Saturday, July 18, 2009
Drag Me to Hell
On Wednesday i went to see the movie Drag Me to Hell, the one we talked about in class. It was quite the movie. It's hard for me to explain how I feel about it. I was terrified in the begining, nauseous during some parts, and spent the rest of the time laughing! It was the most interesting movie I have ever seen. I will admit though that I am honestly really glad that I went. It was really entertaining! The movie was a good combination of humor because of the sarcasm and cheesy effects, and also scary. It had all the classic elements of a horror story, curse, creepy old lady, timid, torrmented girl, demons, graveyard during a thunderstorm, and posesed talking animlas. Quite the movie right? I thought the plot was really well written, the story line was odd yes, but intruiging. Thats where the affect of the "scary movie" sets in. Something about us, as humans, is so intrigued by whole horror film idea. We watch people be tortured by deamons, get thrown up on, be stalked by creepy ladies, and suffer from fear and paranoia and we laugh, or get frightened or feel suspense, whatever the case we don't stop watching, which is weird. For some reason we have got to watch! for that same reason I sat and watched this entire film!
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It sounds like a good one then.. wish I could have attended with ya'll. If there are any other showing, I wonder if she will allow a second group to go as a class. But yeah, it is interesting how we as humans respond to that type of entertainment. We are grossed out and yet we still continue to view such material. I wonder if that has something to do with our society or is it that we as humans are just twisted. Maybe one day we will know. But yeah, cheesy gore films are the best!
ReplyDeleteThis is also one of the questions I'm fascinated with and have been researching and thinking about for a few years. Why are we so pulled in by this kind of stuff? I think it's because it gives us a bit of a thrill, it makes us remember that death is near and it teaches us something about ourselves. I thought this movie was very moral in its message as well, which is often the case in horror films. They usually reinforce moral ideals, and this one was about treating people with respect and compassion instead of getting caught up in ourselves and what we think is important for us. It's also like riding a roller coaster. :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It made me happy to see you there, and I'm really pleased that you didn't hate it!