The movie was pretty funny but the end was too much don't you think?
Killing a baby???
The story is about this stupid habit of the human being to cut down a tree to used as ornamentation on Christmas. What a baby has to do with this habit???
I agree - the film was delightfully tacky until that part, where I felt it just went too far. I mean, if it'd shown the tree bending over to imply eating the baby or something, or the violence just happened off-screen, I think I could have gone with it, but it didn't even show the first victim (little girl) THAT graphically (she was just being 'hugged' by the tree, slowly getting bloodied).
shareKilling the first girl was pretty graphic. Her head totally splatters when she hits the floor.
And killing the baby was kind of hilarious because there is a clear line drawn and no one would kill a baby in a movie like this, especially for laughs, but they totally crossed that line and didn't even look back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0tbEVDhZnk
At 02:37 a human does pretty much the same thing to a baby tree, so one might view it as some kind of collective retribution. Also, that baby would most likely have grown up to become a tree-killing maniac, so it could also be viewed as (more-or-less justified) preëmptive self-defense.
shareI agree with brtkrbzhnv, it shows an equal sense of both sides, with the humans cutting down trees and killing the sapplings, so I say the baby gets the same fate as one of those cool references. And by the way, you know the baby is fake, that's the wonderful beauty of makeup effects that I want to bring back in my movies. This movie was AWESOME! Bring on Treevenge II
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I've only just come across this short, but I have to agree with you. I am all for over the top violence, which I never take seriously, I'm all for violence for laughs and shocks... but there are a few things I still cannot bear, it's violence against children or worse babies! And no I am no Sarah Palin voting Tea partier, in fact I actively dislike children's company. I still think showing violence on screen with them, even for laughs, is crossing the line.
I was really enjoying this until the scene with the little girl first, and then when the baby death scene came... that was it, that ruined it all for me
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I completely agree. I'm by no means against pushing limits, and I'll be the first to say "get a sense of humor" in most cases of pushed boundaries within various mediums, BUT harm, no matter how fake, over the top, or silly, against extremely young kids is not something I'm ever comfortable with. I can handle it when it serves the plot, and it's handled with the utmost care, but the senseless, exploitive nature of the baby's death just doesn't sit right with me. Films like this, Feast 2, and Mother of Tears just shoehorn those moments in, make them as gruesome as possible, and I just find it in poor taste. My threshold is very hard to reach, especially since I do believe in pushing boundaries and being creative with death and religion, and so forth, but this is the line for me. Watching a baby's head explode in graphic detail, no matter how ridiculous, just makes me shake my head in displeasure.
I found a majority of the film funny, but it lost me at that end scene. I'm not saying it's bad, or that anyone is wrong for liking it, but I simply couldn't take away as much enjoyment and humor from it.
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I hate violence in movies and I thought it was hilarious. Shows balls. Kids never die in movies, it's like they think children are immune to harm in real life or something. Of course if this was a serious film with a realistic portrayal of violence against innocent children, I'd be disgusted, but it was all in good fun.
If you hated Treevenge for that reason, DO NOT see Hobo With A Shotgun.
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It didn't go far enough. It should have been the most well known baby....BABY JESUS!!!!
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I totally agree, the ending was way too much. I am surely scarred for life after seeing the girl splatter when she hit the ground, but after seeing that poor baby? Anyone that thinks that's ok is a sick, demented low-life who deserves to die. I cannot stand any violence towards children, real or fake. This movie belongs in the bottom of a dumpster. (shudders)
shareI think it was excessive, but completely obliterating the line of good taste is the sort of thing Jason Eisner likes to do (as you'd know if you saw Hobo With a Shotgun). The baby-killing didn't ruin the movie for me, but it certainly made me go "OMG WTF"
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The shot with the baby getting its head smashed by the tree was hilarious! I give the filmmakers extra points for their no-holds-barred approach to the subject matter.
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After a very slow start and fantastic finish, I still don't think the movie went far enough!
And the human baby had to die as retribution for the one sapling that was mercilessly stomped in the forest slaughter at the beginning of the documentary. It was absolutely justifiable.
I watched the head splatter three times, cause I had to show it to my coworkers, it was funny each time. My coworkers have avoided me since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2uOzV4glRs