Hi Megaman2005,
I'm a 40 year old woman who is a horror and sci-fi fan and I hate to break it to you, but this WAS some "kiddie version" of a “horror film”.
The scenes I believe that most people are referring to aren't the hospital scenes where she was being carried and then later thrashing around (which was soooo realistic as there was NO HOSPITAL STAFF there at night or security cameras catching all the action... give me a f-ing break)
Anyway, what some adults probably noticed was…
1. The scene in the bathroom where the camera did a very slow pan from the back of her towards her reflection in the mirror…
Now granted, in REAL life 10 year old kids go to bed in just underwear and a tee shirt or whatever all the time. But this was not a scene where a little girl was running down the hall on her way to bed in her underoos. And in other scenes, she was wearing a Little House On The Prairie night gown as a contrast of her innocence to the looming invisible evil threat. That’s a text book visual taken right from The Exorcist.
But that clingy white night gown in that bathroom scene… my god! It wasn’t that it was short, it was that it was showing the shape of her butt in a very J-lo sort of way. Why didn’t they have her wear that same innocent looking nightgown for THAT scene? Oh I KNOW, it was because they were using a slow zoom from behind. What difference would it make if she were just to wear that other more innocent night gown? Would the scene be less realistic and therefore less scary? No. In fact, what she wore did just the opposite. It distracted from the scene as I couldn’t help but to notice how inappropriate it was and wondered what the hell the director was thinking. Oh, wait… I know what he was thinking. He was thinking that pre-teens are the new teens so it’s ok to sexualize a child.
And before you even try and go there, I’m no where near some kind of a judgmental prude (I’ve see it all kid, trust me) nor am I the opposite and some kind of a perv for even “thinking that way”. A perv would say, “Ooooo” whereas an aware adult would notice and say, “Oh my GOD. Wtf!”
2. The other 2 or 3 scenes where they wanted her to appear “evil” by putting her in a super short dark grey tee shirt “dress” while wearing black boots and lots of eyeliner. Pluheeeeez! I think this is the “lack of pants” outfit that some people were referring to and it was a very UN-realistic outfit for a 10 year old. Unless she was a 10 year old pole dancing wannabe goth.
Sorry if I sound harsh, but my other friends and I found a few of those scenes inappropriate, distracting, and annoying. Not enough for it to ruin the whole film for us though as we all had a great time…although I found myself laughing and having fun more than being “scared”.
But maybe that’s because I’m a little jaded from seeing way too many real horror films.
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TommyCSL
12 years ago
The scenes I believe that most people are referring to aren't the hospital scenes where she was being carried and then later thrashing around (which was soooo realistic as there was NO HOSPITAL STAFF there at night or security cameras catching all the action... give me a f-ing break)
LOL, I work in a hospital, and use to work security in a hospital and I can tell you that most of the cameras in a hospital on on the exits, and there are parts of a hospital, especially the physical therapy department where no staff is at during the night. Hospitals are not prisons, people are allowed to leave and unless a patient is critical and needs to be watched all the time the staff doesn't pay that close of attention to them unless they are hitting their call button. That scene was a very realistic scene.
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mdx
12 years ago
TommyCSL is right. I stayed in hospitals a couple of times. At night...a floor with patients staying there might only have a couple of nurses on duty.
But all the other floors with no hospital beds would be completely empty.
I used to wonder around hospitals at night becoz of insomnia and there are whole sections where the lights are turned off and no one around except other insomnia-wracked patients. And I am talking about a large hospital.
There is no way those exits will have cameras since cameras are generally placed at the lobby entrance or where there is a lot of foot traffic. But staircase exits don't have cameras because they won't have the manpower to monitor every single exit.
People often mistake normal hospital for ER. ER is packed with people because the injured have nowhere else to go at 4 in the morning so it's a completely different ecosystem. And yes, they will have many cameras because ER is a dangerous place to be so monitoring for future disputes is necessary.
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sidz79
12 years ago
But that clingy white night gown in that bathroom scene… my god! It wasn’t that it was short, it was that it was showing the shape of her butt in a very J-lo sort of way. Why didn’t they have her wear that same innocent looking nightgown for THAT scene? Oh I KNOW, it was because they were using a slow zoom from behind. What difference would it make if she were just to wear that other more innocent night gown? Would the scene be less realistic and therefore less scary? No. In fact, what she wore did just the opposite. It distracted from the scene as I couldn’t help but to notice how inappropriate it was and wondered what the hell the director was thinking. Oh, wait… I know what he was thinking. He was thinking that pre-teens are the new teens so it’s ok to sexualize a child.
I'm a woman too and i agree with you 100%... It was really awkward to watch a 10 year old dressed up like that and no I'm not talking about the hospital gown.
Even at the end, when they showed both sisters sleeping on the floor, the way the camera showed them was definitely borderline pedo.
I don't usually make a brouhaha about such things but these were pre-teens for God's sake.
It was quite disturbing to watch.
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BartholomewRoberts
12 years ago
Hey RitaJeanDotCom,
I agree, with you 100% I`m a 30 y.o. Latin American, I watched this movie with my girlfriend and we both look at each other and said, WTF! Okey maybe in Latin America we are a little more square than in north America, but the scene in the bathroom is just wrong, sexualizing a 10 y.o in a movie its IMO one of the reasons that you guys have sooooo many sex offenders (we have also of course, but not as many) in sum those scenes are inappropriate, shame on Hollywood, the director, the editor, film crew, ans specially her PARENTS!!!
Life is full of choices... pick ONE!
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masuka-fan
12 years ago
I guess you are one of those people who blames the victim for dressing inappropriately when she gets raped.
If you think a girl in her nightclothes is "sexualized" then you are the one with the problem.
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HDDeer
11 years ago
If a girl is in short shorts or a skirt that just reaches down below their ass it's not because they think it looks nice, it's because they want attention from guys, in some instances it can be the girls fault that they set off the pedo, but it boils down to both their faults.
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goodbyeenemyairship
11 years ago
Let's be totally honest & say there is some truth to what you are saying (not the pedo being partially free of blame part), in many cases a young girl is seeking male attention by dressing provocatively.
But on the other hand, there are some young girls who do see other girls - perhaps a little older, perhaps a model in a magazine or an actress on TV, dressing in such a way & either develop their own fondness for risque fashion or dress that way simply to emulate girls they themselves want to be or look like.
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masuka-fan
11 years ago
I specifically referred to rape.
"Passion is just insanity in a cashmere sweater!"
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jbaker1-2
11 years ago
Ironic, isn't it, that the people who complain the loudest about the sexualization of young girls don't seem to realize that they're the worst offenders in that regard. After all, they're the ones who noticed it first... <G>
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masuka-fan
11 years ago
I bet these are the same people that never miss an episode of "16 and Pregnant," either.
"Passion is just insanity in a cashmere sweater!"
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jones8557-1
12 years ago
I'm a 38 year old woman and said the same thing. I thought her bedroom attire was too old for her. My nieces are the age of the sister's and they still wear colorful clothing with cartoons on them. What Emily was wearing is what I would wear.
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