Was the blood being drained into the chamber below the actual blood of the victims or more of a symbolic thing? I'm thinking the latter because of the survival of Shaggy. But then that doesn't really make sense 'cause the ancients wanted the victims to suffer and die in a particular order by personality type?
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Cabin in The Woods - April 13th - Best horror film in years?
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beelzebozo
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i love how much they foreshadow
marty's role in upending the whole system. from the very beginning he presents himself as being able to slip under the system's radar ("cops don't pull over a man smoking a giant bong. they fear this man") and cause massive change. he's constantly aware of "the man" and "the system" and being manipulated. and in the end, like the prospective audience for the new "film" being created via the release of the old gods, he reacts with enthusiasm--like we might--at the idea of something so different and world-ending. like, yes, finally something new and awesome, that would be something to see.
I thought the movie's subtext was
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Ugh, post above mine wasn't there when I started writing.
that if the world has to sacrifice its young in order to survive, maybe that is a world not worth saving. This is a world that has to manipulate their sacrifices with chemicals and subliminal messages because the illusion of choice and free will is important.
This complex system is protecting the status quo and, of course, starts to completely break down when a determined, counter-culture pot smoker gets into the wiring.
Maybe the movie was only supposed to be a statement about the horror genre in general, though.
This complex system is protecting the status quo and, of course, starts to completely break down when a determined, counter-culture pot smoker gets into the wiring.
Maybe the movie was only supposed to be a statement about the horror genre in general, though.
Ugh, post above mine wasn't there when I started writing.
beelzebozo
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there's a lot in your post that isn't in mine, mondriaan. still very good work.
in particular, i'm fascinated by the idea that the means by which we must perform the ritual--sacrifice young people--is just accepted as a necessity, when, as you say, that is actually a wholly unacceptable compromise. the movie backs up that there's something very screwy about it through the ending, and also through the hypercasual way the execs treat the deaths of the teens.
Neuromancer
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Symbolic, but they are aware of everything going on as well I believe.
Mango Positive
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Don't knock it. I saw Aliens in the theater when I was 8. Rated R only meant I couldn't get in by myself back then.
Jeff Albertson
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Went today and loved it, wanted to go in knowing nothing and just loved the ride.
about halfway through after seeing the whiteboard full of monsters I was thinking 'god I hope they all die so we can get sequels with different scenarios' I had no idea we'd see them all.
I was hoping for the merman so marked out when he finally flopped into the scene
Even at the end I was hoping somehow they were killed somehow before the God is released so a sequel is possible.
I know it's a horrible curse that we get sequels of everything but I want more of it, hell release prequels of former rituals and I'll watch dammit
I was hoping for the merman so marked out when he finally flopped into the scene
Even at the end I was hoping somehow they were killed somehow before the God is released so a sequel is possible.
I know it's a horrible curse that we get sequels of everything but I want more of it, hell release prequels of former rituals and I'll watch dammit
demosthenes
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Messofanego
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Incendiary
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You aren't the only one. I really hope she gets more work, she's talented and cute. Can't wait to see her in more stuff.
I think they showed it early enough that it was tension building for the people that remembered, but also enough people would be engrossed by the movie that they'd forget and be surprised. On the other hand, a non-visual cue might have worked better for the surprise factor, like as they were going through the tunnel, have one of the engineer guys say "Alright, they're in. Put the force field up."
Neuromancer
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So... Any ideas on where the
came from?
force field
jordan0386
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robertsan21
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To bad this film is not going up on cinemas here in sweden..
Seems that the filmstudio pulled it from cinemas due to bad numbers in US...
Seems that the filmstudio pulled it from cinemas due to bad numbers in US...
Messofanego
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RLM - Half in the Bag: Cabin in the Woods
Looks like Whedon didn't put much thought into the clever ideas behind Cabin in the Woods? If so, why are people praising the movie so much, is it because of the novelty being a pleasant surprise? Early reactions? Or these dudes are completely off on analysing the ideas?
Looks like Whedon didn't put much thought into the clever ideas behind Cabin in the Woods? If so, why are people praising the movie so much, is it because of the novelty being a pleasant surprise? Early reactions? Or these dudes are completely off on analysing the ideas?
