The Human Centipede

[megladon8]

Trailer here. (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thehumancentipede/)


Um...double-you tee eff.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I'm passing on this one.

[eternity]

All of a sudden, my genitals hurt.

[Spun Lepton]

Genitals? Is this trailer work-safe?

[Dead & Messed Up]

Genitals? Is this trailer work-safe?

Err on the side of caution.

I don't know that anything in it is particularly NSFW, but if any superiors find out you watched it, you'll be getting strange looks for months.

[Spun Lepton]

I don't know that anything in it is particularly NSFW, but if any superiors find out you watched it, you'll be getting strange looks for months.

Sooo, more than I already get, then? :)

[number8]

I've been looking forward to this movie for fucking months.

[eternity]

Genitals? Is this trailer work-safe?

There are no genitals in the trailer. It is entirely SFW even though...

I'm sure people could confuse some shots in the trailer to gratuitous butt sniffing.

[Winston*]

Can't be said it doesn't deliver on what the title promises. :|

[B-side]

Looks like standard gore porn to me, more or less.

[Winston*]

Looks like standard gore porn to me, more or less.

I don't think you can use the word standard for a movie where the villain's evil plan involves sewing people's mouths to other people's arseholes .

[B-side]

I don't think you can use the word standard for a movie where the villain's evil plan involves sewing people's mouths to other people's arseholes .

Yeah, that's why I added the qualifier "more or less".:lol:

[Dukefrukem]

I posted images of this months ago in the horror thread. people were grossed out by the images...

let me see if i can find them... but yeh, this is my kind of movie :-D

[Lasse]

The trailer made me laugh. But I'll pass on this one anyway.

[Spun Lepton]

Yay, indie torture porn.

[Qrazy]

More like The Human Dodecapede... amirite!?

[Wryan]

Vulgar.

[Spun Lepton]

Is vulgarity only acceptable if Lars von Trier is responsible for it?

Calling a movie like this "vulgar" is like a goddamn badge of honor.

[D_Davis]

I am strangely curious about this film. The idea in the film is just so incredibly ridiculous.

[Spun Lepton]

$10 says the director is a copropheliac.

(I may have misspelled that. I'm not about to search for the correct spelling on my work CPU. :D )

[Bosco B Thug]

caaaamp. Everyone loves Pink Flamingos here right?

In all earnestness, though, I will say the premise's gross-level actually met the expectations I created from all the mysterious rumblings that have been floating about for a while now.

[megladon8]

I am strangely curious about this film. The idea in the film is just so incredibly ridiculous.


But...but...but...it's 100% medically accurate!!

[Llopin]

I saw this movie months ago at the Sitges film fest. Needless to say, it was a riot. The audience pretty much adored it, yet of course it was the orthodox geek gore-lovin' crowd. The idea is idiotic yet works on an absurdist level: the two protagonists are sorry airheads and the demented doctor overacts deliciously. The best performance is however Akihiro Kitamura's, as a raw japanese tourist who ends up being the only speaking part of the centipede.

Not an essential or "notable" film by any means (nor as pornographic or violent as it seems), but a fun romp.

[balmakboor]

I liked the trailer. I find the premise interesting and amusing. That villain guy looks like a bug.

Now, as long as it more or less lives up to its premise, unlike that Teeth movie.

[megladon8]

Now, as long as it more or less lives up to its premise, unlike that Teeth movie.


Agreed!

I thought Teeth was tonally very confusing because of this.

[Dukefrukem]

What are you guys referring to about Teeth?

[KK2.0]

Old Cronenberg and Re-Animator vibes.

sold.

[D_Davis]

Old Cronenberg and Re-Animator vibes.

sold.

Oh yeah - it's full on body horror.

[Russ]

I think the premise is great: it amps up the squirm factor at the expense of the gore factor. Simply put, it sounds like it plants a seed in our minds that exploits our fear of the premise without a lot of explicit gore (or onscreen coprophagia) to show it. Playing on our fears of something so nauseating is pretty brilliant, imo, since the film works best inside our heads. Once you establish that, it's just a matter of riding the uber-wacko bad guy and somewhat sympathetic leads for all they're worth.

