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| quote: | Originally posted by Frenkieee
Has anyone seen Martyrs? It's a really awkward French horror/thriller. I don't often watch these type of films but I was kind of intrigued. A short while after that I watched A l'interieur (Inside), also French. Wasn't as good as Martyrs, but still worth the watch.
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I thought Martyrs was brilliant; the violence, however brutal, always had its purpose. For me, it was all about identifying myself with the victims, and the movie succeeded in that like no other. Many people think the point of the movie was the "big question" (what comes after death?), but I don't think that was the case. After all, all they did was leave people wondering.
Inside, on the other hand, was full of nonsensical (yet shocking) graphic violence. It had its moments, and it served as a good interpretation of the "single mothers" phenomenon, but otherwise it was a pretty shallow gorefest.
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