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The fact that the family had a child that could not speak yet nobody had made any effort to learn or teach him sign language should have been a big red flag from the very beginning.
As a former interpreter for the Deaf and hard of hearing, I was thinking the same thing. There are some traumatic brain injuries, cognitive impairments or communication disorders that make it hard to communicate with any form of language. Maybe they came up with that sort of explanation. Although I completely agree with you. If a parent was like "yeah they can't talk and we're done trying to find any way to communicate", that would make me raise an eyebrow. Cause in almost all cases there is a way for some sort of communique. But I guess that was the point of the movie. Keep an eye out for red flags and only give so much benefit of the doubt! Sorry about the ramble! Just a topic I'm super interested in!
I think the 'protagonist' parents missing red flag after red flag is a big intentional part of the film. The goal of the movie is to make you hate those people for failing to protect their children. More than you hate the people that actually commit the crimes.
The only reason you don’t try to teach your child how to communicate is because you don’t want them to communicate what they witness. We see this in abuse/abduction cases where the victims are very little and sadly makes the crimes go unreported for a very long time, often until they are teens or adults
Both boil down to domesticated men failing to be protectors. When it comes to protecting your family, fuck being polite, be a rabid dog and save asking questions for later.
I think the warning is more like a story about expressing your true feelings instead of trying to present an image of a, polite, good, honest, or (insert positive adjective) person. What does it matter that somebody would interpret your actions and give you a devaluing name? If you aren't fucking with somebody, don't fuck with em.
@levischorpioen Agreed! That's the mist disturbing concept of that film. Good call. The whole idea that all of these atrocities occurred all because, well, "You were home." The idea of that sends chills down my back due to the fact that's how shit goes left in real life.
The actor playing George was Ulrich Mühe - a brilliant and well respected actor here in Germany. Sadly, cancer took him in 2007. Also, the woman playing his wife in the movie was Susanne Lothar - his actual wife. Sadly, while it isn't official, it is assumed she took her own life in 2012, unable to overcome her grief after losing him. She died one day before the fifth anniversary of Ulrich's death, so... yeah.
Yeah sometimes I feel like a bitch because I'm very blunt and direct. I've had people go off on me because of it, but I wasn't wrong and Ultimately everything worked out better for me. I took a self defense class once and they said if someone is trying to move you even a foot, always fight back because the odds are high that they will make you disappear. I apply this to people trying to take advantage of me socially too.
@@dismurrart6648I grew up very religious and woman are always to be quiet and meek. As I got older I always felt guilt for standing up for myself and became the biggest pushover. Now I’m 31 and the last few years I have been working to find that balance between standing up for myself and not feel guilty. I’m not a b*tch just because I hold my ground.
The first movie is so uniquely horrifying. It really shows an accurate picture of how people can feel like a frog boiling in a pot of water. Slowly you get each thing to ramp up a little bit more, and somehow no one sees it coming. Just to everyone who has kids, if your kid says they do not feel safe, always believed them. They'll always be the first to notice the Little things
From someone who was a victim as a child. I second this. People ignored me when trying to speak out and I'm the one who suffered from their bad decisions. So don't be like that please. Not only believe your kids but also please ask them why they feel weird or get "bad vibes" because kids tend to be brutally honest for the most part. There will be a reason.
@@urusaiinu It wasn't the frogs leg muscles they removed, it was their brain. This is especially relevant because they were looking for proof of souls existing. The hypothesis was that the soul resided in the brain, and they thought their results proved that. Obviously now we know the poor frogs were just lobotomised - or dead to begin with
The average person the moment a stranger (or even a person you know) does something to your kids it's the moment you leave and never talk to them again. But of course we so often hear horrifying tales on the news about people that would take horrific abuse and never try to escape/change their fate.
The first movie is the ultimate horror flick for people pleasers like me. Giving someone that pool chair even though I’m kind of using it is TOTALLY something I would do. 😂 If it’s not a major inconvenience to me, I just like making people happy and not being confrontational over the small things. This movie is so accurate portraying people pleasers and really taught me to be kind but stop being kind TO A FAULT. It’s actually a great message.
Literally my biggest nightmare. The only thing that would save my pushover ass is that I avoid socializing at all costs. You'll never catch me taking a trip with someone I barely know. Not even with someone I know well tbh lol Can't be a people-pleaser if there aren't any people to please 😬
You should give up the chair because they're meant for sitting on, not for holding your stuff. If someone asks for the chair to sit on, I'm pretty sure that not giving it up is the actual dick move
@@caprichaos I never thought being an introvert could possibly save my life in this type of scenario, but I can totally understand you 🥲 I would NEVER want to travel with anyone outside my family. I heavily disliked school trips and avoided staying over at friends places as much as possible. Our weaknesses can't be used against us if we avoid (most) people in general (as sad as that sounds lol) 😅🤣
As an adult who grew up with a severe people-pleasing personality and is finally going to therapy to learn how to make and keep boundries, Speak No Evil made me so terrified and sick to my stomach! Like, "that looks like something my younger self would have done" kind of sick.
Yeah no, I don’t believe it. All I meet are people who say, oh I used to be a people pleaser but now I know better so I’m just standing up to myself. Meanwhile all they’re doing is being dicks and excusing their behavior which, btw, was ALWAYS like that.
@@DSt3alth Dude the ending of that movie when she realizes she can't get out of the bathroom... dear god. One bazillion percent belongs on the list good call.
The thing about "Funny Games" and the phone situation is: It is a German family on holidays in Austria. So they don't necessarily know the number to dial for police ;) But yes, the whole movie is a subversion of usual horror movies. Which is why it also features common horror movie tropes, only to mock them. It tries to bring responsibility back to the viewer, not spoon-feed him regurgitated movie tropes.
There are a couple of emergency numbers that will work in basically every country. Like 110 and 112 which are the standard emergency numbers in Germany but will also work almost everywhere even in countries where they aren't the standard
That can't be right. At least their car has an Austrian license plate (Viennese to be exact), so I guess they're an Austrian family. Haven't seen the movie though
Denkst du überhaupt nach? Hast du das video gesehen? Sie sprechen deutsch das sind deutsche Schauspieler & es wird erwähnt das die dort im Urlaub sind. Du hast wohl weder den Film gesehen noch bei diesem video richtig aufgepasst. Idiot.
