true. How do you think groups of people are so easily taken hostage by one crazy dude with a gun? Because no one wants to be that person who gets shot for "trying to be a hero." So, everybody is too scared to do anything. That's reality.

Anyway, back to my original rant.. What really, REALLY bothered me about this movie was the ending. The good girl, the smart girl, the girl with the forgiving heart, the girl who kept fighting back, deserved to survive. She earned it!

Scary movies are supposed to do a good job of scaring us, give us a character we can identify with, then let us all breath again by allowing that character we identify with survive!

Above all, movies are supposed to entertain us, not leave us curled up in fetal position and feeling that all is lost. I really need a hug right now.

[–] nemesisgeminitwin 15 years ago

The end was great.
It redeemed the whole movie.

It would have been a cookie-cutter, typical forgettable "horror" movie if not for the end.

Seeing a story where everything doesn't turn out right always makes you think more.

If you hate this you'll hate Eden's Lake as well.

[–] SpiritedAway86 13 years ago

Exactly! Yeah it sucked that she ended up being sold as a sex slave in the end and that ending was extremely sad and depressing but it was also great in that it wasnt the typical happy ending. I really thought that she was going to get away the whole movie but when I realized that she was being shipped out as a sex slave and it dawned on me what all those items in the box he had her purchase for her own kidnapping was for it was just really ironic and sad. She bought her own items for her kidnapping, how crazy!

Eden Lake is amazing. LOVED that movie! Another great ending.

[–] Ginnn 13 years ago

Who knows, maybe she will have a better life....in CHINA.

[–] Maxelle 15 years ago

It just makes it all that more terrifying to know that even if you do everything right you could still die.

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[–] Stink_Face 14 years ago

She did very little right at all.

Tell me, when they smash the rapists face in with the wrench and then tackle the red haired driver, why, oh why, oh why did our brunette, actually scrap that, why oh why oh why did the "writers" decide that the only option she had was to jump in the driver's seat and start driving the van? the guy was still at large right behind her struggling with her mate.

The guy was attacking her friend in the back and SHE decides that it's time to take a drive. Together they could have beat him into submission. There's NO excuse for stupidity such as that. I can only think that the "writer" thought hey what we need here now is one of those high speed fights in car and van crashes every other movie does.

It was a total failing of a face palm for sure.

If you have tor write crap like that - you shouldn't be writing.

I have enough faith in my judgment to recognize a stinker.

[–] lorddeano 15 years ago

To the O.P.. stick to movies like 'I know what you did last summer' and such. There no thinking involved. Your not intelligent enough for stuff like this.

"piss ya pants.. I said piss ya pants!!"

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[–] MissAngelCakes 14 years ago

I know!

I atleast wanted her to kick the crap out of the driver! He was stabbed, shot and involved in a car crash with no seatbelt ... she was quite healthy, not a scratch on her and taller than him. She could have definately beat him up.

I think a good ending is:

When the men return to pick up their 'prize' they find Mel on the floor, her face cut open from the broken glass of the torch she had just broke.

I would have liked that. :)

[–] skinky_1999 14 years ago

her face cut open from the broken glass of the torch she had just broke.

Pretty hollow victory, since they'd probably rape & kill her, & everything in between. Suicide would be the only alternative. Those slavers aren't paying for corpse.

Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!

[–] MissAngelCakes 14 years ago

" Pretty hollow victory, since they'd probably rape & kill her, & everything in between. Suicide would be the only alternative. Those slavers aren't paying for corpse. "

- Hollow? the whole point why he kept her so safe was that he needed to preserve her looks. If they found out she was damaged, the man would get in serious trouble. It's a self-sacrifice, but one that would get her some revenge, it's what I'd do anyway..

[–] PurpleFanatic 14 years ago

I can NOT believe that the OP said: "Honestly, if it wasn't for that goddamned heavy handed ending, this would be one of my favorite scary movies."

I would love to know what other Scary films are on your list of Favorites...

---It's such a shame our friendship had to end. Purple Rain. Purple Rain---

[–] Ennder 14 years ago

I think the end saved what was a pretty mediocre 3rd act. The entire scene in the warehouse just dragged on too much and it took the girl way too long to realize what was happening. Throw a happy ending on that and I don't think I'd have liked the movie.

[–] szmuc84 14 years ago

The beginning of the movie was good, and believeable, the end was fabulous, because it made sense. If you go through all that and can't win, you almost deserve to get sent to East Asia. When someone has killed 2 people and you have the upper hand with a gun, you shoot. You do not ask questions, you do not second guess, you shoot. Even facing the worst possibilities, it's self defense, and no jury would convict her. All in all, you shoot. No doubt about it.

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[–] Clem_DeFontane 13 years ago

Sex slavery does exist in the States. We don't have formal brothels like they do in Asia, but it exists underground. I used to do work for an org working against the trade, and some of the material they showed us mentioned that strippers and prostitutes are sometimes sex slaves. Also, I saw a story on (I think) 60 Minutes that described an American girl who made friends with some girl in her class at school. The second girl invited the first girl over to her house, then the second girl's parents drugged the first girl and locked her in the basement. Then, they charged people to have sex with her for some long period of time.

I think part of the point of this movie is that the inner city is shamefully lawless and uncaring. Nothing happened after the grocery store checkout lady viewed the video tape. No police cars were anywhere. The bad guy ran over one of the good guys twice in the parking lot right outside the grocery store's window-filled front side. And, these guys just wrapped two bodies up and tossed them over a bridge. They've been doing it for years, so they probably know what they can get away with. Maybe this is a wakeup call about the lawless nature of the inner city.

[–] met76 13 years ago

They've been doing it for years, so they probably know what they can get away with

Except if they would really do this the way they did in the movie, they would get caught shortly after the first time. This would NEVER work.

[–] Awakening124 14 years ago

"Scary movies are supposed to do a good job of scaring us, give us a character we can identify with, then let us all breath again by allowing that character we identify with survive!"

The *only* requirement for a scary movie is that it scares you, and after that all bets are off. A happy ending might be what you personally want out of a scary movie, but that by no means makes it a requirement for the genre. Saying what a horror movie is "supposed" to have, beyond being scary, is all your personal opinion.

There are plenty of horror movies that don't have happy endings, and they're still obviously horror movies. Maybe not ones you specifically want to see, but still.

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I'm so pissed right now! (**MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**)

I'm so pissed right now! (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)