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Just finished watching french "intelligent" torture porn flick, Martyrs:
I liked the idea of it and it is a "good looking" film in the way it is presented aesthetically and the last few minutes certainly got me thinking......but.....
It didn't disturb me in the way that, oh I dunno, something like Snowtown or Hidden did - and those films relied on very little gore.
It certainly wasn't the shocking "masterpiece" horror aficionados make it out to be.
'It is time for us to be doing what we have been doing every day. And that time is now'
Calfium Jay wrote:Just finished watching french "intelligent" torture porn flick, Martyrs:
I liked the idea of it and it is a "good looking" film in the way it is presented aesthetically and the last few minutes certainly got me thinking......but.....
It didn't disturb me in the way that, oh I dunno, something like Snowtown or Hidden did - and those films relied on very little gore.
It certainly wasn't the shocking "masterpiece" horror aficionados make it out to be.
First of all Snowtown should never ever be put in with torture porn. What the fuck are you doing.
Snowtown has very little to do with horror, ffs. It's completely separate from that genre.
Second, torture porn is fucking lame, having said that, Martyrs is fucking awesome, one of my favourite psychological thrillers.
I didn't mean that Snowtown was "torture porn" as such - although it is psychologically disturbing. That comment was misleading and probably should have been re-stated in a different way.
Yes "torture porn" is fucking crap - no two ways about it.
Martyrs did not linger with me like Snowtown did. Snowtown was a "masterpiece", whereas Martyrs was mildly interesting but ultimately unfulfilling.
'It is time for us to be doing what we have been doing every day. And that time is now'
Snowtown is a great movie, one that I found genuinely unnerving, mostly because it's based on events here in Adelaide.
Martyrs has been on my watch list for a while now - I really need to get around to seeing it.
I'm keen to see The Rover as well, especially now that I have some idea of what the plot is. When I heard this was filming locally and Robert Patterson was in it, I presumed it was some shitty chick flick or rom-com. How wrong I was it appears...
Calfium Jay wrote:I didn't mean that Snowtown was "torture porn" as such - although it is psychologically disturbing. That comment was misleading and probably should have been re-stated in a different way.
Yes "torture porn" is fucking crap - no two ways about it.
Martyrs did not linger with me like Snowtown did. Snowtown was a "masterpiece", whereas Martyrs was mildly interesting but ultimately unfulfilling.
Agreed to a certain extent.
Martyrs resonated with me a bit, Snowtown shook me to my core.
Have you seen Kill List? DO so.
Please tell me you've seen I Stand Alone. I never got the fuss.
hellboy wrote:When I heard this was filming locally and Robert Patterson was in it, I presumed it was some shitty chick flick or rom-com. How wrong I was it appears...
He's a legit actor and I've never seen Twilight obviously. Cosmopolis was an abortion of a film, but you can't blame him for wanting to work with Cronenberg, just as much as you can blame me for seeing it in an empty theater after viewing Eastern Promises.
There were some really funny scenes, but none as funny as the deleted scenes. I have no idea why they cut the best parts, but they most certainly did. If you do end up renting it, don't miss them.
This is from the same folks that brought you "Wet Hot American Summer". So if you hated that, stay away from this.
Kittaan wrote:Just watched "They Came Together". It wasn't a porno. So disappointing
Yeah. You've ruined it for me.
"She's a very charming and delightful creature, and has only one fault that I know of. It happens, unfortunately, that that single blemish is a want of taste. She don't like me."