Funny games is not about holding the movie viewer captive against their will, but rather a commentary on how we as people enjoy watching movies with violence against innocents and seeking out media that contains this. The intruders are very clearly doing this for YOU, to entertain you, which is why they break the fourth wall. They are giving you what YOU wanted, a horror movie about torturing a family. It's so realistic and upsetting because that's the point, making you guilty. It's such a smart movie, and that's how I interpreted it
It’s a super interesting premise for a movie! Im always flip flopping on whether it’s a terrible movie or a great movie, as someone who hasn’t seen it and avoids watching it for the very reason it exists (hurting innocents for the audience). I’d love to see a behind the scenes look instead of actually watching the movie lol
It's kind of a faulty premise though. We don't enjoy hurting the innocents. We enjoy hurting the guilty. It's just that for the guilty to exist, there need to have been innocents to be hurt. Horror movies purposefully flip that around, which is why they're called horror movies. You're not supposed to identify with the villain in those movies.
@@crazydud3380Right. While it is similar. It also carries more meaning, because in the strangers, they said, it happened "because you were home" meaning there was less of a way to avoid what happened (although it could still have been done, if they'd been better armed, or more familiar with firearms, so as not to accidentally shoot their friend who shows up) On the other hand the line "because you let me" from the other movie, implies that if they'd done anything at all basically, to not conform to polite ideals, rather than just letting the other couple do whatever they want, then the whole thing could have been prevented.
@@crazydud3380 there was no reason in this either. "because you let me" is defo not a good "reason" or teachable moment. Its the same shit the actors just said some edgy lines.
This dudes videos have such an impeccable vibe to them. He mixes a tad bit of nerdy awkwardness with fucking impeccable comedic timing, and all sprinkled over with a tiny bit of “not afraid to commit to the bit”, and I fucking love it. Easily one of my favorite channels now.
It's possible to see it as a Biblical allusion. From Leviticus 20:2: "Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him." There is no cult of Molek in this film, but Bjørn and Louise failed to protect their daughter from the evil Dutch couple. Consequently, they'll have to pay for their sins in a Biblical way.
Timecodes for those who may want to skip along or need to recall the movie titles: 2:02 Speak no Evil (2022) 18:24 The Nightingale (2018) 31:48 Funny Games (1997/2007)
The PTSD scene in Nightingale is so realistic. I suffered from SA, and the way you described feeling like you can't escape the thoughts you want to avoid sometimes, and then you react in an extreme way phyiscally is exactly how it is for me. Like my body is physically shaking off the pain sometimes, and then I feel better and cleansed almost afterward.
11/10 exactly . As an SA survivor as well, that scene REALLY got me more than a lot of the other more gore inducing ones. I sobbed when she was able to sing without breaking eye contact. People don’t realize how much courage that takes
@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe but it still happened. you don’t have to have ptsd to have trauma. And experiences can never be compared because it’s all valid. You’re 100% valid and I’m so sorry you can even relate to a horrible experience in this movie. Much love
@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe of course love. I appreciate that so much and know that you don’t have to thank me for being honest. Just want to pay forward kindness 💜
One thing I dont get is why are they so quick to shoot slaves they're transporting? Surely even as slaves they have more value than being shot for something so innocuous?
@@anon4854 Depends on who you're talking about Some slavers simply did it because it's their job and whatever, but some people back them were genuine sickos who took advantage of their status over them to exercise bloodlust and other deviant practices
Another thing that makes Speak No Evil so harrowing, especially for us Danes, is that the cordiality, kindness and people-pleasing are all so central to Danish culture and society, that the movie hits us harder, and basically punishes us for our culture.
@@zizojaezekeom3565 This, people who polite in all situations is just weak and afraid of confrontation. People should be polite by default to each other ofc, until someone cross the line.
Something omitted in your analysis of Speak No Evil is that the Danish family that is targeted as the victims are culturally more likely to act in the way, in Denmark meekness and humility are seen as virtues. If they tried that on an American family, they’d learn a whole lot about “fuck around and find out”.
I definitely agree with this, Danish people are so non confrontational to the point where even if they hate you they won’t stop interacting with you to save face and seem “nice”
Funnily enough an american family is still more likely to experience shit like this because of your crime rates, which are partly caused by the "fuck around and find out" mentality you are so proud of💀💀 But go off🇺🇸🦅
I agree, and I think choosing a Dutch couple was a good choice too, because in Dutch culture being a bit confrontational is widely accepted, in humor and also in everyday life. I say that as someone who lived in NL for a decade (with a Danish boyfriend).
can confirm as a danish person who grew with a lot of american influences, my desired responses are very different from my actual responses, I would probably not say or do anything until the red flags become too blatant to ignore
depending on the family how many millions are in America, say a Idaho couple meeting maybe a irish couple, since every American claims to be 1/10th irish ir whatever, nothing against either people, but imagine been invited to a remote place in Ireland, u cant bring ur guns, and miles from anywhere.. these things can happen especially a people with a pig farm.. and a easy to get rid of teeth and any undigestables. dont be so cocky because ur American 😂
Nightingale, is beautiful in the way it shows how the oppressed are bound together. Turned against one another. They both speak their own languages, but also English. Both understand that they are both victims to the same oppression.
"Eden Lake" is another movie that I think fits well into this category. Never have I watched a film that has frustrated me as much as this one has, especially with the ending. So much awful shit happens to the characters that is undeserved, and even when you think they'll be redeemed and get revenge, things only get way worse. It's a good film, but holy hell is it a tough watch.
That's ending is brutal, haven't been able to rewatch the movie because of it, even if it's not that explicit the complete anxiety you feel from that last scene alone has made me avoid it.
@@Sam-pie that was the biggest red flag for me. Who in their right mind accepts such an invite?! You don't fucking know them. I wouldn't accept that invite if it came from Jesus himself.
