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Trite Garbage

posted 8 years ago by stevew84
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Another home invasion movie with a twist...how many is that now over since about 2010?

Really tired of flicks like this, with all the need for twists or ambiguity for ambiguity's sake.

I rooted for the blind man. Sure, he wasn't right in doing what he did, but that doesn't justify three degenerates breaking in and stealing his money. If anything, break it and see what's really happening, then leave to call the cops. Or at least try to. An anonymous tip would suffice.

My wife laughed at the baster scene, as did I. To all these people getting offended and looking for a deeper meaning behind certain plot points/scenes...there aren't any here. At least not in the feminism/women empowerment realm. What could be taken from this is that people shouldn't be judged on face value alone.

[–] yuankun99 8 years ago

I rooted for the girl to die. She was the most selfish b!tch who got her friends killed for the money. Sure she and her sister lived in a bad home but that doesn't justify steal or even murderer.

[–] stevew84 8 years ago

Oh yea, there's a message. If you're in a broken home, turn to crime and it will make the life of yourself and loved ones that much better.

[–] yuankun99 8 years ago

Oh yea, there's a message. If you're in a broken home, turn to crime and it will make the life of yourself and loved ones that much better.

Exactly, the message in this movie is very clear.

[–] bangel144 8 years ago

Idiots. Idiots everywhere.

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[–] yuankun99 8 years ago

Oh boy. You should read the script. Her main motivation to steal the money is to leave town with her boyfriend. She's an only child. The sister bit was added in the movie last minute.

I'm talking about from what the movie showed to us. The movie showed that she only cared for the money. There were so many scenes that she should have said to herself, screw the money, life is more important. I have to get out of here alive with my friends. But she always chooses the money.

If she wanted so bad to escape from her home with her sister, she could try look for a job somewhere, and why is it that she wants to go to California? Even the coffee there cost like 10 bucks.

Looks like she just wanted a easy way out to live on luxury without have to earn it.

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[–] carjones51 8 years ago

Agreed! I also rooted for her death, and I had no sympathy for her during the turkey baster scene. I just feel when you break into someone's home w/the intent of stealing their stuff, you get what you get. I was hoping she'd. I F'ed through the last part of the movie b/c I was over it by that point and was so sad to see she got away w/his money. If she had left w/no money, I would have been happier and could have accepted her living better but the fact that she got away w/the money enraged me.

[–] ericachristine 8 years ago

It was decent, intense. The annoying part is the stupidity seen in every horror movie and the lack of common sense. Dude is blind, hence, his sense of hearing and smell is going to be insanely keen, so make sure you whimper and yell and scream. Then when you handcuff him downstairs, make sure you don't do anything else to ensure the dude doesn't get free in 5 seconds. Then instead of running your a$$ off after you lock the dog in the car, just lay there and cry. Just common sense GONE, as per I usual in society now.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 8 years ago

I can't believe they tried to pull off the turkey baster insemination idea with a serious face. Everyone's reaction is to laugh at something like that. It's something out of a silly horror comedy, it had no place in this otherwise serious flick.

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[–] Nhanna5094 8 years ago

I thought it was terrifying! Nobody laughed in my theater

[–] Screen_Queen 8 years ago

Totally agree. Okay, guy who is blind terrorises the burglers who try to rob his house - but also he's keeping the girl who killed his daughter alive and impregnated and is about to impregnate this girl without "rape"? HAHAHAHA okay, this movie was actually suspenseful until that point, then it got bloody ridiculous. Get the f$@k out.

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[–] MarwoodWalks 8 years ago

Using a turkey baster is still rape. The old guy didn't understand the law if he thinks he wasn't a rapist...he was.

"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."

[–] MarwoodWalks 8 years ago

I rooted for the blind man. Sure, he wasn't right in doing what he did,

So Kidnapping, Rape and Murder vs Breaking and entering and you think the psycho blind guy is in the right?

"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."

[–] jpc-19 8 years ago

He didnt rape, he used a turkey baster, cause thats how conception works. He was blind, how was he gonna make a living when they took all his money. They did deserve everything they were getting, except her.

[–] MarwoodWalks 8 years ago

He didnt rape, he used a turkey baster,

um, really dude, Thats still rape.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States

Rape in the United States is defined by the Department of Justice as "Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object,

He was a kidnapper, rapist, and murderer, he was 100 times worse than the thieves.

"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."

[–] iwantatoupee 8 years ago

It's just baffling A) How they films get made, and B) That people will watch them and score them 7/10.

[–] MarwoodWalks 8 years ago

I liked it, its a 7/10 from me. You didn't like it, your opinion is noted and dismissed.

"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."

[–] jharmon64 8 years ago

I really liked it and I enjoyed the twist.

8/10 from me.

I can't think of any other recent home invasion films myself.

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[–] Hold_the_door 8 years ago

I though it was surprisingly authentic and truly scary.

[–] Xasablanc 8 years ago

Really tired of flicks like this, with all the need for twists or ambiguity for ambiguity's sake.

What twist?

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[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

Blind man had a girl enslaved in his basement and he impragnated her?

[–] Xasablanc 8 years ago

Not a twist, though. A surprising and dramatic turn of events but not really a twist.

We already knew the blind man was a madman when the slave girl appeared. She didn't really change anything in the plot. She only revealed some background about the blind man's actions and motives. Everything else remained the same.

True Self is righteous. It's a conspiracy to portray Man as a savage that needs taming and policing.

[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

BS! Unless you guess, or it was hinted, that he had someone enslaved in his basement, then it is a twist. That it was his daughter's killer and he wanted to impregnate her? C'mon... If that isn't a twist then you don't know what a twist is.

[–] Xasablanc 8 years ago

No, a twist is not something you didn't know was going to happen. A twist is something contrary to what you "knew" was happening but which turns out to be something else.

The enslaved girl just added to the wickedness of the blind man. It didn't change or twist anything.

Here's what Internet says about what a twist is:

A plot twist is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative.

True Self is righteous. It's a conspiracy to portray Man as a savage that needs taming and policing.

[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

Another home invasion movie with a twist...how many is that now over since about 2010?

Don't watch them then, moron. You think I watch YA novels adaptations just to whine about them on iMDB boards?

My wife laughed at the baster scene, as did I.

Your wife is a dumb bitch. Unsurprising she has no self-respect if she married you.