Getting good *ahem* word-of-mouth. And of course, there's this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530509/).

[KK2.0]

thinking about it

the idea of sewing an american, a german and a japanese to each other's asses is delightfully subversive.

:lol:

[Ivan Drago]

I don't know whether to find this funny or sick.

[megladon8]

I don't know whether to find this funny or sick.


I guess it's serving its purpose perfectly, then.

[Spun Lepton]

Color me surprised to see it appearing on one local independent screen in Minneapolis.

[eternity]

This was an absolute bore.

(Speaking in future tense. I am watching it tonight though. That's just my expectation.)

[Dead & Messed Up]

I told my immediate boss that it seemed like her kind of flick, got her to check out the trailer, and she bought tickets for the opening midnight show. People are interesting.

[Spun Lepton]

I told my immediate boss that it seemed like her kind of flick, got her to check out the trailer, and she bought tickets for the opening midnight show. People are interesting.

Have you updated your resume? :lol:

[Spinal]

Read the plot summary. Sounds utterly miserable. Even if the film is well-made, I have little interest in engaging with this concept.

[eternity]

This was an absolute bore.

(Speaking in future tense. I am watching it tonight though. That's just my expectation.)

Holy shit I was exactly right.

[EyesWideOpen]

They reviewed this in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. Gave it a B+.

[D_Davis]

This was an absolute bore.

(Speaking in future tense. I am watching it tonight though. That's just my expectation.)


Then why even go? Why subject yourself to something that you think will bore you? Wouldn't your money and, more importantly, your time be better spent doing something with a greater chance of of being something you'd be into?

[megladon8]

Then why even go? Why subject yourself to something that you think will bore you? Wouldn't your money and, more importantly, your time be better spent doing something with a greater chance of of being something you'd be into?


No, he'll see every Christopher Nolan film that's ever released, and his review will be done before he even enters the theatre.

"It's just like everything else he's done. All his movies are the same!"

:lol:

[eternity]

Then why even go? Why subject yourself to something that you think will bore you? Wouldn't your money and, more importantly, your time be better spent doing something with a greater chance of of being something you'd be into?
VOD. Morbid curiosity. I wanted to be proven wrong; I think I've came my pants in this thread about the IDEA of it, because in theory, this movie should be awesome. It just isn't, though.

[Spinal]

61% on Rotten Tomatoes. Recommended by 5 of 6 'Top Critics'.

[Raiders]

I really don't know how much I want to see it, but every day I feel a greater urge that I simply need to see it.

[number8]

Anybody wanna come with me to see it? I have a plan so we only have to buy 1 ticket.

[Spun Lepton]

Anybody wanna come with me to see it? I have a plan so we only have to buy 1 ticket.

:lol::lol::lol:

[B-side]

I'll probably see this some time tonight.

[Spun Lepton]

Something strange ... I ... I kinda want to see this now. :eek:

[B-side]

15 mins in and it's already woefully inept.

[Rowland]

Ed Gonzalez's borderline-rave for the film at THND has me excited that there may be more to the movie than mere novelty. http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/04/tom-sixs-the-human-centipede-the-first-sequence/#more-12131

[Spinal]

Ed Gonzalez's borderline-rave for the film at THND has me excited that there may be more to the movie than mere novelty. http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/04/tom-sixs-the-human-centipede-the-first-sequence/#more-12131

That's a really thoughtful and well-written essay.

[B-side]

That's a really thoughtful and well-written essay.

Sarcasm? I hope so. The film is bad. It has nothing to say, so I'm really not sure why Gonzalez thinks a guy hating humanity and thus torturing people somehow makes the film profound. Isn't that the premise of just about every one of these torture films?

[Spinal]

Sarcasm? I hope so.