What do you mean you run away? That can happen in real life often just because people are ignorante or dumb or arrogant, if in a situation like that you run you are even more passive then the father in the movie
I’m ngl when the boy showed his tongue cut out part came up my jaw actually dropped. I’ve seen real death and horrible things but that legitimately caught me off guard
13 years ago I watched Teeth with my girlfriend for a bedroom movie date, not knowing anything about the premise. If you do know the premise, you could understand it was quite an uncomfortable experience. We're now happily married. I continue to love awkward body horror, she continues to tolerate my love for it. Happy Valentines day everyone!❤
ahh teets is a special one, a comedy for girls and a horror for guys. i loved it (surely not an uncomfortable experience whatsoever) and definitely can say there were situations when i wished i had this.. equipment too lol
I watched the r*pe revenge film with Bo Burnham on a date once. We got super baked before hand because we thought it would be just a wacky comedy. Boy were we wrong
Speak No Evil is a perfect metaphorical depiction of how harmful it is to be a people pleaser who doesn’t stand up for their boundaries. Like Patrick said, they let him do it. People will get away with and take advantage of you as much as you let them. It’s insane the amount of crap they put up with in attempts to be polite. And both that movie and Funny Games to me illustrate that it’s way safer not to trust people until they give you ample and sustained proof that you can. Immediately going to a secluded cabin with people you just met is not a good idea. And if some random dude showed up at my door asking for eggs, I wouldn’t answer the door and I’d call the police.
I don’t entirely buy this idea that the Danish couple in “Speak no Evil” let evil,depraved things happen to them.l see them as ordinary people who failed to see various red flags and wound up trapped in a situation they didn’t foresee.Strangers may try to take advantage of people’s generosity,but they usually don’t do so to the psychotic,homicidal degree that the Dutch couple does to the Danish couple.
Bro calling the cops one someone for asking for eggs is psychotic and weird. There’s being overly trusting and there’s being paranoid. That’s only remotely reasonably if like, the mob was after you or something
And to expand on that, the real horror is the idea that so many people out there are just like that as well. As it showed pictures of many other families that met the same fate.
"People living their best lives take them for granted" This is far too true to even be remotely funny. I feel like everyone should suffer a bit so they can experience what reality is really like instead of their spoiled little bubbles where everything is perfect and people shove "love" and money up their asses
@@icravedeath.1200 didn't even know that. That's pretty cool. The cast for the American one was really great too. Dude made such a disturbing yet amazing movie. Anytime I mention it to people nobody knows what I'm talking about so I just say watch it because explaining it does not do it justice
The way I see it is that Paul and Pete are us the viewer. We are just there to see them suffer and toy with them. We don’t want them to win or survive. We are doing this to them for no real reason other than our own entertainment. That’s why they have white gloves on at the start. It’s like our own denial that we have anything to do with the violence, when it’s actually us paying to see it that’s causing it. Love the last line. Brilliant.
I literally watch videos about movies like this so I DON’T have to watch them. The stories are amazing to tell, which is how they have such punch even without the accompanying visuals and audio.
@@alpaca.scholar5925 Exactly! With me, I tend to absorb how happy or sad a movie is. A heart-wrenching movie like the ones on this list is enough to give me deppression-like symptoms for a week.
I just saw the remake of See No Evil last night in theaters and I was so confused because I had a vague memory of this video and was like, “I’ve heard Elvis talk about this movie months ago, wtf” I can’t believe the original is only two years old. Why the hell would they remake a movie so recent? And not do anything new or different with it? Definitely gonna watch the original now!
Because the original message is "WOKENESS carries to death". Hollywood needed to cancel that message. Turning the plot from "Woke family lose because they lost their survival instincts " to "WOKE family can fight back".
Michael Haneke, the director of "Funny Games" is a true master of cinema. The reason behind him remaking the movie in english wasn't just to get more people to see it. Apparently his original idea was to shoot the movie in the US, but he wasn't able to make it work with the budget he got. The malicious satire the movie presents, works, in my opinion, even better in the american setting. You should try watching his other stuff if you enjoyed "Funny Games", as most of his work evokes very similar feelings of deep existential dread. I love him to death and I'm very happy you also enjoyed his work!!
I’ll bet anything another intention behind the ‘American’ remake of his own work would be to satirize certain nasty films like Guinea Pig getting American adaptations
@@madeofmeats i think he satirizes any movie that glorifies violence. in this case the two antagonists are not only playing with the family and the audience, they actually are representing the audience that has little to no reaction to the violence they see. just some quick entertainment. in pretty much every mainstream action movie the audience can see the intial act of violence (in this movie it does not), but almost never the aftermath or other consequences (this movie only shows the aftermath)
@@MRC_5000 yeah Funny Games’ whole point was to put a mirror up to torture p*rn fans and say “is this really what you want to spend your time watching?”, but I was wondering if his remake was an extension of that by also calling out American Guinea Pig and maybe just western gore flicks in general
Joffrey from Game Of Thrones and Negan from The Walking Dead were/are pretty easy to hate as well. The latter character made me quit watching a show I loved all together.
@@TalentCaldwellI quit after the show didn’t end the Negan arc in its first showdown. I heard Negan gets a redemption arc later in the series, which made me nope even harder.
@@TalentCaldwell Joffrey was a massively spoiled and narcissistic child that lived in a world that rewarded brutality and ruthlessness, but I think he could've been at least maybe okay'ish if he grew up different. Negan uses violence, fear and cruelty as a tool, he is an opportunist. While clearly ripping through boundaries, he at least has some redeeming qualities and can be reasoned with. Hawkins is just straight up evil, cannot be redeemed, and is an example of the worst thing a human can become.
@@lacountess Negan was a great character and personally I think the episodes 6x16 and 7x1 are masterful, the endless tension and hopelessness, the emotions, the acting, everything honestly. 7x1 probably one of the darkest episodes ever filmed. But it definitely fell apart afterwards, yup. Writing got worse every season after, though it had some good episodes here and there. Last season honestly some of the worst I ever saw
You explained her trauma, and just trauma in general, pretty well. I suffer from trauma and it's forever present in my mind unless I'm completely consumed by something else. It's like no matter how much you confront it and think about why you're having these anxieties all the time, it just constantly keeps coming forward. Even if it's been a long time and you forget certain things about the trauma, you're already scarred. I suffer from PTSD every day and anxiety every day.
