Movie Discussions

[evil_twin]

i watched titanic and didn't cry at all, even though all my friends were crying. One day in art the girls in my class were talking about how they all cried watching titanic and all the guys said they didn't cry and I siad i didn't either and they told me i was too boyish. I just don't see why people cry during movies.

and I agree. the ring two was no good.

I watch the gathering last night, I didn't much like it. It seemed kinad slow and perdictable.

[Rainbowstar]

predictable?  wow...i didn't think it was predictable at all, especially not when she turns out to be one of them!

then again i don't watch that type of movies often so...meh.  and i didn't cry with titanic either, was more thinking about when it was gonna be over cause i thought it pretty boring

[evil_twin]

predictable?  wow...i didn't think it was predictable at all, especially not when she turns out to be one of them!

then again i don't watch that type of movies often so...meh.  and i didn't cry with titanic either, was more thinking about when it was gonna be over cause i thought it pretty boring

I agree with you on Titanic, I actually fell asleep for a few minuets till my friend started crying loudly

as for the gatheriung, I find most movies predictable, I can easily figure things out before they happen in movies and life.

[interfectrix]

well, if you use your common sense often it's fairly obvious a lot of the time. It's like we what we were talking about in English - TRAGEDIES are predictable, TRAGIC EVENTS - are not.

I love Dakota Fanning though a couple of my friends really don't. I think she's one of those actresses who you either hate, or love.

AQUAMARINE?! Worst movie i've EVER seen. How can you CRY in it?! It brings back really bad memories of the little girl that forced us to watch it cause she threw a tantrum. She made me so mad, she couldn't pronounce the word 'aqua'.... The saddest movie ever was Million Dollar Baby. I cried in that. I want to see it again to see if I still find it sad.

The thing is, freedomfighter, it may be twisted, or sick, or disturbed or whatever - but the fact is that pain and suffering makes a better movie than happiness. Even happy movies have some sadness in them. (Even Mr. Happy the book is sad - i mean he forgets to be happy.... that's SAD, admit it) You don't want to pay to see some film about how everything goes right for a little boy growing up in a large house in the suburbs. If you got a newspaper that was all about the good things that had happened in everyone's lives in the past week, it would be boring....some things may be touching or whatever but it wouldn't be exciting in the way that a newspaper talking about how the youth are all dying of drugs would be. It's kind of sad now that I think about it, but it's true.

I think that Saw is just too sick though. I like psychological thrillers and horror films that are classier -  like Hide And Seek, but Saw was just repulsive. *shudders at thought*

[evil_twin]

AQUAMARINE?! Worst movie i've EVER seen. How can you CRY in it?! It brings back really bad memories of the little girl that forced us to watch it cause she threw a tantrum. She made me so mad, she couldn't pronounce the word

I hated it too. I didn't see how anyone could like it. My five year old sister made me watch it

[valaarien]

I absolutely love horror movies! the cheesier the better. My favorite is the original Halloween. Followed closely by Halloween 3 the most pointless cheesy horror film ever (michael myers isn't even in it). I also liked the original nightmare on elm street (johnny depp is hot in that movie) and amnityville horror.

oh and most horror movie serial killers are based off of real serial killers. If anyone wanted to "copy cat" a serial all they have to do is watch the news.

[interfectrix]

Yeah, half true, but the news never glamourizes crimes in the way that books and movies do. Like after reading A Clockwork Orange, you don't really see rapists/murderers in the same way you did before. (or watch the movie since this is the movie discussions topic) - if you do get a chance, watch it, it's really good.

[valaarien]

that's somewhat true... it's just serial killers have been known to worship each other. Very few have actually claimed to do it because of a movie. i will read/ watch that i've heard it's good.

[valaarien]

so we should just ban all movies that involve someone dying because people might use the methods to kill people in real life even though there's no evidence to support that this actually happens?

[Rainbowstar]

movies, computer games, books, the news,... it's not those things that make people violent.  there are people that are just plain evil, ebcause of things that happened in the past, in their past.  evil has existed throughout the ages, serial killers have been around for centuries, just look at lizzie borden, de borgia, jack the ripper...they didn't first watch horror movies to get inspired.

i know countless of people that love all that violent stuff and yet don't think about doing it in real life.  for a lot of people those movies and video games are just a release for their anger, so that they won't do it in real life, just like i work out my frustrations in bball.  and there are people who have been shielded from all that and still come out with souls as dark as night.  you can not get rid of them.  all you can do is make sure that people who watch these movies or play these games realise that it's not real, and most people already do that.  those who don't are going to end up in a bad way anyways, even without the movies or games

[valaarien]

right... sexual abuse and dressing up the kid in the wrong gender's clothes (i.e. forcing a boy to wear a dress) are more likely possible causes of deviant behavior than movies.

[valaarien]

i'm still not convinced that horror movies glamorize murder though. i've seen loads of horror flicks and don't have a mad desire to go out and kill people. serial killers tend to be people with deep psychologocial problems. banning movies aren't going to stop them.

[Rainbowstar]

even in horror films they don't glorify it.  in every single horror film i've seen they are trying to stop the murderer, one way or another

[Alpha Wolf]

And the bad guy almost always gets caught, so it kinda tones the whole murder glory theme down.

[interfectrix]

I do, personally, think that horror films/violent video games (video games more so) can make people - who have a tendancy towards violence - go even further in that direction. I can think of examples of people who would try and imitate violent actors/actresses - especially younger ones that don't know so much better.

I don't think that Saw

has no lesson or other meaning to the suffuring that are just made to amuse someone's sick fantasy should never be made or put on the shelf it is wrong.

if you get past the tacky thrills, it raises some interesting questions - would you saw off your foot to save your life? It also discourages many people from violence - more people than it encourages.

gtg dinner, i'll edit this later