Post by bloodblack on Oct 1, 2012 9:52:24 GMT -5
"No Animals Were Harmed(r)" is all well and good. I have a proposal for a new role.
I watched "The Proposition". Although I enjoyed the film there was one major problem that marred the experience - because it was American at no time did I feel the child characters were in any jeopardy. I liked the parents, I liked the children, I liked the box, I liked the soundscape. But as soon as things kicked off I knew how it would end (and I promise everyone who is listening this is barely a spoiler - you will know how it is going to end too.) You know there will be no deaths, you know they will not be masturbating with a Star of David. Sure enough, the child shrugs off the dybbuk without any badness and, what is more, the parents get back together in the end.
There should be a new warning attached to films - "No Child Characters Are Harmed By The Events Of This Story".
The film compares badly with "The Orphanage" - the style and family are similar but you sense that the events are going to be consequential. And they are. I really cannot understand the focus groups and fans who prefer an emotionless inconsequential happy ending.
This is also the one thing I did not like about "Piranha 3D" (but at least with that film I was expecting something bad to happen to one of the children so did find it effective when I first saw it.)
I did actually enjoy "The Possession" but the lack of any real expectation of any real threat was annoying.
Even more annoying is this can also damage films where something bad (and permanent) DOES happen.
I watched "The Proposition". Although I enjoyed the film there was one major problem that marred the experience - because it was American at no time did I feel the child characters were in any jeopardy. I liked the parents, I liked the children, I liked the box, I liked the soundscape. But as soon as things kicked off I knew how it would end (and I promise everyone who is listening this is barely a spoiler - you will know how it is going to end too.) You know there will be no deaths, you know they will not be masturbating with a Star of David. Sure enough, the child shrugs off the dybbuk without any badness and, what is more, the parents get back together in the end.
There should be a new warning attached to films - "No Child Characters Are Harmed By The Events Of This Story".
The film compares badly with "The Orphanage" - the style and family are similar but you sense that the events are going to be consequential. And they are. I really cannot understand the focus groups and fans who prefer an emotionless inconsequential happy ending.
This is also the one thing I did not like about "Piranha 3D" (but at least with that film I was expecting something bad to happen to one of the children so did find it effective when I first saw it.)
I did actually enjoy "The Possession" but the lack of any real expectation of any real threat was annoying.
Even more annoying is this can also damage films where something bad (and permanent) DOES happen.