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Post by James on Dec 1, 2018 22:10:59 GMT
The Happening The Wicker Man I think those 2 are widely agreed that they’re too so-bad-it’s-good to take seriously. |
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Post by ravi02 on Dec 1, 2018 22:38:25 GMT
There was a Bigfoot-themed found footage film from a few years back called Willow Creek. It got glowing reviews and was heralded as one of the best horror films of the year.
I thought it was nothing more than a boring slog and the film's serious attempts at world-building (like showing the town of Willow Creek and its inhabitants) made me chuckle with laughter. I thought this was supposed to be a horror movie not a boring travelogue of redneck weirdos.
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Post by pennypacker on Dec 1, 2018 22:41:53 GMT
A lot of them. I tend to find humour where it definitely isn’t appropriate. The most “serious” scenes are often the funniest to me.
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 22:43:11 GMT
Killing of a sacred deer - I think that was the title I laughed out loud 4 or 5 times but I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant to be funny. It is meant to be funny. The movie is darkly comedic. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 22:47:59 GMT
Don’t forget about when Queen Latifah bitch-slaps the hell out of her lol.  "You can't go to bed dead, that sh*t would be redundant." |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 22:48:08 GMT
The Happening The Wicker Man I think those 2 are widely agreed that they’re too so-bad-it’s-good to take seriously. Both are meant to be funny imo. I will never believe that either were made to be serious, especially The Wicker Man. The entire premise is humorous and plays to Neil Lebute's war of the sexes theme that he uses repeatedly. The Wicker Man has a handful of brilliant comedic scenes and they are done to perfection. |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 22:55:12 GMT
The Exorcist. Is this really supposed to be "scary"?
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 22:56:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 23:03:50 GMT
I think those 2 are widely agreed that they’re too so-bad-it’s-good to take seriously. Both are meant to be funny imo. I will never believe that either were made to be serious, especially The Wicker Man. The entire premise is humorous and plays to Neil Lebute's war of the sexes theme that he uses repeatedly. The Wicker Man has a handful of brilliant comedic scenes and they are done to perfection. I've thought about The Happening being a satire of 50s horror/sci-fi movies, especially in light of The Visit which is definitely meant to be funny, but I've never heard Shyamalan actually come out and say it. Likewise, anyone from Wicker Man saying it's a comedy? It does play into the director's themes, though In the Company of Men wasn't exactly comical. |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 23:29:46 GMT
Both are meant to be funny imo. I will never believe that either were made to be serious, especially The Wicker Man. The entire premise is humorous and plays to Neil Lebute's war of the sexes theme that he uses repeatedly. The Wicker Man has a handful of brilliant comedic scenes and they are done to perfection. I've thought about The Happening being a satire of 50s horror/sci-fi movies, especially in light of The Visit which is definitely meant to be funny, but I've never heard Shyamalan actually come out and say it. Likewise, anyone from Wicker Man saying it's a comedy? It does play into the director's themes, though In the Company of Men wasn't exactly comical. In the Company of Men is most certainly comical as are all of his movies made before The Wicker Man, with the exception of Possession. I am not going to argue the matter. It says comedy first under the genre listing on imdb. The Wicker Man may be the most brilliant trolling effort in the history of film. I believe that Lebute set out to make a movie that is intentionally hilarious and intentionally awful and doing it in a sneaky way to make people think it was some kind of accident. This isn't Tommy Wiseau we are talking about here, Lebute is an intelligent and talented director and no one will ever make me believe that he didn't know exactly what he was doing. You don't have Nicolas Cage karate kick women and run around in a horribly designed bear suit without knowing it is hilarious. There are many movies that are unintentionally hilarious, but The Wicker Man is not one of them. Directors should never come out and say what they were going for and I hate when directors do that. However, Nicolas Cage did say it is meant to be a comedy, but he didn't say that until years after the movie was released. |
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Post by NormanClature on Dec 1, 2018 23:37:38 GMT
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 23:38:24 GMT
2012 Battlefield EarthBvS:Dawn of Justice Great answer. |
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Post by James on Dec 1, 2018 23:40:49 GMT
I think those 2 are widely agreed that they’re too so-bad-it’s-good to take seriously. Both are meant to be funny imo. I will never believe that either were made to be serious, especially The Wicker Man. The entire premise is humorous and plays to Neil Lebute's war of the sexes theme that he uses repeatedly. The Wicker Man has a handful of brilliant comedic scenes and they are done to perfection. Intentionally, they were made to be serious, except the fact that the directors didn’t know what they were doing. I don’t really have the desire to watch either of them, only for a cheap laugh. |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 23:47:19 GMT
Both are meant to be funny imo. I will never believe that either were made to be serious, especially The Wicker Man. The entire premise is humorous and plays to Neil Lebute's war of the sexes theme that he uses repeatedly. The Wicker Man has a handful of brilliant comedic scenes and they are done to perfection. I don’t really have the desire to watch either of them, only for a cheap laugh. Not in my opinion. I think The Wicker Man is one of the most misunderstood movies ever made. If you were more familiar with the director then you might think otherwise. I believe The Wicker Man is him trolling the audience. A couple of his previous very dark comedies involve characters psychologically tricking another character in the most sick ways possible and I think this was him tricking us. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 1, 2018 23:48:01 GMT
Many people hate The Last Action Hero … Absolutely HATE it ! They expected a typical Ahnuld picture and were disappointed to find that it was not and what is worse … it's mocking Ahnuld Movies !  . PLUS: Many simply don't get the in-jokes.