No, I thought he did a great job of conveying his experience with it. It doesn't really make me want to watch it. But I thought his last paragraph especially was very effective.

[B-side]

No, I thought he did a great job of conveying his experience with it. It doesn't really make me want to watch it. But I thought his last paragraph especially was very effective.

I didn't think the essay was worth much, but whatever. And I say that regardless of my opinion on the film.

[Dead & Messed Up]

It's an alright essay, but I wish he elaborated more on his notions of the doctor's psychological fixation. If the film delves into this, I'd be more interested, but it seems like this subtext was extracted by Gonzalez. Additionally, I was distracted by his distaste for Hostel, in which he seems to miss the point of that film. Especially when he asks, of The Human Centipede,


What other unforeseen horrors are we—not just an imaginative filmmaker, but man in general—capable of inflicting on humanity before we feel as if we've seen and experienced everything? And will life, then, feel no longer worth living?

...and somehow not recognizing (or maybe not caring) that these were the central moral questions of Hostel.

[B-side]

It's an alright essay, but I wish he elaborated more on his notions of the doctor's psychological fixation. If the film delves into this, I'd be more interested, but it seems like this subtext was extracted by Gonzalez.

It's entirely inference on his part. The doctor hates people. That's the extent of his psychological profile. Oh, he also seems to get off on torture and blood. Yeah, great characterization.

[Spinal]

It's entirely inference on his part. The doctor hates people. That's the extent of his psychological profile. Oh, he also seems to get off on torture and blood. Yeah, great characterization.

Oh, I totally got that it was inference without even seeing the movie. It was like 'I had this bizarre film experience and here is what happened to me'. I like film reviews that are personal in that way.

[B-side]

Oh, I totally got that it was inference without even seeing the movie. It was like 'I had this bizarre film experience and here is what happened to me'. I like film reviews that are personal in that way.

Understandable. I can't imagine anyone here thinking much of this. If torture films are your thing, then by all means, go ahead and watch it. But for those of us that value more in our films, it's not worth pursuing.

[Rowland]

If torture films are your thing, then by all means, go ahead and watch it. But for those of us that value more in our films, it's not worth pursuing.Which "torture" films are it analogous to?

[B-side]

Which "torture" films are it analogous to?

Saw immediately comes to mind, sans the big twist.

[Spun Lepton]

Which "torture" films are it analogous to?

Ass To Mouth 27

[Ezee E]

Ebert refused to give this any stars.

[B-side]

Ebert refused to give this any stars.

Oh, come on. It's not much different than any other film of this sort. It's certainly nowhere near as repulsive as people think it's gonna be.

[Spinal]

Ebert's review is excellent too. He doesn't really give it no stars. He gives it no star rating, which is a different thing.


Why does he want to commit this atrocity? He is insane, as I've already explained.

:lol: Oh Rog, you still got it.

[Winston*]

It impresses me that Ebert, at his age and in his condition, will still go to a film called "The Human Centipede" and give it a legitimate shot.

[Rowland]

Saw immediately comes to mind, sans the big twist.So it features Rube Goldberg-style torture devices, is directed and scored like a Manson video, uses numerous extraneous flashbacks to flesh out its core concept, and hypocritically moralizes to justify its torture? And this is from someone who kinda-sorta likes Saw.

Mind you, I'm just touchy on the subject, since I find people overly dismissive of many horror films (modern or otherwise) because of torture. For instance, Martyrs and Antichrist are two of my favorite movies from last year, and both feature prevalent elements of torture.

[B-side]

So it features Rube Goldberg-style torture devices, is directed and scored like a Manson video, uses numerous extraneous flashbacks to flesh out its core concept, and hypocritically moralizes to justify its torture? And this is from someone who kinda-sorta likes Saw.

Mind you, I'm just touchy on the subject, since I find people overly dismissive of many horror films (modern or otherwise) because of torture. For instance, Martyrs and Antichrist are two of my favorite movies from last year, and both feature prevalent elements of torture.

