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Two FUNNY GAMES Reviews To Make You Chuckle!

First by NoDiggity	Oct 22nd, 2007 04:15:36 AM
Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah.
Spoiler warnings?! by BenBraddock	Oct 22nd, 2007 04:24:19 AM
Hey, not EVERYBODY has seen "Funny Games D.E"!!
There's spoiler warnings now by theBigE	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:19:33 AM
But nothing in this review that you wouldn't know from watching the trailer. Doesn't appeal to me.
I don´t get this kind of remake by CuervoJones	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:25:55 AM
This movie was done like ten years ago, who needs an english remake?
by dmwalker	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:37:07 AM
I liked the original but when I first saw it, Haneke was in attendance and did a Q and A afterwards. I was shocked by the pomposity of the guy, who really believes he is teaching the audience a lesson. Somebody asked how he felt about people walking out. He replied that these people didn't "need" the film. I might buy that if Haneke hadn't proven over and over again that he is just as fascinated by violence and grotesquerie as any gorehound out there. He's obviously made this remake because he feels you Yanks "need" the lesson. I eagerly await your philosophical revolution.
Is this film going to be blamed for something? by tonagan	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:40:14 AM
If there's a real-life home invasion, I swear that some news outlet is going to say they got the idea from this film. Then people will start screaming at each other again.
Yawn by sfaltern8	Oct 22nd, 2007 06:00:37 AM
Dull, boring, lays there flat like a dead fish, are all ways I would describe Funny Games U.S. I was at the Friday night screening, and Naomi, Michael Pitt and Brady Corbett were all in attendance. I didn't find any of the film engaging, nor did I care what happened to any of the characters. Yes, I get the director is trying to show violence in a different way to most films. But come on...at least let us empathise with someone. I cannot see this making more than $600,000 total in the US.
Unseen by Jaws Wayne	Oct 22nd, 2007 06:17:53 AM
I picked up a box of Haneke films recently which contains the original Funny Games. First film I popped in the player was Funny Games which I had never seen and took it out after 5 minutes as it felt this was gonna be the bleakest movie I'd ever seen hands down and I just wasn't ready/in the mood for it. So, any fans of the original ? And how does it compare tone-wise to other Haneke films ? I own four of his films - Funny Games/The Pianist/Cache/Code Inconnu - and have yet to watch all of those.
Gus van Sant is Not the Appropriate Benchmark... by Aquatarkusman	Oct 22nd, 2007 09:48:33 AM
... it's Sluzier remaking his own "The Vanishing" with Keeeeeefer and Jeff Bridges when the original was kick-ass.
Just watched by Series7	Oct 22nd, 2007 10:23:07 AM
I spit on your grave, which I figure is in the same vien as this movie. I was worried about seeing this movie before because I heard it was so intense and real. No that movie is horribly bad and fake looking, even worse then the Hostel movies. Like Last House of the Left was much better. Hopefully Funny Games (the original) is as good as I hear. Because Spit on your grave was just laughably bad.
Also I want to see the original Vanishing by Series7	Oct 22nd, 2007 10:23:38 AM
but I can't find it on DVD!
Fuck this. by DonkeyTron	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:10:43 AM
This movie sucks. It very much is torture porn gussied up to look like Oscar bait. Great performances, yes. Remotely entertaining or likable, no.If you're going to make exploitation, fine; make it. Don't make an exploitation flick covered in pretension and sell it as art house fair. The remote control gimmick, FUCK YOU! Fuck you Haneke, you French fuck. You've made the 'Click' of torture porn. Congratulations. Ass.
I'll be watching this for the acting. by Knuckleduster	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:13:13 AM
That's the one thing that will truly be of interest, seeing if someone like Naomi Watts (who I think is a great actress, by the way) can inhabit her role the way Susanne Lothar did in the original.
van sant IS the appropriate benchmark... by duanejones	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:14:33 AM
...in that this is intended to be an "exact", shot-for-shot replica of the original, a la van sant's _psycho_ (in a few ways) remake. except van sant didn't make the original, unlike herr funnygames here -- maybe he can make a version for every country in the world! i do respect haneke (his _time of the wolf_ is hugely underrated, and you fanboys would surely appreciate its oblique approach to an end-of-the-world storyline), but won't respect him if this "exact" replica does not include john zorn's soundtrack. i'll bet it won't. shot-for-shot, but not sax shriek-for-sax shriek, i guess...
