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Well said, Rob... definitely not for a casual.
I have a copy of this but my French is pathetic, I haven't spoken it since school, so I'm going to resist temptation and wait for the sub-titled version.
I'm not sure my wife will appreciate the subject matter though!
I'm not sure my wife will appreciate the subject matter though!
Yeah, that was a little cheesy. Sometimes I think directors just need to have an editor on hand to strike out the unnecessary passages.
Well, I finally got to see this film last night and although you guys wrote about how brutal it was I still felt disturbed by what I saw.
I'm not sure if I 'liked' it or if I'd ever watch it again but it was brilliantly done; the cinematography was fantastic, the house felt like it was a world onto itself because of the care that was put into each scene.
What can I say about the violence? I think it was Rob who compared the awfulness to parts of 'Irreversible' and that insight is very accurate to my mind because you really suffer with the characters and are torn between looking away and HAVING to watch and endure what they are going through.
I felt there was a double standard to the realism though. The interaction and everyday language was believable but the fact that one woman could wreak so much destruction was less so. That, though, is a very minor criticism in the context of the films achievements.
Overall, this is a film that has definitely reset the boundaries, in my opinion, and something tells me that the rumble of influence this film is creating will go on for a while.
I'm glad to have seen it and appreciate the integrity of those involved.
I'm not sure if I 'liked' it or if I'd ever watch it again but it was brilliantly done; the cinematography was fantastic, the house felt like it was a world onto itself because of the care that was put into each scene.
What can I say about the violence? I think it was Rob who compared the awfulness to parts of 'Irreversible' and that insight is very accurate to my mind because you really suffer with the characters and are torn between looking away and HAVING to watch and endure what they are going through.
I felt there was a double standard to the realism though. The interaction and everyday language was believable but the fact that one woman could wreak so much destruction was less so. That, though, is a very minor criticism in the context of the films achievements.
Overall, this is a film that has definitely reset the boundaries, in my opinion, and something tells me that the rumble of influence this film is creating will go on for a while.
I'm glad to have seen it and appreciate the integrity of those involved.
I agree completely about Beatrice Dalle; I was looking at a couple of women when we went shopping this morning wondering who might be a potential psychopath (yeah, I'm weird like that too!) and it struck me, while talking to Ciara about the film, that a nurturing trait might be more likely to go askew more often than we presume. The protection of a mother is so primal and once instilled is ferocious.
A character like that with nothing else to live for doesn't obey societal rules or care about consequences. The degeneration of a personality through loss is real and when, in the final scene, 'the woman' is sitting with the baby...shivers...its truly shocking but at the back of your mind you're thinking she was compelled to act like she did because of that warped sense of instinct.
Yeah, Rob, Beatrice Dalle is in 'Time of The Wolf' and also another gory shocker, the modern vampire film 'Trouble Every Day'.
A character like that with nothing else to live for doesn't obey societal rules or care about consequences. The degeneration of a personality through loss is real and when, in the final scene, 'the woman' is sitting with the baby...shivers...its truly shocking but at the back of your mind you're thinking she was compelled to act like she did because of that warped sense of instinct.
Yeah, Rob, Beatrice Dalle is in 'Time of The Wolf' and also another gory shocker, the modern vampire film 'Trouble Every Day'.
Inside 2:The PT meeting
Teacher: So, ah presume you've seen ze report card and ze grade F ah gave your child?
Oh, la la(bad French stereotyping)...Why have you got that scissors? Zu you want to cut ze string of garlic around mah black and white straaped poloneck? (even worse French stereotyping!)
'The Woman': ...slice...
Teacher: So, ah presume you've seen ze report card and ze grade F ah gave your child?
Oh, la la(bad French stereotyping)...Why have you got that scissors? Zu you want to cut ze string of garlic around mah black and white straaped poloneck? (even worse French stereotyping!)
'The Woman': ...slice...
Yes, the same way as Irish people have guinness on corn flakes and riverdance to work in the mornings!
Well, I've never kissed it and I don't know anyone who has, ha ha.
Can't imagine it being hygenic either!
