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Time and thought changed my opinion

posted 10 years ago by curious_chaos
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After I watched Simon Killer, I was so upset. I was shaking because I hated it so much. I've seen lots of disturbing stuff and this easily is up in the top--from a psychological stand, this movie is terrifying. I hated the character of Simon so much because he felt so real. I feel like people like him are much more common than we as humanity would like to believe. People who lie and manipulate and are right on the cusp of potentially being dangerous. I was very upset by it. I think I rated it a 5 afterwards.

But I noticed that I literally couldn't stop thinking about this movie. For about 4 months, I swear I thought about Simon Killer every single day. Honest. It affected me so much that my brain was blown away by it. Little by little, I began finding things I really liked about it. Things I dust like became things I quite admired. I've now rated it a 9 and I think it deserves it.

It's not easy to sit through and it's not a very likable movie. Nobody is worth rooting for. Simon is a psychopath waiting to happen, and we as the audience, know it. But any movie that makes me think about it so much that I go from hating it to loving it in a matter of months, is something worthy of a bit of respect in my book. I can now say I loved it. Not quite sure when I'll be watching it again, but still. Man oh man, what a film!

[–] Leopardman4 9 years ago

Fine reaction! Are you still (today 08/16/15) affected by it? I.e., does it still occupy a special place in your recollection?

I myself contemplate watching this film again for its use of ambiguity, to decide if I saw what I think I saw.

Example: Noura gasps in the last of Simon's flashbacks of her body on the bed after he beat her. Does that gasp tell us that she survived the beating? Or was it her dying breath, her death-rattle?

[–] curious_chaos 9 years ago

As a matter of fact, yes, I do still think about this movie! I think it's a fantastic study of human behavior. Even though it's difficult to recommend this movie to people I know, I think it's a great piece of cinema, albeit a disturbing and not exactly an enjoyable one :) But not all movies are meant to be entertaining!

I've now seen it twice and with a second viewing, it really cemented my feelings. You pick up on so much more the second time around... All sorts of little behaviors of Simon (or more importantly those around him) that truly hit this one home as a brilliant display of psychology.

I'll probably be watching it again later this year, it's a very fall/autumn type movie :)

[–] MovieHoovie 8 years ago

I just watched the film and loved it.

I would say her gasp at the end is being viewed in Simon's mind (as evidenced by the same imagined mental flashbacks earlier when he's mentally searching for his fox pin). Therefore, I would also say that he imagined she awoke for his own sense of comfort. Hence the title: Simon Killer.