I don’t think I can watch movies that are “brutal” anymore. I love comedic gore but that’s about it. But movies that ate just downers I can’t watch anymore. I went through a phase where I was curious so I watched movies like A Serbian Film, irreversible, murder set pieces, etc. but none of it did anything for me. I crave a good horror movie once in a while but it’s so rare to watch something I actually enjoy. I think I might just be too old...?
I feel very similar. By the time Irreversible came out I was already way past my "have to watch everything that's extreme" phase; I skipped through most of the rape scene that in my opinion couldn't have added anything to any movie and then soon lost interest and switched dvds. What little I gathered from it, Irreversible is a fake arthouse exploitation movie that pretends to be about futile, literally mis-directed and impotent male revenge dishing out similarly blind rage and violence as the perpetrator, yawn, what else is new? Serbian Film, which came out 8 years later, I ended up watching in full
simply to be able and voice the informed opinion that this was
pubescent, pretentious garbage with shit effects and a predictable,
pointless "story". The only shocking thing was that there were some
idiots out there who took this limp provocation attempt serious.Violation is an entirely different movie, written and directed by two women and even though it's a grueling watch for some sequences it's as much of a character study as a realistic depiction of what it takes for and maybe takes away from a person to follow the urge of deadly revenge. There's disturbing violence but very little "gore" given the subject matter.Maybe check out this short and fitting review with no spoilers:
A tale of trauma, betrayal and revenge between sisters that confronts the audience with its own complicity
www.theguardian.com
