That was no joke!

I totally had it coming. After seeing Land of the Dead I was saying that it didn’t freak me out and that I was longing for movies that affect me more and deeper and y’know. I guess I got what I asked for this time.

Funny Games (1997)

Director: Michael Hanneke / Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch

I spent last night watching movies with some guys here and Dave (film critic, film lover, funny guy, good friend) suggested we’d see a german movie called Funny Games.

Man! That was something else. It was very good and so real (and unreal too for that matter!) that I almost swallowed my knees and barfed them out through my ears. I can’t remember feeling this emotional about a movie since “Requiem for a Dream”. We had a great talk about the movie afterwards and it really added a lot to the experience. I’d had a rough week and my stressful mood reacted very strongly with the agony of some of the people in the movie. I was truly horrified at times, but after all – isn’t that what a good horror movie should do? It made me think and I often feel refreshed after seeing a scary piece. I’m glad we saw it! Movies are great!