tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post6403057684698008992..comments2023-11-02T05:10:17.211-07:00Comments on We Are Cursed to Live in Interesting Times: The InvitationMr. Subtletyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243495225217139453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post-7710300258787653272016-11-21T10:03:21.723-08:002016-11-21T10:03:21.723-08:00Obnoxious LA yuppies are kinda fascinating to me s...Obnoxious LA yuppies are kinda fascinating to me so I might have been a bit biased too :).Maciek Koronskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879067129273843235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post-72606050963736619252016-11-18T15:13:43.224-08:002016-11-18T15:13:43.224-08:00Ha, I think this movie may be an innocent victim o...Ha, I think this movie may be an innocent victim of my own prejudice. I just deal with the sort of people in the movie too much and find them personally annoying. On paper I should be into this movie -- I LIKE slow burn horror, and I think cults make great material for movies, as you say, being both inherently scary and a 'natural extension of religious thinking.' But for some reason I just couldn't get on board with this one. Maybe I was just in the wrong mood for it or something.Mr. Subtletyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243495225217139453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006231725501042931.post-6668093395262006762016-11-18T10:59:21.290-08:002016-11-18T10:59:21.290-08:00I liked it very much, although it was sold to me a...I liked it very much, although it was sold to me as Polański-style psycho-drama, with the slasher ending being a very welcome surprise. <br /><br />Didn't think it was hollow too - there was something very zeitgeisty about these young, well-off people politely believing in the stability of status quo to the point of missing some pretty obvious signs of impending doom.<br />I also liked the unforgiveness of its ideas about grief - like if your whole being isn't destroyed by having your kid killed, you're doing it wrong. Like that's the price of being a human. Pretty cool thought.<br /><br />Another thing - I just think that death cults are the bees knees. They just make so much sense! Its just like a natural extension of religious thinking - if death isn't the end, then why not just jump in? There's your cure for nihilism - make death the answer.<br /><br />But yeah, I get why this type of movie could be irritating for a horror lover. This shit just begs to be called "original; subversive" by some genre-hating asshole reviewer.Maciek Koronskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879067129273843235noreply@blogger.com