When I first saw this movie I'll be honest with you I watched the first 5 minutes I think is what it was and I got to the part where the really loud music starts and the title of the movie came on screen and I turned it off. I thought it was going to be one of those movies and I don't like those movies. I don't like movies that call horror fans stupid and mock horror fans and do it for a laugh because I love horror movies and I am a horror fan and I find it irritating when my intelligence is insulted simply because someone wants to get a cheap laugh and at my expense. I also don't like it when someone calls me a bad person for liking horror movies so I'm not a fan of the movie funny games because that movie is insulting and that movie has the same kind of setup this movie does with the loud jarring music and the title of the movie and the promise that everything is going to be unexpected and look at us we can be disjointed and disorienting we're so cool we're better than you. I was over it. So I stopped the movie about 5 minutes in and I had borrowed it from a friend and I returned it to her and she asked if I had watched it and I told her no I hadn't I had only watched the first 5 minutes and I didn't want to watch the rest of the movie and she questioned me as to why and I explained to her I thought it was going to be one of those movies and she said No you need to watch it it's not one of those movies I promise So she gave it back to me and I sat down and I watched the whole movie and I have to say that I agree with her after viewing the whole thing It's not one of those movies It is actually an intelligent movie and its own right that takes a new perspective on the horror genre and it doesn't call anyone stupid and it doesn't call anyone a bad person and it doesn't insinuate that anyone's intelligence is lower because they happen to enjoy watching horror movies. So I will admit that I judge this movie incorrectly when I first viewed it and then I agree now that I've seen the whole thing that it is indeed a good movie. I wanted to check it out now because I haven't watched it since that first time I watched it right when it first came out on DVD so I'm watching it now and it holds up pretty well It's pretty gory but because of the setup as to what is going on with the plot the Gore doesn't hit the same way it would if this were a straightforward stock and slash movie so it's not so bad for my non-gore loving friends to endure so we're surviving it so far. And I am noticing things that I didn't notice before and I'm appreciating the characters more than I appreciated them the first time I saw the movie because now I don't have to worry about having a huge chip on my shoulder or a stick up my ass because I'm angry that my intelligence is being insulted when it's not. I recommend that you check this movie out because it's a smart movie and it does some cool things with the horror genre that I've never seen before so if you like movies that kind of pick apart the horror genre and look at why we find certain things scary and why we continue to enjoy horror movies and why we perhaps need horror movies in fact you might really enjoy this movie so you should check it out.
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