I also have PTSD, panic disorder, and GAD. THC and a good therapist have saved my life. I became an addict as a result of my trauma, support groups and the right medication has saved my life. I wish you healing and all the best life has to offer.
The reason why Bjorn goes back for the rabbit is because he deeply admires the other couple and wants to be them. Earlier in the film Patrick said Bjorn was brave for retrieving his daughter’s rabbit, and so despite his desire to leave, Bjorn still wants to behave in a manner which the other couple would approve of.
I have two people in my life who are somewhat extreme people-pleasers and I see how it genuinely hurts their lives. They spend so much energy pleasing other people, even strangers, and I constantly watch them sacrifice their own comfort, desires, and belongings because of it. Neither of them can stand horror cinema, especially this kind, but I truly wish I could recommend that they watch Speak No Evil. There’s a lot of criticism about the film for the mind boggling idiotic decisions the characters make, but many aren’t considering the cultural influences of the characters, whose home country is known to promote the kinds of “manners” that our main characters display. Audiences are also not realizing these type of people pleasers actually exist. Most don’t end up in a situation like this, obviously, but it’s a WARNING. A warning to those who constantly go against their gut to satisfy people who take advantage of them and disrespect their boundaries. If films are to be judged on their effectiveness in bringing out a specific emotion in those watching, Speak No Evil is a masterclass. It’s one instance where “dumb decisions” is actually used to SAY something that you can take with you in your real life. And god damn does it do that well.
Agree. Had it been an American film I would've considered the characters' behavior to be unusual, but hailing from Scandinavia, it's almost creepy how easy it is to spot these flaws in people surrounding me. I thought it made the film darkly hilarious, like the director saying; "See? This is how bad Danes would fuck up if they were in a horror movie scenario!"
@@thehitherto5348 thank you for your reply!! I’m really happy to hear from someone who has direct experience. I live in the US and I’m very nervous for the American remake that’s coming out in the next year or two. I don’t believe it’s going to work as well, if at all
The first movie reminded me of something I once read about, when a convicted pedophile said that he would look at the family to determine if a child would be a target or not, and one they they looked for was an absent or weak seeming father. It's like the father in that movie, who didn't stand up for his family. A father should defend his wife and children, if the fictional one did earlier, perhaps the first movie never would have become so tragic
Nightingale is a masterpiece that I indeed watched alone then recommended to my parents but when they asked me to watch with them I said 'One watch is all you need' lets just say they got it afterwards :D
It’s such a great movie but I felt so sad at the end. I knew a movie like that wouldn’t have a happy ending but I still wished the two protagonists would find some measure of happiness at the end. 😢
As soon as I saw it was on this list I got instant trauma 😭 that movie is brutal, and having watched it after being a SA survivor was traumatic and cathartic for me. Even this recap made me cry and love the movie all over again. As amazing as it is, I know I’ll never watch it again.
I remember seeing the original “Funny Games”, and being a horror/scary movie buff, it scared the hell out of me. Same with “Speak No Evil”. Any movie that brings the element of dread, along with the thought of “this could actually happen”, scares me more than any fantasy/monster horror ever could.
Just finished Speak No Evil because of the recommendation of this video. I’m someone who struggles with excessive niceness and has a hard time saying no and setting boundaries, so that movie hit me particularly hard. Definitely a necessary cautionary tale if you can stomach the ending.
I watched Speak No Evil the week it released and was left speechless for about 10 minutes after. Worst part is that it was labeled as action and adventure! Completely incorrect!
I watched The Nightingale tonight, pausing your video when you mentioned all three films. It was horrific. Like those I Spit on Your Grave films but set way back in time. The ending leaves you feeling relieved but disappointed at the same time, not at the film but just at everything. I mean what else is Clare supposed to do now? It's a movie that definitely sticks with you long after you've watched it. I love IFC films but this was one of their best.
The first one’s a lesson in agreeableness.. it is a great trait to have in a lot of circumstances, but not when people take advantage of it and you stop standing up for yourself.
Speak no evil is such a frustrating watch. I think what really made the film make sense was when Bjorn asked Patrick "Why are you doing this?" and Patrick responds "Because you let me."
Someone danish spoke up on Reddit and said danish people are known for being meek and malleable and that it’s how they show humility. They said this isn’t unusual in their society. This made everything make sense for me at least the first hour of the film. At that though, wouldn’t you feel true fear in your heart at some point? You gotta trust your gut!
The Truman Show is one of the most cruel movies ever made. I recently watched that and found myself thinking, the fact that this movie exists is probably a big reason that's never happened in real life, yet. I have to imagine at least a few eccentric billionaires have dabbled with the idea of making someone's entire life a reality show that everyone is in on except them, and other people told them "nah man, that would be like The Truman Show. That's awful. You can't do that."
The premise of it is horrifying but so is the unspoken implication that this movie takes place in a universe where thousands if not millions of people will watch a man unknowingly be recorded and live his life on a stage and see nothing wrong with it, or at least, no government body is intervening to label it unethical. The closest we’ve gotten to this IRL is one installment of this extreme prank show in Japan called “Susunu! Denpan Shonen’ where comedians were put into terrible arduous situations for viewers’ sadistic entertainment. I’m copy+pasting directly from an article: [The most (in)famous season followed Fukushima-born comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, better known as Nasubi. After being selected to participate in an unknown reality show, aspiring comedian Nasubi was faced with the challenge to stay alone and unclothed in a tiny apartment, secluded from the outside world with only piles and piles of magazines, until he won a combined ¥1 million (about US $10,000) in total from regularly applying to various magazine sweepstakes. He could only survive on what he won from these mail-in sweepstakes. Initially painting the show as a unique experiment that may or may not air on television, producers convinced Nasubi to believe that he was self-recording his day-to-day experiences for further review, when in reality his most confided moments were broadcast for the world to see and make fun of.] I can’t link it (youtube will probably flag this comment as spam) but if you search for “Nasubi movieweb” you’ll find the article I’m taking this from. It’s astonishing how insane reality tv can be. America pioneered the genre but I don’t think to my knowledge any program has ever gone to those lengths to trick and torment people in that way. There is always an “out” or the decision to give up.