I loved Antichrist, so torture isn't the issue. It's that the film has no ideas. The only really creative aspect of the film is its premise.

[Dead & Messed Up]

So it features Rube Goldberg-style torture devices, is directed and scored like a Manson video, uses numerous extraneous flashbacks to flesh out its core concept, and hypocritically moralizes to justify its torture? And this is from someone who kinda-sorta likes Saw.

Mind you, I'm just touchy on the subject, since I find people overly dismissive of many horror films (modern or otherwise) because of torture. For instance, Martyrs and Antichrist are two of my favorite movies from last year, and both feature prevalent elements of torture.

The whole "torture porn" banner really undercuts a lot of distinct movies with differing motivations. Even given my mixed feelings on Martyrs, it is a film with a distinct set of ambitions and interests beyond simply reveling in cruelty. I would say the same about Hostel and Audition and Saw, regardless of my views on their successes or failures.

[KK2.0]

I think Martyrs and Audition are great horror movies, but i'm not very fond of Hostel as well. I'm almost downloading The Human Centipede, my hopes for a theatrical release here are slim.


Ebert refused to give this any stars.

Ebert's review was surprisingly smart, he clearly disliked the movie, but acknowledged that it delivers what it's audience is looking for. His final sentence was funny: "Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

[D_Davis]

A group of my IRL friends-who-like-cinema saw this last weekend, and they loved it. They said it totally commits to the premise, and follows through in a surprisingly classy and serious fashion. I really want to see it, but every time I think of the surgical process in the film, I get sick to my stomach.

[Bosco B Thug]

There is something absolutely horrifying about the premise that isn't just it's randomness, I can see why it shook Ed G to his very core. It's the absolute indignity, being fused to another person, losing all your personal space, literally becoming a crap chute in some larger anatomy.

I would go see this at some midnight screenings this weekend, but no one will go with me, quite a number being outright refusals. Ha.

[megladon8]

So in the trailers when we see the people arranged in the centipede pattern, was that like a "practice run" kind of thing, where he tied them together to see how it would look? Or was that post-op?

[Spun Lepton]

Ebert's review of this has convinced me that I need to see this.

Meg, Ebert implies at they're in the Human Centipede form for the entire last half of the movie. What do you think the auditions were like?

Edit: Centipede, damn it. Why do I keep wanting to call this the Human Caterpillar?

[Dead & Messed Up]

If The Human Centipede took place in a corporate setting, that'd intrigue me.

[lovejuice]

A group of my IRL friends-who-like-cinema saw this last weekend, and they loved it. They said it totally commits to the premise, and follows through in a surprisingly classy and serious fashion. I really want to see it, but every time I think of the surgical process in the film, I get sick to my stomach.

curious, do you generally consider yourself weak stomach? i have an impression people who like cultish and kung-fu films should be otherwise.

[D_Davis]

If The Human Centipede took place in a corporate setting, that'd intrigue me.

That sound like something Thomas liogotti would do.

[Dead & Messed Up]

That sound like something Thomas liogotti would do.

It was when I visited that border-town of my youth, hidden behind grey, fogged plains, that I first saw the "insect."

[endingcredits]

I saw The Human Centipede last weekend. I found it dull and boring. The first quarter was formulaic and reminiscent of every other slasher movie I've ever seen. The two American girls were utterly unlikable. Dr. Heiter's character didn't have the subtle psychological mannerisms I was looking for in a such a mentally afflicted individual, and so I found him more on the side of absurdly mad than disturbing. The dialog consisted of Dr. Heiter's insanely dictating orders, which were mostly followed by muffled screams and the Asian guy (in front) swearing in non-compliance. This seemed to go on for about an hour. The very last scene was the only piece of the movie with any cinematic quality for me.

