#51
Posted: 8/26/05 at 8:58pm
Yeah, films are made to entertain us, but personally I am usually entertained by films that are original. A lot of the romantic comedies and "horror" films that have been made recently are not very clever or original. Take a look at Hitchc'ock films or even horror films made in the 70's and 80's. To me, those are the ones that are actually scary and entertaining to watch because they have good dialogue, good performances, good twists (some of them). I took a film class in high school where we watched Psycho and during the shower scene my teacher said something about how Hitchc'ock made it suspenseful (when "mother" is coming into the bathroom) instead of just having a jumpy moment to scare the audience because the audience would just forget about the jumpy moment a minute later. Instead, the audience would feel frightened from the suspense every time they watch the film, even though they know what's going to happen. I just don't understand how people can say that this is a great film...sure, it's not the worst one ever made or even the worst one made this year (look up to my other post, where I stated that I've also seen The Grudge...eh...) but it certainly does not deserve special recognition. Really, who's going to remember this film in five years?