Another cruel movie like Funny Games is Wolf Creek. It actually has likable and funny characters and toys with the feeing that they can fight back and there’s hope, but unfortunately for this movie the almost death moments and ridiculous moments of luck happen to the VILLAIN.
Which makes me think... family vlogs that center on children (8 Passengers and its fallout come to mind) aren't very far from the Truman Show. The main difference is the child is aware, but said child has no choice or agency on whether to participate, either. Sure, it isn't a whole fabricated setting but... it's uncomfortably close.
Oooof, I hope that rabbit was worth it. My daughter LOVES her stuffed animals, but if she was getting scared, she would leave any of them without a second thought.
Ulrich Mühe was a spectacularly talented actor. He was also in The Lives of Others, which is likely the movie he’s known for to international audiences who don’t know Funny Games. He died of stomach cancer shortly after it was released, with I believe his last public appearance being at the Oscars where the film won the award for best foreign language film. Such a tragedy.
God, The Lives of Others was also fantastic. I saw it first when I was 14 -- Learning Ulrich Mühe died so young was gut-wrenching. He was a brilliant actor whose performances really shaped my teenage hood.
As an Australian watching Billy be respectfully shown as a strong and compassionate and intelligent Indigenous Australian man during a particularly awful time made me tear up.
Honestly, they're beautiful. What I'm fascinated about regarding Australian aboriginals, is that so many also have naturally blonde hair. The way we evolved is just amazing. I love Australia, and some day in my life I'd like to go there. With lots of armor, health potions, drinks, and antidotes.
The only part I don't like is that he had to be the one to nobly die so the white woman could find a renewed zest for life and live. His character's ending still functioned to serve her.
Awesome breakdown of the psychology behind the films. I recommend everyone read "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin deBecker. It may save your life. Long story short, if something feels off, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS! I've owed dozens of copies of this book, and I've given every single one away to people (mostly women) who have been socialized to "be nice." I raised my daughter to know that you can't trust people by what they say, or by how they look. Only trust people by what they DO. Actions speak louder than words, and looks can be deceiving.
Except a lot of the most dangerous people are nice and polite and charming, talks well and very sociable and good looking (we are hard wired to like beautiful things) or if not good looking they looks harmless (either very young or very old) and that lowers our guard. There is a crime here in my country where a child a family adopted killed the family's real children and then stole money (she hid the money) and made the entire thing look like it was done by robbers, but she didn't know there was a cctv in front of the house and the recording did not show any intruders.
I cried just listening to the summary of The Nightingale. I definitely don't have the stomach to watch it in full, but thank you for introducing me to such a beautiful/disturbing movie.
And now, everyone go watch, "I Spit on Your Grave". The 2010 version. It's probably the best revenge movie I've ever seen. There are a couple scenes where I literally, kinda, felt sorry for the bad guys in it, because of what she does to them. AND I HATED, these bad guys. I think you'll all really like it. 🙂
Reminds me of the film Creep where the guy is constantly testing the filmmakers boundaries. ALWAYS maintain boundaries when you don't know someone. I dont mean aloof. I mean even the opposite can work if your naturally gregarious. Don't let ppl make you uncomfortable or hold your phone or if they wanna join soccer game dont let em walk to far with your ball before running them down. Don't let people pressure you into doing things your against. Even if it seems trivial. Or if you've established rappart you may allow it only ONCE if it's extremely trivial, and you make it reciprocal that sane day by doing something similar.dont be afraid to say a seats taken, unless it's really unfair (like if there's 2 benches at a community thing and you claimed both). The beach chair, if it was the ONLY other chair, ok let the other family have a chair, but be clear you are doing do out of fairness. Everything after that is cause to immediately leave. Yes even the meat (and NO I'm not vegetarian).
I don’t even understand how that could happen. To commit to being vegetarian, despite the sheer amount of pressure in society not to be, and then immediately cave to some guy. I decided to go vegetarian as a child and my grandfather tried to beat me into eating a whole chicken. I ran off and locked myself in the bathroom until my parents turned up to collect me. If that didn’t make me waiver, then some peer pressure isn’t going to. My experience might’ve been an extreme response to going vegetarian that most people haven’t experienced, but still. It’s the sort of thing you commit to. The opportunities, temptation, normalisation, and pressure not to be is fricking everywhere. You just can’t continue being vegetarian if you don’t have strong will.
I watched Speak No Evil in the cinema with my mother, not knowing what horrors would unravel in front of me. I have a history of watching bad horror movies with my older brother so i thought this movie would be a piece of cake. My mother is easily frightened but i was by her side so i told her that she could hold my hand or whatever. When the credits rolled, i still had half of the screen covered with my hand, with my mouth wide open because i was so utterly shocked at the ending. My mother was kind of ready to go but i was completely paralyzed in my seat. Great movie!
Speak No Evil actually made me feel physically ill when I saw it. Like I was on the edge of vomiting. The other two movies I’m glad I haven’t seen and instead had it recapped for me. Makes it a lot easier to process lol
How has Elvis never watched "Rubber" ? It's about a sentient tire that murders people. It's so much more cinematic than it has any right to be - and as a result, it feels like a terribly vivid fever dream.
The Nightingale was both one of the most horrendous but also incredible movies I’ve ever seen, a testament to Aussie film making. I never want to watch it again lol
Nightingale, while absolutely harrowing and horrific, is such a beautiful film. The way it's filmed and the way in which the main characters bond and form connection despite the intense trauma inflicted on them is the light amongst the shadow in that film, in my opinion.
I remember that we met a couple with a non-communicative child (I think she was on the autism spectrum, IIRC). We had dinners, hung out, they took us places they knew. About a year later, they even visited us. So hearing about Speak No Evil was pretty horrifying for me, as I was also a relatively small kid at the time. And I got pretty emotional hearing you describe The Nightingale, especially the latter part.