[B-side]

I saw The Human Centipede last weekend. I found it dull and boring. The first quarter was formulaic and reminiscent of every other slasher movie I've ever seen. The two American girls were utterly unlikable. Dr. Heiter's character didn't have the subtle psychological mannerisms I was looking for in a such a mentally afflicted individual, and so I found him more on the side of absurdly mad than disturbing. The dialog consisted of Dr. Heiter's insanely dictating orders, which were mostly followed by muffled screams and the Asian guy (in front) swearing in non-compliance. This seemed to go on for about an hour. The very last scene was the only piece of the movie with any cinematic quality for me.

Pretty much.

[KK2.0]

ok, it's an aint it cool link, but it's interview with Tom Six where he declares his adoration for Cronenberg and Takashi Miike, not surprisingly.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44990

[Russ]

Human Centipede: the game (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/537029#)

[Spinal]

Human Centipede: the game (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/537029#)

I was waiting for some variation of this gag to show up.

[Boner M]

IMDb user comment:


"My favorite part was seeing how even with troubles and stress, those that seek forgiveness find healing and hope. Great movie of friendship, faith and family. Go see it with those you care about. Then make a difference in your community too. I strongly recommend this movie with a message for parents. The actors seem so sincere. The scenes allow for better understanding of God's grace even when we fail or fall down. The premise is awesome too. The Human Centipede uplifts and encourages me, as the stress of the day comes along, I recall God's love for me. I compare this movie to one that invites, models and brings loved ones closer to Christ. Thank the film for not compromising the message of God's love with hope and renewed faith for all.

The movie was so touching, encouraging, and challenging. Give it a try. I am SHOCKED at the negative messages on this board. I believe the best movies are those that make us think, reflect on our lives, and inspire us to do more. This was one of those movies for me."

[Winston*]

Trailer for Human Centipede: Full Sequence (http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-trailer-for-the-human-centipede-2-dont-worry-t,45611/)

[Bosco B Thug]

I went into this film with high expectations, in a sense. The premise is so particular and thus provocative (and also so exploitative) that I knew it had to make some sort of higher statement or point of emotional loftiness in order to justify its existence and be at all worthwhile.

While it's only one very slight degree above pedestrian, filmmaking-wise, it's thoughtful and sober enough to support the fact that the film is not a typical horror product, prepped for willy-nilly audience-stimulation but risibly empty of empathy or wit. The Human Centipede is pretty low on wit, though, so it's the empathy that comes through for the film.

The film thankfully does touch on (if very unevenly and inconsistently) the core of despair wrought from its punishment-worse-than-death, and the late-film bid for meaning is, if too-little-too-late, also a good deal better than nothing. The film's bare-bones but undeniably intended sketching of the ordeal of two girls, whose relationship is at first vacuous but, by the end, something suddenly actually meaningful (the paradox being its meaningfulness coming after the meaning from their lives is, surgically, taken away from them), is, dare I say, poignant.

Stupid but poignant. I think that would be my 2 to 3 word review of the film. Mostly shoddy and one-note, but it at least approaches fulfilling its provocative premise with the needed poignancy and sense of the ordeal. Takashi Miike could've made something more out of this.

[Sxottlan]

So I meet my parents for dinner at a pizzeria Thursday and as we're sitting down at the table, with no preamble, my mom asks, "What's The Human Centipede?"

And I nearly do a spit take.

[Russ]

Saw this and thought it worked a lot better as an exercise in pure camp more than anything else. Both female leads were so terrible that I was actually wanting him to hurry up with the surgery. Overall, much ado about not too much.

[Bosco B Thug]

Both female leads were so terrible that I was actually wanting him to hurry up with the surgery. Really? Considering what they had to work with, I thought they acquitted themselves fine and were adequately convincing.

But perhaps I'm just projecting from the fact that I think it's kind of sad that an actor does a role that consists of being strapped naked to someone's asshole for the majority of the film and still only come out of it with negative remarks.

[D_Davis]

But perhaps I'm just projecting from the fact that I think it's kind of sad that an actor does a role that consists of being strapped naked to someone's asshole for the majority of the film and still only come out of it with negative remarks.

Ha! Excellent.

