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This is one of those movies...

posted 12 years ago by geekeh
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...where I have noticed almost every single person who loves it just simply ADORES it. They praise it repeatedly, using many long-winded verbose sentences (like that one, I guess). They also enjoy taunting anyone who does not enjoy the film, saying, "Well I guess since it doesn't have any gore or someone in a mask or great special effects or a storyline you could follow without thinking about it, you WOULD be disappointed now wouldn't you?! Hmm, yes!" Another thing lovers of this film enjoy is calling it a "classic". I have to say I'm surprised I haven't seen a "gem" drop here or there, because pretentious people defending the films they love always call them that. Maybe I just didn't read the right thread.

The thing is, lots of people watch a lot of different films, like yours truly, and just because someone does not like your precious movie The Innocents, it does not mean they don't understand what a "good" movie is, or what "scary" is, or even that they didn't understand THIS movie, it just means that they called a spade a spade: they think this film is boring and just not creepy at all. Dismount your high horses, because not everyone ever HAS to agree with you, nor will they, so you may as well get used to it. Maybe there's some underlying reason why you so vehemently defend this film anyway. Can't imagine what it is, though....

[–] nikfyst 12 years ago

watching this right now... it's awesome

[–] daydreamer021979 11 years ago

I really don't know how I feel about this movie. You however seem to have some anger issues.

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[–] gorgsharpy 11 years ago

We just want to help raising you to the cookie's shelf,

[–] vilafire 11 years ago

You can see the intellectual growing pains in this post. Sad but encouraging!

[–] ElectricWarlock 11 years ago

Well, I personally think this film is great and if that makes me a pretentious snob; so be it. I do think that many people from this generation would find it "slow" and "boring" but that's because it is different from what they're used to watching. When people from the current generation think of horror films, they think of some short 90 minute film filled with loud jump scares every five minutes and this doesn't need any of that. It focuses on suspense, story, atmosphere, and interesting characters. People say the things mentioned in your OP because they're true. It IS a classic and it's a shame that most people of the smart phone generation doesn't have the attention span to appreciate something like it.

I've been waiting for you, Ben.

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[–] yusef-ghanima 10 years ago

and what exactly did scare you, people having fornication or an adult woman kissing a boy mouth to mouth twice?

i mostly will not be able to answer your reply, since marissa mayer hacked my email, no notification

[–] John_Dee_007 11 years ago

Maybe there's some underlying reason why you so vehemently defend this film anyway. Can't imagine what it is, though....

Haha who were you talking to when you wrote this? Some kind of collective elite in your head? Looks like you read some comments you didn't agree with, then created an internal dialogue and lost. Your entire post is dripping with teen angst and you sound as batty as Miss Giddens.

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[–] ichikiriyama-340-543822 11 years ago

I think you're missing the point. The OP isn't criticising anyone for enjoying the film. I think they take issue with watchers who do enjoy the film becoming highly defensive when another says that they don't really like it. And rather than accepting that not all people like the same thing, insinuate that they must not have enjoyed it because they aren't blessed with a high enough IQ.

I thought the film was creepy and very well filmed. I still didn't really enjoy it.

[–] ryanbarrett1018 11 years ago

Just finished watching this. It was freaking great. Anyone who doesn't like it is simply wrong. : )

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