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02-28-2011 02:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by _Richard_
(Post 17945371)
easier if one thinks of the 'villian' as the good guy.. darwins theory and all, root for the winning team
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i tried to do this at one point myself.. but you can't do it... the characters break all the rules of every story ever written and they suffer because of it. I know not all good stories have happy endings but you need to create characters with both good and evil in them to be believable and to be good. The truth is there is no such thing as pure evil and every time a horror movie, or even just a bad movie in general tries to create this it fails. Shit, you even feel sorry for Godzilla at certain points!
I often use Silence of the Lambs as a perfect example. People always yell out: "that's not a horror movie!" I disagree. It has scenes of overly graphic violence and it is scary as shit... exactly what horror movies try to do.
The monster in the movie is absolutely likable, almost to the point where you want to be this character. Intelligent, stylish INTERESTING. It is rare to see that in any horror film. Sure Jason is cool to look at and the idea of Freddy Kruger is awesome, but what they do with them is lame and stupid. Completely unbalanced and the movies become childish and boring because of it. They rely on things jumping out at you every 5 minutes to keep up the scare factor. That has the equivalence of a stand up comedian jumping into the audience and start tickling people and saying he is funny...
They can do better but they don't bother. I think Caligari has done his homework though so I might take his word on his suggestions.
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