[Bosco B Thug]

Ha! Excellent. :) Naomi Watts would've really shone as middle segment girl.

Seriously, though, even their slightly-annoying vapid tourist girl shtick I thought was carefully performed. If anything, it's Six's campy direction and UV lighting that put their work in a bad light.

[Russ]

If anything, it's Six's campy direction and UV lighting that put their work in a bad light.
I think you underestimate their lack of talent.

[Bosco B Thug]

I think you underestimate their lack of talent. Not that I ever saw that their performances in a bad light. :)

I suspect I'm mostly alone in the desire to applaud their performances rather than the opposite, though, so I'll let this die gently.

[Russ]

I'll at least applaud their post-op performances. I mean, how can you not?

[Bosco B Thug]

I'll at least applaud their post-op performances. I mean, how can you not? Aha! I'll take it!

[Dukefrukem]

This is streaming on Netflix... so watching it tonight

[Spinal]

I thought that eventually curiosity would get the best of me and that I would break down and want to watch this, but that hasn't happened yet.

[Spun Lepton]

This is streaming on Netflix... so watching it tonight

:pritch:

No, seriously.

:pritch:

[Skitch]

After a loooooon wait from Netfrix, I finally got this on blu. 20 minutes in, its apparent the mad doctor is gonna make this flick. :)

[Russ]

"Yes! That's it! Feed her!! Feeeed huuuuurr!!!"

:pritch:

[Dukefrukem]

This was hard to watch...

[balmakboor]

Noticed it added to my Instant Queue as well. Will see soon.

[Skitch]

This was about half as horrific as I was expcting. Mad doctor was cool. Flick was okay overall.

[Dukefrukem]

This was about half as horrific as I was expcting. Mad doctor was cool. Flick was okay overall.

Yup. I'm not sure exactly how to grade it.

[Bosco B Thug]

Yup. I'm not sure exactly how to grade it.
Psst. Forty five. :D

[Spun Lepton]

I've just queued it. Probably watch it next week.

[Dukefrukem]

Psst. Forty five. :D

It's so out there I'm having trouble taking it seriously instead of it just throwing it in the torture porn / parody horror section. If I do consider it to be serious, it's effective. I can't remember the last time I winced so much watching a movie.

[D_Davis]

So being the 2nd or 3rd segment of a human centipede is one of the grossest most disgusting things I have ever imagined, and thanks to this film it is now something that I have a mental image of; thanks movie. Without you, I would have never even begun to think about this kind of shit. Some things are better left unseen.

I mean, having someone poop in my mouth and having to swallow it...that's just gross. And what if you get sick and have to throw up? Wouldn't you get sick from eating someone's poop? Where does it go? Up the person's butthole in front of you? But then wouldn't it just get passed back into your mouth, thus causing you to get sick and throw up again How does that even work? What if choke? How do you cough? What if you have to burp?

This is pretty much the worse thing I can imagine happening to me.

With that said though, the film was really dull. I didn't like it.

[Skitch]

I had all the same thoughts, D. So much so in fact, that I discused the concept with my mom, a registered nurse, mostly the idea of being able to survive on fecal material. She completely debunked it, and threw up in her mouth a bit. So I assume "100% medically accurate" refers to just the operation/surgery part of the film.

[origami_mustache]

Unfortunately this ended up just being bad and not so much hilariously campy bad. My friend however thinks it should be on Criterion Collection.

[D_Davis]

I don't think it would have worked at all as a hilariously campy movie. That is plays it straight and serious is what gives it its disgusting punch. It's more about extreme human depravity than it is yuk-yuk entertainment.

[Dukefrukem]

I don't think dull would be in my analysis of this movie.

[Ivan Drago]

I don't think dull would be in my analysis of this movie.

It would be in mine. Brightside is right - the one creative thing in this movie is its premise.

EDIT: Minor nitpick: You know a movie was edited on Final Cut Pro when the font for the credits is Lucida Grande.

