Review of Funny Games (1997) by Andrewanonymous — 27 Jan 2009
At first this movie had me very excited and I was quite scared at certain points during the film. However, as the movie went on certain occurences made me less impressed with this shot-for-shot remake.
Yes this film had a successful plot, characters and suspense factor however it was filled with dissapointing, and at times 'random', moments. One scene dragged on for nearly 8 minutes without any camera angle change and with hardly any dialogue; 5 minutes definitely added a suspenseful thrill but boredom set in once patience wore thin.
The second, confusing 'trip-out' which completely threw me off was a scene when a character literally rewound what had just happened and completely changed the outcome. With no hints of supernatural power, this was random and frustrating and left me wanting an explanation which I never seemed to receive.
This accompanied with pointless shots and dialogue gives FUNNY GAMES a four.
This review of Funny Games (1997) was written by Andrewanonymous on 27 Jan 2009.
Funny Games has generally received positive reviews.
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