He was an actor playing a party creepily and ambiguously on purpose.
In mine a parent had her two kids who looked about 5 and 7.
I believe one of the workers even says, "We work with what we've got." Heh.
This is thirty minutes long; mind posting what in it exactly proves that there's nothing clever in the film?
jordan0386
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I mean, the last 30 minutes makes the experience worth it. Unless they were looking for Oscar worthy shit.
polyh3dron
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My first time entering this thread and holy SHIT @ the nitpicking. This movie was amazing to me and to my friends who saw it with me. Well worth going out to see it.
polyh3dron
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FrenchMovieTheme
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it's really enjoyable, that is why people are praising the movie. it's the highest compliment i can give a movie or any form of media
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Think some dick spoiled this for me, is the twist
Just a yes or no, please.
that horror movies are real and they put people in those situations to make them?
Just a yes or no, please.
Napoleonthechimp
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If she isn't a virgin then she's not the virgin that can satisfy the ritual, so it doesn't make much sense.
To make horror movies? No.
FrenchMovieTheme
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FrenchMovieTheme
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but maybe the
gods are willing to accept someone such as the chick even though technically not a virgin she's not exactly a slut
polyh3dron
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ugh
she's the virgin in the archetypal sense just like the stoner is the fool in the archetypal sense. They work with what they have.
eudaemonic
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Had anyone figured out what the necklace unlocked? The conch was mermen and the ball was the Hellraiser dude and the music box was the ballerina... but the necklace I hadn't figured out...
Napoleonthechimp
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Technically she's not... I don't see what qualifies her to satisfy the requirements.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Oh sweet. I'll probably catch it sometime soon.
Well, considering it was within a
wedding dress
The Bride, off the betting whiteboard
That the point -
it's about the archetypes and the boxes that we put those people in.
It is not polite to spoil a 5 year old movie ... let alone a movie so new and with so many twists like this !
It only starts in theaters in my country in AUGUST !
Let alone people who don't see the movie in the first week =P
The Director made it clear that they knew she wasn't a literal virgin and that it didn't matter. She said "We work with what we have." and shrugged.
I couldn't tell because they were speaking around it, but I think they thought there were maybe plot holes or concepts in the mythology that didn't make sense. My friend who went with me said the same thing. Shit like why don't
they just kill the kids instead of putting them through this
These arbitrary rules to me were never supposed to be rational. We're talking about magic rituals to keep god's happy...
I would probably spoiler tag the second part of your post.
Feel like the HitB guys didn't 'get' the movie. Their criticism during the spoilers section just screams that they didn't understand that
the gods were the entertainment-seeking public, and that the public was no longer ok with just a killing, as they may have been in ancient cultures. Now, we must have the characters suffer before they die, otherwise we aren't entertained. This is also why Japan's approach (Ju-On) or the Nordic approach (Let the Right One In) could appease the same god. This was hammered home during the sex scene...when the tits HAD to be shown, because the techs "weren't the only ones watching."
This is also why it would have been OK for the Fool to be killed by anyone at the end, since he's already suffered, we've already been entertained, and his death would be 'satisfying'.
This is also why it would have been OK for the Fool to be killed by anyone at the end, since he's already suffered, we've already been entertained, and his death would be 'satisfying'.
Neuromancer
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I took it to just be funny and nonsensical.
EleventhDoctor
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Yeah seemed like a Whedon/Buffy type of humor reference.
By the way, I'm dying for some screenshots of those "money shots". They go by so fast!
Neuromancer
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Jeff Albertson
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Be awesome if it was either Kevin Mcallister or from the office
Neuromancer
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YES
EleventhDoctor
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Just read someone on another forum mention that it's probally a reference to
Jason
Frankenstrat
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God dammit. Whoever edited together the trailer for this is a fucking dick. There went the whole "surprise" angle.
Escape Goat
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Hmm, that wasn't the surprise. It just gave you the premise of the movie.
EleventhDoctor
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You haven't seen the movie yet have you?
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