Sad but true. I still just don't get why we lean more in that direction than the other side. I love good mindless violence and action as much as the next guy, including the ones you referenced below. Love hyperactive fluff like "Face Off". But not all the time...
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Martin Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Keith, my first thought into your statement is that America is a culture that has been hyperobsessed with ultraviolence for years. We gave the world Dirty Harry, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and other paens to carnage. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Don't See SAW Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:28:02 +0000 >From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Agreed. Remember a year or so ago there was a news story published about a recent study on what kinds of horror movies scare people in different countries? I think Tracey published the article here. One thing it pointed out was that in Asian countries like South Korea, audiences found the disembodied sounds of children laughing to be extremely frightening. Americans didn't find that so much. It seemed to me that other countries' audiences were more into true suspense, atmosphere, etc., while Americans were about louder, gorier, more blatant stuff. Wonder why that is? -------------- Original message -------------- From: Bosco Bosco With horror films, gore or no, it's pretty easy. If it's made by an American Studio, it's most likely gonna suck. American horror films tend toward extreme suckage so often that they're rarely worth watching even if you get in for free. B --- On Tue, 11/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Don't See SAW To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 10:35 PM Same here. I can't abide watching films that revel in literal blood and guts, dismemberment, and the like. ------------ -- Original message ------------ -- From: "Justin Mohareb" I'm one up on you. I haven't seen one, two, three, four, OR five. I mean, sure he doesn't get paid not to act, but I'm just not into torture porn. JJ Mohareb On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:27 PM, ravenadal wrote: > The good news is SAW V has stalled at $81 million (SAW IV made $139 > million). > > The bad news is Tobin Bell, who plays the diabolically ethical villain > Jigsaw - who, incidentally DIED at the end of SAW III - has been > signed to star in FIVE more SAW movies. > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy .livejournal. com