[balmakboor]

I found this to be a rather effective horror movie with perhaps the most sadistic ending on record. What perfect, bug-like casting for the mad surgeon. What a sick and twisted concept.

I've been doing some writing lately about the hero's journey and it feels like every movie I watch is grist for the mill. It is fascinating how the same structure almost scene for scene can account for both Toy Story and this.

[balmakboor]

It would be in mine. Brightside is right - the one creative thing in this movie is its premise.

EDIT: Minor nitpick: You know a movie was edited on Final Cut Pro when the font for the credits is Lucida Grande.

I found it well edited, hell, well made in general. Certainly, you don't think of its being edited on Final Cut Pro as a put down? I'm sure many recent independent films, especially documentaries have been edited using that software.

[balmakboor]

Btw, doesn't Tom Six sound like a name for a porn director?

[Ivan Drago]

I found it well edited, hell, well made in general. Certainly, you don't think of its being edited on Final Cut Pro as a put down? I'm sure many recent independent films, especially documentaries have been edited using that software.

No, I'm not saying that to put it down at all. It's just that I've been studying film in college and therefore have had to use Final Cut Pro to edit my work, and know the default text font for the program from memory, so seeing the film's credits in Lucida Grande was just an observation.

[balmakboor]

No, I'm not saying that to put it down at all. It's just that I've been studying film in college and therefore have had to use Final Cut Pro to edit my work, and know the default text font for the program from memory, so seeing the film's credits in Lucida Grande was just an observation.

That's cool then. :)

[eternity]

Most films now are edited on Final Cut Pro, I thought.

But it seems as if The Human Centipede was edited BADLY on Final Cut Pro. Which it was. The whole thing reeks of amateur incompetency.

[Dukefrukem]

Most films now are edited on Final Cut Pro, I thought.


I'm pretty sure Avid still has the majority but FCP is up there.

[Ezee E]

I'm pretty sure Avid still has the majority but FCP is up there.
Avid probably on 90% of the movies with a budget over $10 million. FCP on a everything else.

[Dukefrukem]

Avid probably on 90% of the movies with a budget over $10 million. FCP on a everything else.

Good call.

I used to work for Avid btw.

[eternity]

Avid probably on 90% of the movies with a budget over $10 million. FCP on a everything else.Learned something today.

[D_Davis]

The whole thing reeks of amateur incompetency.

I didn't feel like that at all. It completely lacks the me-too stylings of today's young filmmakers. It's slow, the shots are held for long moments at a time, there is no quick-flash editing, and the entire thing is deliberate and somewhat plodding. If anything, I'd say it was a film from a much more seasoned, veteran director.

All-in-all, its a well made film. I just didn't care for it much.

[balmakboor]

I didn't feel like that at all. It completely lacks the me-too stylings of today's young filmmakers. It's slow, the shots are held for long moments at a time, there is no quick-flash editing, and the entire thing is deliberate and somewhat plodding. If anything, I'd say it was a film from a much more seasoned, veteran director.

All-in-all, its a well made film. I just didn't care for it much.

Thank you.

[balmakboor]

I thought the movie was directed with a very assured hand. The pacing was slow and confident. The visual style that of a director who knows what he's doing and saying. I don't think I'm far off in comparing it favorably to early to mid Cronenberg.

My disappointments with it were two:

The script had a killer concept that was unfortunately realized using too much of a boiler plate hero's journey template. I'm a big fan of the journey concept, but I don't like to see it when I watch a movie. Watching this was like staring at the template and watching the pieces plunk into place one by one. This did remind me though that horror movies have their own distinct way of approaching the hero and it is very important to identify the hero correctly -- here it is unabiguously the girl who becomes the middle segment. She is very much the same character as the surviving female of so many horror movies. She is the survivor -- if help comes in time -- but the rest of her life will be hell.

But the movie repeats that common theme -- way too common I think -- of young characters heading to a party with sex on their minds only to get derailed by some monster who tortures them mercilously. And for what? Wanting to do something as natural as having sex.