tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744847222009889750.post4561391658676784245..comments2013-09-03T22:47:12.486-07:00Comments on Celluloid Hut: “FUNNY GAMES” & MEJay H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06153081608332918241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744847222009889750.post-14760751030199049832008-04-13T07:56:00.000-07:002008-04-13T07:56:00.000-07:00I am absolutely going to see this movie. I liked t...I am absolutely going to see this movie. I liked the original very much. Hostel was a piece of garbage. August Underground and similar films I wouldn't even dignify by calling them garbage, and I am a big horror fan and love the gore. There were probably similar criticisms of The Desperate Hours when it came out. <BR/> I'm not saying the original FG was a great movie- it wasn't. But it was riveting and I didn't feel like I was being exploited. I did sit there thinking WTF? after the closing scene. Haneke doesn't give you any answers. And violence very often doesn't make sense. <BR/>I'm not sure what his reasons are for redoing this, save for the obvious one of reaching an audience who won't or can't read subtitles. But I like his work and that cast looks very intriguing so I'm really looking forward to it.Andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195134026645156799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744847222009889750.post-41223246208679115702008-03-18T20:42:00.000-07:002008-03-18T20:42:00.000-07:00I saw the original on a friend's recommend and was...I saw the original on a friend's recommend and was pretty turned off by the whole scenario, in fact I don't think I made it to the very end. I am very intrigued though why Haneke would remake the film exactly only 11 years later, with Michael Pitt and Naomi Watts. The preview looks a bit more 'Hollywood' in many ways than the somber, very real, coldness of the original - which may be even more disturbing considering it's a prolongued snuff film. Being made more 'watchable'? I have to wonder if it's a cynical gesture on Haneke's behalf as a statement of Americans and where they are at in terms of easily disgesting uber-violence into its mainstream popular culture. Anxious to read more about its conceptualization but will refrain from seeing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com