I've been watching a lot of movies lately...what else is new.
Tonight I watched "Trust" and I think it's the most unsettling movie I've seen in a long time.

I've watched gory movies, some sick twisted and demented shit, but it's tough to compare to something so real. The acting was mostly spot on. The girls performance especially was really fucking good.

Ive found that with some very rare exceptions, modern movies suck. But im not bothered by it, since there are so many old movies that are absolutely brilliant. I watched these two this week.

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Watched Insidious the other night. Pretty creepy, and plenty of jumps.

I like a horror that frightens and chills, not one that disgusts with gore etc. Insidious delivered!

I thought it came off like a comedy, especially at the end.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Perhaps I was not whipped enough as a child.

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Originally posted by Miss Pie I thought it came off like a comedy, especially at the end.

I quite liked the lightheartedness of the bumbling duo with the camera equipment. Other than that I can't say it was funny in any way.

Well it certainly wasn't creepy or scary. Way too predictable and cheesy. Plus, Lin Shaye? Come on. There's a much better movie that already did what Insidious tried to do, it's called Poltergeist.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Perhaps I was not whipped enough as a child.

Oh well, I suppose me and the 14500 voters who gave it an average rating of 71% on IMDB must be wrong then.............

If you asked a selection of all those people who'd seen this film, a majority would tell you it was creepy or scary. I'd bet my life on that.

So I would say that you're certainty that it wasn't creepy or scary applies to only a minority.

Lol, no need to get personally offended. But yeah, I guess if the lowest common denominator (the people who these movies are supposed to appeal to) says so, it must be true!

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Perhaps I was not whipped enough as a child.

No scary movie is scary anymore, they're all terrible for various reasons.

Insidious happens to be terrible because it's part of the current run of horror films adapted from much better foreign horror films and turned into garbage for the American movie going public.

And that tagline is fucking lame, "Insidious is Insidious". SO META.

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Originally posted by bas No scary movie is scary anymore, they're all terrible for various reasons. Insidious happens to be terrible because it's part of the current run of horror films adapted from much better foreign horror films and turned into garbage for the American movie going public. And that tagline is fucking lame, "Insidious is Insidious". SO META.

This grates on me for one reason.

That being that some people don't simply seem able to go to the cinema and watch a film for what it is. It has to be taken in context with a handful of films before it.

Everyone has become a critic. I, however, sat and enjoyed the film. I know there were tacky cheap shots in it, but for me that made it even more enjoyable.

And lets not forget that finding a film enjoyable is very subjective, so there really is no right or wrong when expressing your opinions on it. So, I suppose if you found it funny that's just your interpretation of the film, and part of it that I didn't see.

On a slightly related note (foreign films that get American adaptations) I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread already, but Let The Right One In, the Swedish version: definitely the best film I've seen this year. I recommend watching with subtitles rather than dubbed.

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Originally posted by bas No scary movie is scary anymore, they're all terrible for various reasons.

Your thoughts on "Dead Silence" plz?

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