Series7 by Knuckleduster	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:16:48 AM
Mate, I don't think I Spit On Your Grave is the kind of film to compare it to. It's just not that kind of exploitation, really.
Even the locations look the same. by Christopher3	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:41:04 AM
Was it shot in the same house?
Sounds rather like van Sant's Psycho. by Stalin vs Predator	Oct 22nd, 2007 01:05:14 PM
Except that with van Sant, the original film was a milestone, while here, it's a remake of a movie that's a pile of cockroach excrement. I still have to read the reviews themselves, but I'll bet the moment Moriarty means is the pathetic attempt at being "symbolic and accusatory", the idiotic rewind scene. But even without that moment, the original "Funny Games" is the dregs. Guess what you get when you let the creator of crap remake said crap?
Even Hitch remade one... by palimpsest	Oct 22nd, 2007 02:21:11 PM
I'll give it a chance. Haneke hasn't let me down yet...
the first one is not good by bigbadbua	Oct 22nd, 2007 04:36:54 PM
and this one won't be either. I will say that the first hour of the original is ok, but then it just sucks. the rewind part is the stupidest movie moment I've ever seen, and I yelled at my TV when I watched it. Absurd and terrible moment of film.
fantastic reviews by theWarning	Oct 22nd, 2007 10:56:41 PM
should contain spoiler warnings, but very well articulated and thoughtful. thanks!
I'm Watching the Original This Week... by grungies	Oct 23rd, 2007 12:53:31 AM
And if it's a great film, I'm personally going to assault Moriarty for being a pussy.
Strange Coincidence by heatbag	Oct 23rd, 2007 01:48:43 AM
I literally just finished watching the original film 5 minutes ago. I had heard of it before, but finally got to watch it tonight. The first thing I happen to do when its over is check AICN and, strangely, there are 2 reviews for the remake of the film that I didn't even know had been made. I don't know if I'd watch it again, if only because you pretty much "get it" after one viewing. An identical rethread with hollywood actors, isn't probably gonna bring alot more to light.
The original was great... by Shady Drifter	Oct 23rd, 2007 03:47:53 AM
... the actors were all perfect and I can read subtitles. So I'm not going to waste my time seeing lesser actors do the same thing. I'd rather see the original again since there's nothing new here.
Rewind moment... by Shady Drifter	Oct 23rd, 2007 03:50:56 AM
Talking about the rewind moment. You either love it for it's originality and for really not expecting it.... or you absolutely hate it and feel cheated. I initially hated it, but then I accepted it and now don;t want to imagine the film without it. Haneke is one daring director... pity he wasted his time redoing something that was already good the first time round.
What's the point of this? by Steve Rogers	Oct 23rd, 2007 03:51:17 AM
At least he hasn't pulled a 'Vanishing' and de-balled his own movie, but still, what's the point of a shot-for-shot recreation? Waste of time, effort and money for all involved, basically.
bigbadbua by Knuckleduster	Oct 23rd, 2007 07:37:03 AM
You yelled at your TV when you watched it. I think that's pretty much what Haneke intended.
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What Cheat? by topaz4206	Oct 23rd, 2007 11:00:06 PM
Sorry, it's been a while since I saw the movie. I remember enjoying it, but I don't recall the "cheat" that Moriarty mentioned. Can someone enlighten me?
necgray by topaz4206	Oct 24th, 2007 09:10:31 PM
Thank you, sir. I remember now. I wouldn't consider that a dealbreaker that ruins the whole movie, though. I should check it out again -- thanks
no thanks by Buffalo500	Oct 25th, 2007 06:59:53 AM
I sat through one Haneke film (Cache) and believe me that was one too many. Whatever lesson the pompous director was supposedly teaching the audience got lost amidst the unrelenting dullness of it all.
That top review by filmcoyote	Oct 25th, 2007 07:55:38 AM
may very well be the most intelligently thought out review i've ever seen on AICN. If only he hadn't fallen into the 'are' vs 'our' classic trap it would have been perfect. Bravo, sir.
Love how the Haneke-apologists defend this by JackRabbitSlim	Nov 4th, 2008 05:21:29 AM
"Oh, this movie is intended to anger you." Um, no, it bored me to tears. Seriously - was there a single horror cliche this film didnt cater to? Was there ANYONE who watches horror on a regular basis surprised the two emo killers (it's been dome better - Rope - 1948) would walk away clean? That gasp theyd recatch Naomi Watts? Dull. Yawn. Predictable. Remote control = breaking of fourth wall = utter shit.

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