The harsh truth
-
Lord-Nihilus — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 04:25 PM)
In other words, you have to imagine the scary things, because they couldn't be bothered to actually put the scary things in the scary movie. Look, it was good for its time when you could believe it actually happened, but it's just not scary without the hype
"I think he said, Blessed are the Cheesemakers"
B.T.N -
third-gunman — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 04:54 PM)
Thats not the case at all.Infact they did shoot more scary things, but it worked better without them.
Think about it, what is scary to you might not be scary to me, so by implying the horror then everyone interprets their own fear and it becomes universal. Some of the best horrors and thrillers utilise this concept.
Unfortunately if you don't have much of an imagination, then you won't get much from this kind of movie.and its those people, like yourself, who get frustrated and call the movie and its makers rubbish, when thats clearly not the case.
The hype, background, legend, sub-documentaries, are all part of the experience of this film, and its bigger than just a 90-minute movie. The makers were also the first to do anything like this. Creatively speaking it was genius. ITs easy to rubbish it now, 17 years later after a hundred copycats have come around, and the genre has moved on so much.but these guys created it. They deserve credit for that alone. -
jpowell180 — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 11:39 PM)
Using one's imagination to suspend disbelief certainly enhances the film; back in '99 the creators spurred that on by the fake website - I knew it wasn't real, but I was able to "psyche" myself up into, at least on some level, feeling it was real.
This effect made TBWP truly thrilling for me; I arrived home to see my brother and his wife visiting; I proclaimed that they just HAD to see TBWP right away, so we went to see it that afternoon (2nd time that day for me).
At the theater, sitting behind us was some redneck who started making fun of the movie before it had even started; I pitied him, for he never got his money's worth out of the film, whereas I enjoyed it immensely!
Fast forward to 2016; my sister-in-law grants me permission to show my BWP DVD to my 14 y/o niece; my 10 y/o nephew showed up in the room and started to semi-watch it with us.
My niece thought it was interesting; I tried to get her psyched by telling her that Heather was my long-lost girlfriend, and that I was originally going to go into the woods with her, but she chose Mike instead; my niece was not scared one bit, and while she played along when I told her I dated Heather, she knew I was making it all up.
When she was six, I was telling her some bedtime stories, but was tired and ran out of ideas, so I started telling her the story of TBWP; the effect was more that I had anticipated, as she had become terrified (perhaps I'm too good of a storyteller?); needless to say, I was in the doghouse with my sister-in-law for that one. -
jbaker1-2 — 1 year ago(August 15, 2024 12:32 PM)
The harsh truth is this movie is an over-hyped, overrated, boring piece of crap with annoying characters and not much of a storyline. Word is the actors improvised most of it, and it definitely shows.
And spare me the usual quips about car chases and explosions.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it. -
AnthonySocksss — 1 year ago(August 15, 2024 02:55 PM)
Not enuff car chases and explosions
Melton1 Wanted for Pedophilia:
https://i.ibb.co/6cnPmJVr/IMG-0830.jpg
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Zjxk307CND0
