When I go to see movies like Saw or Hostel I become quickly bored because I'm neither shocked or horrified. IMO those movies are as horrifying as drinking a glass of milk. I think many people will agree with me because we have been so desensitized and it becomes more difficult to shock the audience. I also think that gore is a band-aid solution to a movie that lacks a good plot, what do you think?
2007-06-23 03:40:03 · 6 answers · asked by Father of Lies 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I agree with you 100% . as a medic for 15 years I have seen real life gore on a daily basis . so its no big deal to see some of the stuff the show now. as a society we have become numb to the things they show now. old movies are considered tame to what they show now.
I recently went to see hostel 2 and was so bored. give me a good plot and something that will actually scare the S*** out of me !
2007-06-23 03:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by medic_30852 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(I answered a similar question, a while back; for poignant and informative purposes, here is the answer I afforded. I hope that it provides at least some interesting insight)
...as far as this specific facination, it's pretty much an inherently primal, deep-down underlying, some-of-the-time irresistable compulsion of the human psyche, which has existed since the dawn of mankind; depending upon the situation, there is a tendancy to be consciously torn between being repulsed by such carnage, and at the same time irresistably compelled to watch.
It is for this reason why, in ancient Roman times, both peasents and royalty alike, would scavage seats in the collisium, to see criminals and slaves torn apart by voracious lions.
In France, during the late 1800's & early 1900's, there was 'Theatre du Grand-Guignol', where the ne'er-to-do audiences would subjectively and compellingly view, in plain sight, simulated human eye-gougings, acidic facial meltings, hot fiery pokers stuck...well, wherever, and other sadistic pokes and prods to the human body.
It is for this facination why, during the late '70's and early '80's, there was an over-abundance of successful, money-making 'slasher/splatter' films.
...and let's not forget the never-ending traffic back-ups on the freeway, due to rampant gawking drivers having the necessity to see the mechanical, and possible human carnage, as they pass by in their car.
This has been going on & off & on for years and years and years.....a grim reflection of the dark side of the human psyche; nothing is really ever going to change that, and as film makers continue to push the gag/shock threshold further and further...well, who knows what atrocities lie on the horizon???
Ironically, as far as the 'too disgusting to watch, too compelling to turn away' philosophy, pretty much everyone is guilty of it, to some degree, and are sometimes even hypocritical about it (i.e., someone saying aloud, "Heck! I don't watch that stuff!!!.....but I'm gonna watch it anyways, just to see how far they'll go"; it is for this exact reason why Howard Stern is so popular, with people who not only like him, but also dislike him)
...unfortunately, there will ALWAYS be an audience for this carnage; the trick is, being able to maintain a distinct realization of the, for lack of a better term, 'realistic fakery' on the screen, and still being sensitive to the horrors occuring in everyday life!!!
(...personally, everytime I tune into CNN, 9 times out of 10, I am disturbedly taken aback far more than any horror film I've ever seen, and despite being a devoted, die-hard horror film fan, even I HAVE to admit that such graphic cinematic depiction has gone waaaay beyond the fringe, acceptively; I prefer the monsters, and the surreal dark fantasy stuff, myself, anyways!!!)
2007-06-23 12:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Fright Film Fan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually I am a "Jigsaw" fan, so I cheered on the main villian of the 'Saw" movies. Yep it is a over the top gory series with little plot. So I rooted for Jigsaw. I'm not so much into the over the top gore, they stuggled to find new ways to "off" people.
2007-06-23 10:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rosie the Riviter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you... I am sometimes disgusted though, b/c it's nasty.... anyone who really really likes those movies need help. I always say that we're training serial killers in America b/c of our tasteless films....
2007-06-23 10:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by jmstreng 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gore is awesome!
2007-06-23 12:28:24 · answer #5 · answered by KMC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm repelled by it personally, and fearful of the effect its having on our impressionable youth and others...
2007-06-23 10:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