I found it to be a hoot and one of my fav Governator movies. Twins and Kindergarten Cop among small group of others. |
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Post by NormanClature on Dec 1, 2018 23:51:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 23:53:42 GMT
I've thought about The Happening being a satire of 50s horror/sci-fi movies, especially in light of The Visit which is definitely meant to be funny, but I've never heard Shyamalan actually come out and say it. Likewise, anyone from Wicker Man saying it's a comedy? It does play into the director's themes, though In the Company of Men wasn't exactly comical. In the Company of Men is most certainly comical as are all of his movies made before The Wicker Man, with the exception of Possession. I am not going to argue the matter. It says comedy first under the genre listing on imdb. The Wicker Man may be the most brilliant trolling effort in the history of film. I believe that Lebute set out to make a movie that is intentionally hilarious and intentionally awful and doing it in a sneaky way to make people think it was some kind of accident. This isn't Tommy Wiseau we are talking about here, Lebute is an intelligent and talented director and no one will ever make me believe that he didn't know exactly what he was doing. You don't have Nicolas Cage karate kick women and run around in a horribly designed bear suit without knowing it is hilarious. There are many movies that are unintentionally hilarious, but The Wicker Man is not one of them. Directors should never come out and say what they were going for and I hate when directors do that. However, Nicolas Cage did say it is meant to be a comedy, but he didn't say that until years after the movie was released. I'm not arguing with you, I just remembered the movie being more depressing and disturbing than funny. Pretty pitch black comedy, I guess. I've heard people say Guys Van Sant's Psycho is also a troll job, though I'm more inclined to believe it in this case. It's one thing to spell out the message or meaning of your movie, it's another to keep secret what genre you were going for. Haha. |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 1, 2018 23:57:44 GMT
In the Company of Men is most certainly comical as are all of his movies made before The Wicker Man, with the exception of Possession. I am not going to argue the matter. It says comedy first under the genre listing on imdb. The Wicker Man may be the most brilliant trolling effort in the history of film. I believe that Lebute set out to make a movie that is intentionally hilarious and intentionally awful and doing it in a sneaky way to make people think it was some kind of accident. This isn't Tommy Wiseau we are talking about here, Lebute is an intelligent and talented director and no one will ever make me believe that he didn't know exactly what he was doing. You don't have Nicolas Cage karate kick women and run around in a horribly designed bear suit without knowing it is hilarious. There are many movies that are unintentionally hilarious, but The Wicker Man is not one of them. Directors should never come out and say what they were going for and I hate when directors do that. However, Nicolas Cage did say it is meant to be a comedy, but he didn't say that until years after the movie was released. I'm not arguing with you, I just remembered the movie being more depressing and disturbing than funny. Pretty pitch black comedy, I guess. I've heard people say Guys Van Sant's Psycho is also a troll job, though I'm more inclined to believe it in this case. It's one thing to spell out the message or meaning of your movie, it's another to keep secret what genre you were going for. Haha. Of course it is just a theory of mine. If Neil Lebute's point really was to troll the audience then it would make sense that he never come out and say what his intention really was. Gus Van Sant actually said that he just wanted to make a Psycho remake so that nobody else would. Psycho is a very poor troll attempt if that was the case because most people don't like that movie in any way, whereas The Wicker Man is considered one of the greatest awful movies ever made. Either that is accidental or Lebute is actually a fucking genius. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Dec 2, 2018 0:09:30 GMT
I'm not arguing with you, I just remembered the movie being more depressing and disturbing than funny. Pretty pitch black comedy, I guess. I've heard people say Guys Van Sant's Psycho is also a troll job, though I'm more inclined to believe it in this case. It's one thing to spell out the message or meaning of your movie, it's another to keep secret what genre you were going for. Haha. Gus Van Sant actually said that he just wanted to make a Psycho remake so that nobody else would. What exactly did he mean by this? I've never understood this reasoning. |
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Post by James on Dec 2, 2018 0:10:03 GMT
Intentionally, they were made to be serious, except the fact that the directors didn’t know what they were doing. I don’t really have the desire to watch either of them, only for a cheap laugh. Not in my opinion. I think The Wicker Man is one of the most misunderstood movies ever made. If you were more familiar with the director then you might think otherwise. I believe The Wicker Man is him trolling the audience. A couple of his previous very dark comedies involve characters psychologically tricking another character in the most sick ways possible and I think this was him tricking us.That makes sense. Still, what doesn’t make sense is why this director thought it’d be a wise idea to use this technique in a remake of a serious horror classic. It just doesn’t fit, IYKWIM. |
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