High Tension (french horror) spoilers

lester1/2jr · October 18, 2005, 12:59:49 PM

three oranges- I wasn't being a tough guy. there is a logical amount of fight in even the weakest people. If this was thew first horror movie ever made I might agree with you, but come on. What's the point of recreating the cliches "scream" made fun of ten years ago? People aren't THAT helpless. even vaguely socialist people

Lycurgus1985 · October 18, 2005, 11:23:34 PM

I find amusing no one has mentioned how ludicrous the death sequences were in this movie! I mean come on! A guy gets decapitated by a wooden dressed being pushed very slowly! The most that dresser would have done is smash in his temple or snap/break his neck. But decapitate him?!?!?!?! What the Hell?!?!?!?!

I find this movie very overrated and moronic. Hell, the twist itself has been used so many times in many movies as of late it isn't even funny! I could have at least made the twist more believable and slightly original by:

1.) Having the killer actually exist but Alex hesitates to act because it's an opportunity to save Marie and prove her love to her.

or

2.) Have Alex hire the killer to do what he did so she could save Marie and prove her love to her.

That would have at least made the film more redeemable along with realistic death scenes. The movie is just way too ludicrous to be taken seriously. Hell, I take Troll 2 more seriously and that's as incoherent as it can possibly get!

Dunners · October 19, 2005, 10:26:31 AM

Just leave the troll alone guys, he's not gonna last for all that long. We've seen his type come and go quite speedily.

Three Oranges · October 19, 2005, 04:18:45 PM

Dunners:
Disagreeing = trolling. Got it. You are 1337.

For the person who responded reasonably:
The point in revisiting the slasher genre straight up is that "Scream' didn't really explode them or make them irrelevant, except perhaps to people who were already tired of the genre and wanted an opportunity to be smug. Tell a man who shows up at your door with a machete that the slasher thing has been totally done, and see if you don't still die.

That said, "Haute Tension" harkens back to an era that precendes the films lampooned by "Scream," the 70s exploitation and earlier slashers, and so the existence of "Scream" is doubly irrelevant.

Lycurgus1985 · October 19, 2005, 07:48:00 PM

Only the 70's exploitation horror films were hell of a lot better than High Tension. In fact, they p**s all over High Tension's grave!!!

Three Oranges · October 19, 2005, 09:38:07 PM

Well, yeah they do.

"High Tension" is a well-intentioned, passably entertaining movie that doesn't achieve near what it seems to think it does, given the title.

It delivers enough blood and lesbian masturbation to work from a bad movie standpoint. And the chase scene at the end is fairly awesome, if only because that saw is really big.

Dunners · October 20, 2005, 03:07:37 AM

You started this three oranges, so dont act high and mighty about being called on it.

Every few months some dumbass like you pops up and feels the need to rattle the cages here and every few months or so get banned for being nothing more than the common 'aintitcoolnews a***ole'.

Whats the difference between a disagreement and an argument? An argument doesn't end with one person acting like an s**thead, it starts with one person being an s**thead, s**thead.

Go back to your cave little troll, we don't need you here. The only trolls we like here are from those rotten 1980's films.

Three Oranges · October 20, 2005, 08:23:23 AM

Hi, Dunners...

As you may have noticed, all posts of mine have had something to do with the movie. In fact, the conversation stemming from my original post has been entirely in keeping with the tone of the initial post, which was hyperbolic and inflammatory in its own right.

Your posts (and now this one) have been the only ones that are wholly off-topic and personal. You are engaging in a common type of trolling in which you pose as the forum police. You have nothing to contribute to the thread, apparently. Have you even seen the movie?

Here's the most important part: The only guy who might possibly have been entitled to take offense didn't. Any harm done was therefore invented by you to give youreslef something to work up into a self-righteous froth about.

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Dunners · October 20, 2005, 11:01:33 AM

youreslef?

Three Oranges · October 20, 2005, 11:51:15 AM

Welcome to the bottom rung of the Internet ladder.

You found a typo and pointed it out. I notice you don't apply the same standard to your own posts. Worse than typos, you make actual spelling errors.

Good trolling, guy.

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Lycurgus1985 · October 20, 2005, 05:38:21 PM

I do have to agree with Three Oranges on this one Dunners. You're taking it all too seriously. Take a chill pill.

Three Oranges, you might want to step back too because you're falling into Dunners trap. You're getting personal now (with that last post) like he wants you to do. It's all too obvious. Don't give in to the bait.

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Dunners · October 20, 2005, 07:32:12 PM

"Welcome to the bottom rung of the Internet ladder. "

Love what you've done with the place. Seriously, it's quite well decorated with your ego as well the bed filled with teddybears and your autobiography entitled "If people don't like my opinion I make weak insults at them and expect to get away with it". Signed and autographed too. Nice to know theres some TP down here.

"Three Oranges, you might want to step back too because you're falling into Dunners trap."

...Yes, my trap...the one involves a large cardboard box thats help but by a stick on string made just for this type of situation.

*Box drops* ooh lets see what I caught now!..dang, it's Lycurgus1985 and he's too small! Guess I'll have to throw him back.

Lycurgus1985 · October 20, 2005, 07:43:29 PM

And should I be offended by this?
You made me laugh more than anything.

Besides, it's really not wise to accuse people of things you are guilty of yourself. It makes one look like a fool.

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Dunners · October 20, 2005, 07:52:11 PM

The box part is for humor yes. The first part however doesn't really concern you, so do stay out of it.

Oranges and I are taking care of this ourselves. I honestly dont see it lasting much longer as thats the way the flames go.

Three Oranges · October 21, 2005, 05:49:11 PM

"Three Oranges, you might want to step back too because you're falling into Dunners trap. You're getting personal now (with that last post) like he wants you to do."

I tend to respond to posts in the tone in which they're delivered. High road or low road ... I leave it up to my travelling companions.

"I honestly dont see it lasting much longer as thats the way the flames go."

My experience is that these things usually turn into last word competitions. I'll stop posting in this thread now, so that I win no matter what. Either you don't reply, and I get the last word, or you do reply, thus showing that you are trying to get the last word, and revealing yourself to be a petty troll. Either way, I win a thing that isn't worth winning.