Your comment makes it clear to me, that you either haven't read my OP all the way through, or you've misinterpreted it completely.
First of all, this movie is considered of the horror genre, whether you like the film or not. This is an objective fact. Thrillers exploits the suspense of the viewer, while horror exploits the fear. While horror movies can be suspenseful, the main factor in its storytelling is fear and use of horrifying imagery, which separates the two otherwise very similar genres, which is why an ambiguous genre movie such as Silence of the Lambs, ultimately falls out of the thriller category and into the horror territory; more specifically: the Psychological Horror sub-genre.
Secondly, you're speaking to me, as if you think I actually liked this movie, which I made it clear that I didn't really, so you've got nothing to prove to me. Tame and bland are synonyms.
Thirdly, I never stated that a movie needed either a sad or a happy ending, just to be good. That's your words, not mine.
And finally, a sad or happy ending, is definitely what can define a movie's lasting impact, so this is just a flat out wrong statement entirely. "It just needs an ending" is a lazy way of thinking. Sometimes, a sad ending is needed, to keep with the tone of the rest of the film. Other times, a happy ending is needed. My example of Eden Lake; the sad ending is what made the movie stand out to me, and to a lot of other people. I firmly believe it would'nt have had the impact that it did, if it went the typical Hollywood way. But the fact that the ending was tragic in nature, made many people very angry, which in turn made them dislike - no, literally hate the movie with a burning passion.
Your interpretation of what an ending should or shouldn't be, seems vague at best, and sounds like nitpicking to be frank. Your suggested "changes" to the endings, wouldn't change much of the final products that we got, and most definitely, wouldn't change the impact that neither of the two movies' endings had.
Some people may have just disliked this movie, because they thought it was bad. But I've seen more than enough instances of - typically Americans - who are not so subtle, when expressing their pure hatred of movies with sad endings - solely due to that - because it angered them, and they can't control their emotions or they haven't fully developed that part of the brain that says to us "Hey, it's just a movie/this is a fictional story", which makes us able to separate movies from reality; something you need to have, in order to fully enjoy horror movies, because the genre demands a retelling of all tragedies that may befall mankind imaginable. Hence why a very small percentage of average movie goers, even likes to watch horror movies, and why a horror movie will never become a billion dollar blockbuster, such as movies from virtually any other genre,
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8 years ago
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Connor_Kenway
8 years ago
No, I was not aware of that. Please, do continue to analyze me and enlighten me about myself, faceless stranger of the Internet.
Your pathetic attempt at personal insults and psycho-analysis, is rather hilarious. I think all of that, could really be turned around and applied to yourself as well. You seem to be awfully insulted, that I called you out and corrected you.
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megaruda
8 years ago
No, I was going to give some real points to you for the horror argument, but then realized, you are either a victim or have NPD, trust me I study them... I have a passion for films, I do not work on these boards tho...
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Connor_Kenway
8 years ago
I’m not the one throwing a hissy fit, and resorting to ad hominem attacks, because someone didn’t agree with me; you are.
All personal insults, is to be considered an admission of defeat, and is the weakest form of argumentation that a person can use. Only less than intellectually capable people, resort to that when they have nothing of substance to add. I would’ve gladly continued to discuss with you, if you would’ve kept it classy and mature. However you may have interpreted my first response, as questioning your own intelligence, is not my fault, but I certainly did not mean it to look that way, which I thought would be obvious, but nonetheless, I seem to have severely bruised your ego, judging by your response.
Also, the fact that you indirectly imply, threatening me with physical violence, because according to you “I put words in your mouth”, when in fact I didn’t; I merely rephrased your own sentence, but the meaning remains the same - further makes me question your intelligence and maturity.
How old are you? You’ve been a registered user since 2007, so I’m guessing you’re a full grown adult. You should honestly feel embarrassed for your behavior here. I’m only 20 myself, yet I don’t feel the need to verbally attack someone whom I disagree with. It is a childish behavior, which I grew out of quite some time ago.
Correcting and calling someone out calmly and politely, does not equate to insulting your person.
I do not trust anything you say at all, so don't you worry about that. All your credibility quickly went out of the window with the way that you construct your sentences, and the fact that you had to resort to personal attacks. And by labeling me a victim, when in fact I have shown no such mentality, seems like a last desperate attempt at taking a jab at me, which somehow manages to fail even more than your previous attack.
And lastly, the fact that you are so quick to respond, makes me question if you really just are a lowlife troll, with nothing better to do, than to sit by your computer all day long, waiting for someone to direct all your anger towards, intentionally flaming random strangers on IMDb, to see if anyone will stoop to your level and feed all your negativity.
You see how psycho-analysis works both ways? I’ve already given you more attention than you deserve, so I think I’m out now.
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therefdotcom (964)
7 years ago
yeah, pipe it down, will ya? he called ya out on your bs and you could not take it. that's the whole story.
honestly, the bitter ending of the film was the only thing good about it. as has been mentioned in different threads, it was full of clichees, had logical flaws and was basically stolen together from other films. it simply wasn't a good movie. not liking dark films has nothing to do with it.
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