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Ok it's still bugging me

posted 13 years ago by sarahhhha
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First of all, I actually enjoyed this film much more than I thought I would. The acting was surprisingly good, and I like how they achieved the whole 'serial killer' effect without tons of gore. I also feel it was more realistic in many ways than other films in this genre (i.e how Liz was confused with how to properly use the guns. I love how in most films like this, they just assume the average 19 (or however old) year old girl has experience loading, firing, and reloading various gun models lol. I know I would be pretty damn confused)

BUT *spoilers*
The scene where Liz goes in to save Kristy and manages to shoot the guy...she unties her friend and then just whacks him twice on the back??? I don't know why but this is still bugging me! I would take advantage of the fact that he's unconscious and make sure he's either dead, or will not move without medical help lmao! I mean...whack his head...multiple times.. his legs...find a brick... do whatever! But the fact that she just left him there with a minor gunshot and two halfhearted hits to the back irked me! I know she probably was not thinking clearly but still...crazy serial killer is on the ground, defenseless...now's the time to take advantage of that and make sure he doesn't get up again xD
Did this bug anyone else or is it just me? :P

[–] Soodinum 12 years ago

You kind of answered the question yourself with your comments on the girl not knowing how to handle the gun. You said that was more realistic.

The truth is, no matter how much danger they were in, not every person, and maybe more especially, not every young woman, is going to go from normal to able to beat another human to death, slash his throat, whatever in such a brief period. It's a huge step to take, and while it might be easy to do on paper (kill a downed killer), it probably isn't as easy in the situation. And things like fear and panic would of course screw with one's thinking at a time like that.

Thinking hypothetically from an armchair, it might seem logical that [threat of being murdered] ---> [able to commit murder] is natural or normal progression, but for many people (especially in such a short period of time) it wouldn't happen that quick in real life.

It seems to me to be a realistic possibility that a girl in that amount of panic and fear would take steps to neutralize the guy, and then hightail it out of there.

In other movies, even more cliched horror flicks, there's usually a big deal about the line that gets crossed when a victim becomes a killer (remember Tommy killing Jason in FT13th: final chapter?); the point is that it's shown as no small deal, the crossing of that line.

'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings.

[–] superchook692005 11 years ago

I agree, hell, I would try stabbing him with the rifle barrel, or grab his knife, (if he still had it strapped to his side) Or grab the crossbow that is hanging there.

[–] amkatz 11 years ago

I seem to recall a study done after the second world war revealing that quite a few soldiers while under enemy fire never actually discharged their weapons in the direction of the enemy. During the Civil War it wasn't unusual find dropped muskets with multiple loads in the barrel, having never been fired.

Wolf Creek to me is certainly the most extreme example of that thriller/horror genre device in which the victim gains temporary advantage of the villain but fails to follow through & make it permanent, giving the villain another chance to prevail.

It can be annoying, & is certainly frustrating if you're rooting for the victims. But it's also pretty consistent with human psychology & the protagonists' experiences in life at that point.

[–] MydnightRose 11 years ago

This is a horror cliche I have always hated and it usually involves women. They hit the psycho once and think that is enough to keep them safe. The one I remember most is in Halloween when she just stabs him in the eye. If you can't bring yourself to kill the person trying to kill you then at least take some body parts off that are vital to him to keep chasing you. Get a log and hammer and go "Misery" on his a$$. Crush his hands are cut them off!

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[–] koffeenkreame41-1 11 years ago

This is a horror cliche I have always hated and it usually involves women. They hit the psycho once and think that is enough to keep them safe. The one I remember most is in Halloween when she just stabs him in the eye. If you can't bring yourself to kill the person trying to kill you then at least take some body parts off that are vital to him to keep chasing you. Get a log and hammer and go "Misery" on his a$$. Crush his hands are cut them off!

^^Thiss, LOL, I agree, it happens a lot. I remember kinda LOL'ing when she stabbed him in the eye, you knew it wouldn't keep Michael down. Just like most people knew that Mick would get up from that. I remember Scream made a joke about it.

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[–] koffeenkreame41-1 11 years ago

I agree, hell, I would try stabbing him with the rifle barrel, or grab his knife, (if he still had it strapped to his side) Or grab the crossbow that is hanging there.

I would've done the same.

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[–] ajaxstamp 11 years ago

Why take time to try to kill a person when all you want to do is gET away? It takes courage to stay there and finish him off when he may get up again any minute. Fight has happened, flight kicks in. This happens in many horror/thriller movies, especially with women characters. Unless of course the movie wants to show the moment when the victim becomes the same as the perpetrator. That is also a scripting technique.

And contrary to all the movie scenes, in real life the human body is hard to kill.

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[–] michaeluk26 11 years ago

Just watched it for the first time and was loving it until that scene. It completely took me out of the movie.

Haters gonna hate

[–] michaeluk26 11 years ago

Just watched it for the first time and was loving it until that scene. It completely took me out of the movie.

Haters gonna hate

[–] mortalmadmatt 11 years ago

I totally agree. She should have bashed his head in with the butt of the rifle, or grabbed his knife and stabbed him in the neck. Then all three of them would have lived and there would be no more future victims.

[–] trombleykyle 10 years ago

Point blank: It's A movie, and there would be no movie if she bashed in his skull, the first 25 minutes of the film lol. Anyway, I agree with you. There's countless horror movie moments where the captors, or the people that are on the run at some point think knocking the killer out, is going to cut it. I've been shot by someone before (by accident, and it's A long story lol) but it hit me in the foot. That ended up needing medical attention, and it was more serious then I thought. That said, he was shot in the neck. I know it ended up just being A grazing wound, but she's not combat trained, or even A hunter, so she probably thought that it would be enough to keep him down..

[–] HellJumper15 10 years ago

While I agree that she could have found another means of killing Mick, what I got out of the whole scene was that she couldn't figure out how to reload the rifle so she just panicked and hoped that he would stay down long enough for them to escape.

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[–] KutWrite (1334) 8 years ago

An easy solution: Liz hits him in the head, but though she thinks she hits him point blank (to use your term), she maybe breaks his collar bone.

This was used to good effect in the Steve McQueen version of "The Getaway." [spoiler]"Doc" gave it his all to finish Rudy, and it showed just how powerful, relentless and evil Rudy was by getting himself fixed up enough to continue chasing the duo. [/spoiler]