84 minutes long--including previews. The first 20-30 minutes was an introduction to the characters we'd be following and who we would ultimately watch die some horrific and untimely deaths.
We went through an hour of shaking, plunging, falling video recordings and when the camera was actually focused on the happenings we were exposed to blood, monsters, rats, and death.
It was a film that was destined for two things: to cause motion sickness and to scare (especially young children [oh and the girl beside me with a strong hand squeeze])
But you'd say... it's rated 18A for violence, language, and gore, it should not be an issue whether young children would be frightened by it.
But let i remind you of the multitude of responsible parents in this marvelous world of ours. For within the first minutes of the action in the film, a young girl (and when i say young i mean our estimates for her age were between 5 and 8) seated behind us said "Daddy i'm scared."
And WHAT, you may ask, did this responsible parent do. Well, of course he said "Shit, not this again!" and did nothing at all except perhaps hold her hand...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR WOLRD?!
The movie ended like one of Ibsen's plays, except with less solution and more deaths.
A fellow audience member exclaimed what everyone else was thinking "are you kidding me!?" (we received no answer)
And the boys, well, they've learned their lesson, they know they failed. And so next time... Girls get to choose the movie!
~time for a happy ever after~
1 comment:
I was totally thinking Ibsen too!!!
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