Funny Games is great for the cruel irony in how every attempt from the family to save themselves makes things worse, like how paul and peter don’t get the shotgun until Georgie brings it to them, how the phone wastes time and results in Anne getting captured, it’s great.
That scene that Elvis didnt want to talk about in Nightengale apparently made people vomit and leave the cinema. Dont blame them. I READ about it on Wiki and that was enough. I held my children very close after reading that. I havent seen the movie, dont think i ever can, and it traumatised me.
thank you for this comment, I was going to look it up even though I'm one of those people who will see/hear something messed up and think about it for days on end. hearing the summary of this movie was enough to make me tear up
@nexxy Clare gets raped by two guys after her husband is shot and because her baby doesn't stop crying, the men kill the child by slamming it into a wall. Clare is supposed to be killed afterwards but only knocked unconscious. I read this on Wikipedia, didn't watch the film myself.
I watched Speak No Evil with a classmate when we got out of the theater after watching Violent Night (2022), and decided to sneak into another random room to avoid paying for another ticket. We both regretted it deeply.
25:00 thank you for covering this! I had it on my watchlist and as a survivor I am glad to be forewarned that this would likely not be a safe watch. May seem like a small kindness but when I watched Midsommar NO ONE was describing what happened to Kristian for what it really was... due to this I walked in blind and I suffered HARD for it.
Don't watch it. The Nightingale makes Midsommar look tame in comparison. I have a pretty high tolerance for disturbing movies but this movie makes you feel every second of it and I almost had to turn it off. That being said, it's a really beautiful and important movie at the same time and probably holds the record for the most times I've cried during a movie.
I’ve never understood ppl that try to force ppl to eat something they don’t want to and say things like “take a small bite.” You know they’re not gonna eat a full serving whether they take the bite or not so what’s the point if not just getting an odd power trip or enjoying making ppl feel uncomfortable? Either way, you’re just wasting a bites worth of food and do you expect the person to actually like it? Of course they’re not going to anyway and seeing as they’ve given in to being pushed to take a bite, they’re just gonna be polite and lie and say it’s good. Plus, they don’t eat that thing so it’s not like they can give feedback on it like “less sugar” or “more pepper” because they don’t know how it’s supposed to taste or what makes it good or bad. Sorry, tangent over.
The real antagonist in Funny Games is the audience. Haneke hates the use of violence in movies as an entertainment. In fact, because of that he can't stands Tarantino's movies, he said in an interview.
I'd say that he uses just as much violence as entertainment as Tarantino does, so... People usually dislike the people who are most similar to themselves, right?
the side black bar transition was phenomenal. especially the slow fade back to full ratio as you were done talking about it. just. set something off in my brain. it was perfect
Love this commentary, all great movies! I gotta say though, the rabbit hit home for me. My daughter had a stuffed rabbit, it was gifted to me at my baby shower. It used to say the Lord's Prayer when you squeezed its paw, but eventually the motor in it died, (got super creepy at the end with the slow-mo voice, lol😅), but she still loved that thing, it was her favorite stuffed toy, and Rabbit went everywhere with her. One night after we'd been out shopping, I realized Rabbit was gone. We'd been to three different stores and let me tell you right now I drove to each one at 11pm to find Rabbit. The last store, a Walgreens, I found him on the floor of the bath aisle. Took me a bit to convince the clerk this was ours and I wasn't stealing. My daughter is almost 20 now, 1st year of college under her belt, and she still has Rabbit. 😁❤
iirc when Patrick is driving with Bjorn and Louise, he doesn't even bother to lock the car or drive fast. Further signaling that he knows they won't even try to get out. I agree that we should all try to be kind and respectful to one another. But it's equally important to set boundaries.
I was honestly relieved when the main protagonists were ended in Speak No Evil. It felt more like an act of mercy with how many stupid decisions were made be these two lacking any sense of self-preservation.
I can not even imagine going on a trip with a whole ass other family that I only met once 😭 I don’t care how cool they seemed I’d be like No thank you ☺️🤚 maybe next time! And never contact them again. And that’s even before all the red flags!
@@8bitbee148 I wouldn't mind. However, I certainly would be at least somewhat on guard and would not let these strangers continuously push me around. The protagonists had every opportunity to walk away. But I guess that was the whole point of the movie.
honestly I hate movies like this. they're incredibly infuriating and I stop rooting for the protagonists, who seem to be written to be intentionally stupid so the plot can continue. You finally leave because you felt unsafe and you found your daughter in the bed with a naked stranger, but your daughter forgot her plushie? No one in their right minds would go back. and even if you did, you wouldn't make amends. You take the bunny and RUN.
Honestly, I saw their final fate as a willing self-termination. We spend the whole movie waiting for Bjørn to finally stand up for his family and fight back, but no. Weak people won't rise to the occasion but collapse under their own incompetence. Bjørn means "bear" in Danish, so I assume he was intended as a deconstruction of the "papa bear" character.
Movies like this are the best examples of true horror to me. Speak No Evil is terrifying, Bc it has a deep understanding of how real things like this can be.
Let it be known he skipped that scene in the nightingale for very good reason. Its such a harrowing and uncomfortable scene that feels like it goes on and on. The nightingale is beautifully horrific indeed
@nexxyoutuber2982 I'll tell u in shortcut words so youtube doesn't ban my comment. the lieutenant r* her infront of her husband..after that her husband tries to kill him, but the lieutenant kills him..after that the lieutenant let others to r* her..since the baby was kept crying, one of the soldiers throw it at the wall.
@@nexxyoutuber2982Basically Clare gets SAd by Hawkins and Ruse after which they shoot her husband. Jago was supposed to quiet the baby but he swings it against a wall, killing it. That entire scene is just horrifying and so hard to watch
I am an aboriginal Australian and I had never heard of the second movie before. It made me tear up. It’s so saddening my people where treated like this. I loved Billy, he was my favourite character. Great video as always Elvis 🫶🏽🫶🏽
It's horrifying and beautiful. A great movie that I'll never see again except the scenes of claire confronting hawkins, billy killing hawkins and his lackey and billy powerfull dance on the beach. I can not even begin to comprehend the feeling this movie must have given you. Wishing you and your people all the best!