Can't imagine it being hygenic either!
Dave, I was laughing so hard at your comment.."same way as Irish people have guinness on corn flakes and riverdance to work in the mornings"...that I disturbed my husband from watching Something About Mary for the umpteenth time.I am laughing about all of your comments about your significant others not watching gory horror movies. In my house, it is exactly the opposite. My husband is the one that won't watch. If it is a good war flick (which we both enjoy) and it is graphic due to the nature of war, not a problem for him, but otherwise I just can't get him to watch any other movies that I like. It is a real bone of contention in our house!!
Ha ha, well, Tera anything that interrupts a Ben Stiller movie is a good thing in my book!
Only kidding.
To be fair to Ciara, my wife, she DOES watch most horror movies I 'obtain' and although she would definitely be a harsher critic and someone who would be less likely to allow minor plot holes to go unpunished, she has liked in recent months...'Rec', 'The Orphanage', 'The Signal' and even 'Black Sheep'.
I think that the bad experience we had when our daughter was born has put her off any films where pregnancy is involved though.
Only kidding.
To be fair to Ciara, my wife, she DOES watch most horror movies I 'obtain' and although she would definitely be a harsher critic and someone who would be less likely to allow minor plot holes to go unpunished, she has liked in recent months...'Rec', 'The Orphanage', 'The Signal' and even 'Black Sheep'.
I think that the bad experience we had when our daughter was born has put her off any films where pregnancy is involved though.
Your daughter is very cute by the way. I was just thinking about that the other day. She looks very Irish. We are actually an Irish family as well. My husband is second generation in the states. My family has been in the US for about 400 years originating in Ireland AND Scotland, emigrating to England and coming over from there. I can empathize with your wife on the pregnancy issues in film. I have difficulty watching movies that involve pregnancies and small children. Trainspotting has one of the most vivid scenes involving a dead baby. I had to walk away.
Awww, thanks, Terea. Shes a cutie alright but a diva when she wants to be!
Re: your roots, have you ever looked up where exactly the family is from?
Without going into gory detail, Ciara and Mina both nearly didn't make it through the birth so any time images or scenes of the process appear in movies it resonates as well as terrifies us.
When you think of the fact that the Dodo just laid eggs and it went extinct, then you think of how difficult and traumatic human birth is it makes you wonder sometimes.
Yeah that scene in 'Trainspotting' is awful to watch. I've read most of Irving Welsh's books ('Glue' being my favorite) and he certainly knows how to write harrowing descriptions.
Re: your roots, have you ever looked up where exactly the family is from?
Without going into gory detail, Ciara and Mina both nearly didn't make it through the birth so any time images or scenes of the process appear in movies it resonates as well as terrifies us.
When you think of the fact that the Dodo just laid eggs and it went extinct, then you think of how difficult and traumatic human birth is it makes you wonder sometimes.
Yeah that scene in 'Trainspotting' is awful to watch. I've read most of Irving Welsh's books ('Glue' being my favorite) and he certainly knows how to write harrowing descriptions.
Acutally, I have been working on researching our ancestry for the last 5 months. I'm still working on getting an overall picture and I need to look up some of the geographical elements before I can say exactly which areas we originate from. I find it all very fascinating.
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I thought the atmosphere was great, and the gore was warranted. Thumbs up!
i don't know how i missed this discussion. rob recommended it to me long ago and i saw it and was blown away by it. it was a little over the top at the end, but that first hour is so amazing - great tension, great suspense. i liked it all, don't get me wrong. the end of the film was also really strong, just probably a little more violent than what i tend to like.
Inside does is a straight up, bloody, terror flick... the plot is paper thin, but not at all weak.
It's difficult to describe, because there are buckets of blood, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's a simple slasher flick. It's almost a 90 minute long set piece that builds and builds and builds tension with short breathers to keep you moving forward.
I actually prefer atmosphere to blood in my horror flicks, but this has the perfect combination of both.
And - as one person I recommended it to said to me (after "Holy F*ck, what is wrong with you?" - he was kidding... mostly) "I will never be able to watch Betty Blue again."