That ending would have been incredible.Truly phenomenal film!
I could've sworn Marty was going to declare himself a virgin at the end and blow the girl away to save the world. Instead we got God of War Chronos fist eruption.
That ending would have been incredible.Truly phenomenal film!
I could've sworn Marty was going to declare himself a virgin at the end and blow the girl away to save the world. Instead we got God of War Chronos fist eruption.
Pothead was the best character in the movie, what are you talking about?!I hated this movie, but I can understand why others enjoy it.
Every time the pothead opened his mouth, just....ugh. This was more "RANDUMB" than Scott Pilgrim, another one I didn't care for.
That ending would have been incredible.
Haven't seen this. Probably won't. Why doesn't theVirgin kill the Pothead at the end?
She's about to, but then she surprise attacked by a werewolf
I'm not- it would have been dark and hilarious and totally in line with the rest of the movie.I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, haha.
One thing I want to know, that hasn't really been discussed to much in this thread (obviously don't know about spoilers cause I'm avoiding them) but is it actually scary? I like horror movies that manage to be genuinely scary, along with entertaining and all of the other great stuff this movie apparently does well.
I don't consider generic "slasher" movies scary though, like random person popping out of nowhere and killing someone. I doubt this movie is like that though.
But anyway, any comments on the actual scariness of the movie would be great. I keep hearing about how amazing it is, but for seemingly other reasons that don't really relate to being very scary.
edit; without spoilers of course.
One thing I want to know, that hasn't really been discussed to much in this thread (obviously don't know about spoilers cause I'm avoiding them) but is it actually scary? I like horror movies that manage to be genuinely scary, along with entertaining and all of the other great stuff this movie apparently does well.
I don't consider generic "slasher" movies scary though, like random person popping out of nowhere and killing someone. I doubt this movie is like that though.
But anyway, any comments on the actual scariness of the movie would be great. I keep hearing about how amazing it is, but for seemingly other reasons that don't really relate to being very scary.
edit; without spoilers of course.
Does anyone have a complete list of the potential monsters that could have been unleashed?
This is the first film EVER for me where I'm actually hoping to see alternate endings on a DVD/Bluray someday. I almost wish other cuts of the film were secretly produced where
other monsters were actually unleashed on the five kids during the second act.
Shit, let's assemble one. I can offer what I remember:
Massive spiders
Massive snake
Hellraiser-type puzzle sphere dude
Zombies
Ghosts
Ballerina with crazy face-eating face
Porcelain doll fuckers
My friend swears she saw a fucking Death Eater. Yeah.
DAT UNICORN
-werewolf
-killer clowns
-giant vampire bat
-merman
-killer robots
I just remembered probably the funniest bit in the entire film and cracked up again for 2 minutes.
That riff on Japanese child ghost movies...holy shit. The man, NATHANIEL FISHER, telling the TV to fuck off. So great. That scene just escalated in hilarity every 5 seconds, from the schoolroom-esque setting, to the girls chanting, to the transformation into a frog, to them singing and dancing and celebrating, to the dude just swearing at the screen.
We were in tears.
Greatest part of the movie right here:
Merman blowhole blood splurt. Had me smiling from ear to ear. 'Nuff said.
The first two were the highlights for me. There were definitely some legit comedic moments in this, no thanks to the main cast. But that was probably the intention;that +andUnicornHemsworth jump into wall
amazing
that +andUnicornHemsworth jump into wall
amazing
Oh, I saw that coming a mile away too, but it was still satisfying.Best part of that wasI remembered the wall was there, but my fellow audience members didn't. Hi-larious.
haha, yeah that's how I felt tooBest part of that wasI remembered the wall was there, but my fellow audience members didn't. Hi-larious.
I am shocked everyone doesn't think the scene with the frog and the cussing it causes isn't everyone's favorite scene. Fucking loved that. Awesome movie.
There are some quality entries in there. e.g.
There are some quality entries in there. e.g.Witches vs. Sexy Witches <3
Also,Kevin?
Saw the ads and read the spoiler ending (whatever)
Sounds fucking stupid
Fucking hate people like you. You don't like movies, stop pretending, please don't watch more.I'm not going to see the movie. What's the twist?
Speaking of which...where are my sexy zombies at?
Fantastic film. Just fantastic. Funny, smart, and grim with a perfect ending.
It's a film that works on so many levels, and I want to watch it over and over (just as I do THE RAID).It doesn't just throw random shit in. It's an intelligent pastiche of the horror genre, that doesn't make it "random." Or rather, it could be called "random" but not with negative connotations.
Anyway, that's only the beginning. The film's subtext on horror voyeurism and why we need (or don't need) formula horror is brilliant.
I'd also like to disagree with everyone saying the office workers were the good guys. Nobody was the good guy. The kids were innocent but that doesn't make them good. The office workers were guilty of sacrificing people, but they had a goal that they believed justified it. It was clear to me the point was that the entire system of appeasing the gods was broken. It all ties into the films' anti-humanism and the insistence that maybe we need to really reboot a lot or all of the horror genre.
There's so much more to unpack here, which is why I'm retroactively loving the film with each minute. Its comments on society/movies forcing people into archetypes or on the heartlessness of office culture or on desensitization to violence. It's there. Hell, you could make an argument that the Merman stuff is a commentary on horror fans own calls for more uniqueness, only to have that bite them in the ass when it sometimes sucks.
The trailers ruin NOTHING. You think you "know the twist". This is not a movie like that. It's so much more.
Fucking hate people like you. You don't like movies, stop pretending, please don't watch more.
Patience Buckner didn't get you hot? That one arm.
Does anyone have a complete list of the potential monsters that could have been unleashed?
I'm with you 100% on everything, except the ending. I need some selling on that, and actually want to be sold; I want to love 100% of this film instead of 99%, haha.
Specifically
Straight up end of the world vs one of the humans deciding to appease the gods and kill the others in one fashion or another.
Anyone else confused by this?
If they had to sacrifice a whore, scholar, athlete, fool and virgin, why did the Japanese try to kill all those young school girls?
Patience Buckner didn't get you hot? That one arm.
Is this one of those movies that's overhyped to high heavens and then a month later everyone will hate it? Cloverfield, Super 8, Paranormal Activity, MI: Ghost Protocol?
Since this movie doesn't seem to be coming out here (Czech Republic), all I can do is wait for the DVD or rent it. Oh well.