Australia is a place I don’t have much knowledge of & I heard someone say the nightingale is about Australian history. I went in thinking it’ll probably be as harsh as “12 years ago slave” but as I was watching it I realized this movie is brutal yet amazing with its honesty. It’s my favorite out of the 3 he mentioned. My favorite character in the movie was obviously the aboriginal man & the scene that really grinds my gears is what happened to the little boy that wouldn’t kill the aboriginals. The similarities of what yours & my people went through in our countries is sad but let’s be thankful the world changed for the better.
I remember going out on my birthday to watch a film, have a few drinks, go home and them maybe fool around a bit. The film we chose was hotel Rwanda. We both cried throughout the whole film, sat in silence for our first drink and then just went home to bed. To sleep.
My dorm roommate got me to watch Funny Games without knowing anything about it and it fucked me up. I cried my eyes out after that movie. Not to say it wasn't incredibly well done. The reason it affected me so much was because it was simultaneously very realistic, amazing performances, and just fantastical enough to be utterly frustrating as I watched the characters suffer.
I recently watched speak no evil with my dad, we just picked a random horror movie with the exact "how bad can it be?" attitude. My dad still talks about this movie and how much it haunts him. We sat through this movie just growing more and more horrified and had to watch one of our favs as a palette cleanser afterwards. Still a very good movie but surely won't rewatch it anytime soon.
It really irked me how Bjorn did nothing and I mean absolutely nothing to stop them. He didn't put up a fight at all. I was like how could you not try when you have nothing left to lose?
During the premiere of The Nightingale, theatres actually had trained therapists outside the doors, sitting at the ready for anyone who might need to talk. And staff were also required to stand at the doors and check IDs to make sure everyone attending was at least 18 years old.
@@leopercara3477 It's not depressing, it's traumatizing. Some people have actually gone through the events presented in the film, and the scenes could trigger that. It's nice to see people finally taking mental health seriously.
Yeah but the difference is that with Michael Myers, it was voluntary, with Abel, his tongue was cut out, and as Elvis said, poor kid was probably afraid for his life
I don't get disturbed by most "disturbing" movies but I would also list these 3. These films have haunted me ever since I watched them and I think about them quite often.
'Dancer In The Dark' (2000) 'Playground' (2016) 'Nothing Bad Can Happen' (2013) 'Frontier(s)' (2007) 'Irreversible' (2002) 'Zone Of Interest' (2023) Some great, but disturbing gems.
It was when he looked at all of them and said, “This is my land.” I cried because that was likely the first time that he had the realization that he wasn’t the outsider, they were. 😢
I had seen the Nightingale before, so I didn't feel the need to revisit it, but I did pause the video to go watch Speak No Evil and Funny Games U.S. before I came back here to finish it. All three of these movies made me deeply uncomfortable, but I had so much respect for the directors and actors for selling it so well. I haven't stopped thinking about that line, "because you let me", that was haunting
For me personally Funny Games just doesn't work as a concept let alone a film. If the director is trying to comment on violence in media (particularly via the home invasion subgenre) it's an incredibly derivative and dismissive way of doing so. His whole thesis seems to be based on the idea that the audience has come to watch the film solely on the basis that they want to see violence against innocent people. In reality, well done horror operates on the basis of empathy and wanting the main characters to survive this nightmarish scenario they find themselves in.
Yeah, but at the same time, what do you want to see? The protagonists taking revenge by any means necessary, right? using as much violence as possible, bc the villains definitely deserve it So... you crave violence Against the bad guys, ofc, but you want to watch them suffer
It's clear that Haneke knows how to make a movie. He uses ingrained tropes and media literacy and subverts the expectations to harrowing effect. The techniques in the film are really clever, including the draining ten minute shot after Georgie is killed. It's an excellent movie to show people new to film studies because it makes them painfully aware of extremely subtle storytelling in movies by how Haneke subverts them. Having watched the remake, those aspects are still there and it's still as effective. A complaint I've encountered is that there isn't really a point; it's just watching people be miserable and die for no reason. I found this exchange from an interview with Haneke (the same one where he mentions that "(t)he film is a film about the representation of violence in the media..." "Do you actually watch the films that Funny Games is directed against? Haneke: Rarely. Hardly at all. You have to keep yourself informed, so I watch the odd thing in order to know what’s going on. But in general I don’t watch that sort of thing because it makes me sick. I’m not a masochist after all! laughs" Funny Games evokes frustration and pointlessness because that's what the director feels when he watches certain films and he wanted to share that feeling. Does succeeding that make it a good movie?
Funny Games was absolutely the most uncomfortable experience I've ever had in my entire life. I felt the compulsory need to start cleaning my bathroom when I finished watching it.
everyone is always uncomfortable around the realistic historical tales cause our collective past as a species is so unbelievably fucked up I get why we have deep neurotic mental problems
Antichrist still pops up in my head sometimes and that one scene with the scissors is scarred into my brain forever and will make me feel down every now and then.
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have you seen schindlers list yet?
nice
the movie funny games takes place in austria wich has a less gun laws than califorina
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i just wanted to note: Funny Games (1997) is an austrian movie, not a german one. both countries national language just happens to be german
The fact that the family had a child that could not speak yet nobody had made any effort to learn or teach him sign language should have been a big red flag from the very beginning.
As a former interpreter for the Deaf and hard of hearing, I was thinking the same thing. There are some traumatic brain injuries, cognitive impairments or communication disorders that make it hard to communicate with any form of language. Maybe they came up with that sort of explanation. Although I completely agree with you. If a parent was like "yeah they can't talk and we're done trying to find any way to communicate", that would make me raise an eyebrow. Cause in almost all cases there is a way for some sort of communique. But I guess that was the point of the movie. Keep an eye out for red flags and only give so much benefit of the doubt!
Sorry about the ramble! Just a topic I'm super interested in!
Thats pretty stupid. Also if I see my kid with a naked guy on a bed Im leaving without giving a shit about her toy.
