tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958497152147249858.post1201542579355403603..comments2023-10-04T06:34:42.390-07:00Comments on MOVIEGRENADE!: The Strangersbadgerdaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08275758525851693777noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958497152147249858.post-10443996452959488392009-01-30T09:18:00.000-08:002009-01-30T09:18:00.000-08:00badger - I'm gonna have to watch AoP13 again one o...badger - I'm gonna have to watch AoP13 again one of these days. No, I haven't seen either version of Funny Games. The director/writer of this film claims to have come up with this idea based on a series of robberies in his neighborhood when he was a kid. Sure seemed a lot like Ils to me.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958497152147249858.post-79692812679397751612009-01-30T01:36:00.000-08:002009-01-30T01:36:00.000-08:00You seen Funny Games? I got the impression this mo...You seen Funny Games? I got the impression this movie was kind of based on that. The director of Funny Games has made it twice, he remade it recently with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth. I've only seen the German original, but that movie is a real kick in the balls. I'm not sure if it worked... But I can also remember every part of it, so it must have left quite an impression.<BR/><BR/>And yes, he explains why the precinct is being attacked in AOP13.badgerdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275758525851693777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958497152147249858.post-67525958473714580482009-01-29T10:30:00.000-08:002009-01-29T10:30:00.000-08:00Adam - the cat and mouse game went nowhere to me, ...Adam - the cat and mouse game went nowhere to me, but I guess that is what the point of the whole thing was. It just didn't do it for me.<BR/><BR/>Slyde - I saw a lot of potential there, but it just didn't work for me. She is a good screamer, though.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958497152147249858.post-65517743066865302282009-01-29T06:48:00.000-08:002009-01-29T06:48:00.000-08:00ive got to dissagree with you on this one.i expect...ive got to dissagree with you on this one.<BR/><BR/>i expected to hate this, but i really liked it. it just kinda creeped me out, and it had the balls to not have a happy ending.<BR/><BR/>i watched it twice...<BR/><BR/>p.s. and live tyler, who i usually think is a shitty actress, i thought really came off good here.Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958497152147249858.post-54266638109599109142009-01-29T05:21:00.000-08:002009-01-29T05:21:00.000-08:00I liked The Strangers for the first hour. The las...I liked The Strangers for the first hour. The last half hour got stupid. But the tension in the beginning was very well done.Avitablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541188721193079705noreply@blogger.com