Posts Tagged ‘slasher films’

You know what I mean. Those endings that leave it up to you, the viewer, to decide what has really happened.

I don’t mean the “What Happens Now?” endings where things are open enough for you to continue the movie as you please but it still feels complete.

I mean the “What Just Happened?” endings. The ones where really there is no right answer, so it can be whatever you want.

For the most part I hate those endings.

I want closure. I want something definitive. Because that makes a more interesting story. Leaving it up to me, nine times out ten, isn’t more creative, it’s just plain lazy, and giving me no credit as a viewer to accept the ending you really wanted me to see.

Obviously, I was inspired by “Inception” for this rant, because while it was a good movie, and enoyable all the way through, my husband and I both felt a little cheated when we got to the end because it did exactly what we feared but knew it would.

If you have not yet seen the film, you may want to skip this entry. There will be spoilers.
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I used to associate 3D movies more with IMAX theatres and huge blockbusters, but in the last couple of years 3D has really begun to take over. It’s everywhere now. TVs are even being made with 3D capability to keep up.

We live in a 3D world and apparently we want our entertainment to follow suit.

Well, it must be true because fans keep going and spending that ridiculous amount extra for plastic glasses. Personally, I don’t have a problem with movies coming out in 3D when it honestly enhances the experience. My problem is with the 3D overload.

Some movies are meant to stay 2D.
 
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You know exactly what I mean. In the majority of slasher films–and I don’t mean any generic horror film, I mean slashers–there is almost always one girl who manages to survive until the very end. She somehow does this despite having no qualities that set her above the other characters.

She is not smarter, faster, stronger, or more useful to society in any way. For all intents and purposes, she should die first.

The reason she lives is because those other characters are simply fodder to be thrown in the wake of her path where the killer can best get to them first.

She is the real villain.
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