Saw it once...never want to see it again. It was a good movie but the ending freaked me...& I'm deeply suspicious of the "buffs" who watch it over and over since once you know what happens a re-watch just becomes an exercise in sadism...not a popular opinion I know. I thought Equus was vastly superior in every respect.
Thanks for reading notwithstanding how you feel about the film.
Whether or not it should be characterised as a horror film (which again is debatable), I think it’s probably fair to say that the ending is supposed to freak you (like the ending of Equus) - I’d agree that there’s something almost brutal about the joke played on its central character. But the same thing you hate is one of the things I love, and I can only hope that doesn’t speak to a latent sadism in my character
I'm extraordinarily touchy about anything involving innocent victims being toyed with by sadists in the name of religion - I went to a Christian Brothers School...I'll leave the rest to you to work out...
Such a great movie, and I haven't seen it in years. The weather's getting warmer: I'll have to give it a rewatch.
Me too!—yet another one that I’ve never seen in a cinema and want to…
Saw it once...never want to see it again. It was a good movie but the ending freaked me...& I'm deeply suspicious of the "buffs" who watch it over and over since once you know what happens a re-watch just becomes an exercise in sadism...not a popular opinion I know. I thought Equus was vastly superior in every respect.
Thanks for reading notwithstanding how you feel about the film.
Whether or not it should be characterised as a horror film (which again is debatable), I think it’s probably fair to say that the ending is supposed to freak you (like the ending of Equus) - I’d agree that there’s something almost brutal about the joke played on its central character. But the same thing you hate is one of the things I love, and I can only hope that doesn’t speak to a latent sadism in my character
I'm extraordinarily touchy about anything involving innocent victims being toyed with by sadists in the name of religion - I went to a Christian Brothers School...I'll leave the rest to you to work out...
Oh dear - I’m sorry to hear that.