With Halloween coming up and after watching all of the scary YouTube clips in class today, I have been thinking about all the creepy things that are shown on T.V. and that sometimes occur in real life. Watching the clip of Children of the Corn made me think of the family that was murdered not too long ago. I have never seen all of that movie but that sparked the thought of the Gee family. When watching all of these movies, I think to myself, “Ew that is not right.” Yet, it is something that happens in real, everyday life. People do get murdered by others whether it is for revenge or just because something...snapped. To me, this just shows how much this world can be broken, fallen, and slightly twisted. I see how the media runs with this and how movies are made of these incidents. To me, this does not seem right and only gives more sick, brutal ideas about how to kill someone or hurt others. People learn from what they see and these movies may seem enjoyable at times but I think that they have the potential to spark something in the minds of others. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like watching scary movies and I am not saying that people who watch them are going to flip their lid and go on a killing spree. But I do think that people do learn from what they see. When I think of the Gee family and how they were innocently killed, my heart hurts for them. I cannot understand why these things happen and the only thing I can think of is that the world is broken.
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I do agree that sometimes movies go overboard. yeah, slightly more intense scenes do add to the horror of the film, but sometimes there is a line that gets crossed. for instance, in the last house on the left (the remake), the rape scenes were so intense that i was almost sick to my stomach. and in the hills have eyes, i felt that even the gore was pretty badass, it was a little too much. yeah scary movies are meant to give you a thrill ride, but when people get sick and have to leave the theater, then that's a little too much. there's entertainment and then just plain sick shit.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I feel the same way after watching the first saw movie.. And somewhat inconveniently am trying to plan a saw marathon party... I can't help but try to imagine what the writers based the show off of and what terrible events real people had to go through. It's just messed up. It might make for a good party, but it totally killed theirs. (No pun intended.)
ReplyDeleteAshley, your blog brings up an important point. To what extent does what we surround ourselves with define us?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I agree about the world being broken, but I wonder what our entertainment says about us as a culture? Not very uplifting.