I think the 'protagonist' parents missing red flag after red flag is a big intentional part of the film. The goal of the movie is to make you hate those people for failing to protect their children. More than you hate the people that actually commit the crimes.
The only reason you don’t try to teach your child how to communicate is because you don’t want them to communicate what they witness. We see this in abuse/abduction cases where the victims are very little and sadly makes the crimes go unreported for a very long time, often until they are teens or adults
This entire movie is about ignoring red flags and being as fucking stupid and gullible as possible, it's infuriating.
Speak No Evil and Funny Games are basically both films with the warning of "If you feel something is wrong, focus on that more than being polite"
Both boil down to domesticated men failing to be protectors. When it comes to protecting your family, fuck being polite, be a rabid dog and save asking questions for later.
Also The Strangers. Speak No Evil's ending is basically The Strangers' ending with the "I did it because I could" motivation.
I think the warning is more like a story about expressing your true feelings instead of trying to present an image of a, polite, good, honest, or (insert positive adjective) person.
What does it matter that somebody would interpret your actions and give you a devaluing name? If you aren't fucking with somebody, don't fuck with em.
@levischorpioen Agreed! That's the mist disturbing concept of that film. Good call. The whole idea that all of these atrocities occurred all because, well, "You were home." The idea of that sends chills down my back due to the fact that's how shit goes left in real life.
@De_Selby
Sooo... exactly what the original comment said 🤣.
The actor playing George was Ulrich Mühe - a brilliant and well respected actor here in Germany. Sadly, cancer took him in 2007.
Also, the woman playing his wife in the movie was Susanne Lothar - his actual wife. Sadly, while it isn't official, it is assumed she took her own life in 2012, unable to overcome her grief after losing him. She died one day before the fifth anniversary of Ulrich's death, so... yeah.
Also the actor of Peter died in 2010 at the age of 38. 3 of the 4 adult main actors died within the next 15 years
@@sehu1291except Paul huh. Awkward...
Wow that's sad
😂
Ulrich Muhe is in my favorite movie ever...the Lives of others
Speak no evil is a great commentary on why you should always speak your mind, not hide behind subtext, and stand up for your values.
Yeah sometimes I feel like a bitch because I'm very blunt and direct. I've had people go off on me because of it, but I wasn't wrong and Ultimately everything worked out better for me.
I took a self defense class once and they said if someone is trying to move you even a foot, always fight back because the odds are high that they will make you disappear. I apply this to people trying to take advantage of me socially too.
@@dismurrart6648I grew up very religious and woman are always to be quiet and meek. As I got older I always felt guilt for standing up for myself and became the biggest pushover. Now I’m 31 and the last few years I have been working to find that balance between standing up for myself and not feel guilty. I’m not a b*tch just because I hold my ground.
@@DankrumStar good on you for working on that! I've had to do a similar journey
Or just not be an idiot when you're clearly among bad company.
Agreed
The first movie is so uniquely horrifying. It really shows an accurate picture of how people can feel like a frog boiling in a pot of water. Slowly you get each thing to ramp up a little bit more, and somehow no one sees it coming. Just to everyone who has kids, if your kid says they do not feel safe, always believed them. They'll always be the first to notice the Little things
True, although that experiment with the frog was misreported. They cut its leg muscles so it couldn’t jump out.
From someone who was a victim as a child. I second this. People ignored me when trying to speak out and I'm the one who suffered from their bad decisions. So don't be like that please. Not only believe your kids but also please ask them why they feel weird or get "bad vibes" because kids tend to be brutally honest for the most part. There will be a reason.
@@urusaiinu It wasn't the frogs leg muscles they removed, it was their brain. This is especially relevant because they were looking for proof of souls existing. The hypothesis was that the soul resided in the brain, and they thought their results proved that. Obviously now we know the poor frogs were just lobotomised - or dead to begin with
The average person the moment a stranger (or even a person you know) does something to your kids it's the moment you leave and never talk to them again.
But of course we so often hear horrifying tales on the news about people that would take horrific abuse and never try to escape/change their fate.
@@ArturGlass.CI absolutely agree, and I am so so sorry you went through that.
The first movie is the ultimate horror flick for people pleasers like me. Giving someone that pool chair even though I’m kind of using it is TOTALLY something I would do. 😂 If it’s not a major inconvenience to me, I just like making people happy and not being confrontational over the small things. This movie is so accurate portraying people pleasers and really taught me to be kind but stop being kind TO A FAULT. It’s actually a great message.
Literally my biggest nightmare. The only thing that would save my pushover ass is that I avoid socializing at all costs. You'll never catch me taking a trip with someone I barely know. Not even with someone I know well tbh lol Can't be a people-pleaser if there aren't any people to please 😬
You should give up the chair because they're meant for sitting on, not for holding your stuff. If someone asks for the chair to sit on, I'm pretty sure that not giving it up is the actual dick move
@@caprichaos I never thought being an introvert could possibly save my life in this type of scenario, but I can totally understand you 🥲 I would NEVER want to travel with anyone outside my family. I heavily disliked school trips and avoided staying over at friends places as much as possible. Our weaknesses can't be used against us if we avoid (most) people in general (as sad as that sounds lol) 😅🤣
As an adult who grew up with a severe people-pleasing personality and is finally going to therapy to learn how to make and keep boundries, Speak No Evil made me so terrified and sick to my stomach! Like, "that looks like something my younger self would have done" kind of sick.
Same! I was so tense the whole movie watching Bjorn smile when he clearly didn’t want to and accept poor treatment. It was too relatable.
God im so grateful to have been born with a backbone 😅 I’d never let someone steamroll my boundaries like that.
I’m in the very same situation as you, and on top of it I’m also Danish, so this movie was a lot haha! Hope you’re doing good and feeling better.
Yeah no, I don’t believe it. All I meet are people who say, oh I used to be a people pleaser but now I know better so I’m just standing up to myself. Meanwhile all they’re doing is being dicks and excusing their behavior which, btw, was ALWAYS like that.
Same 🫠
Frustration horror. Such an interesting sub-genre to explore. That's a great triple feature you picked if your goal is to lose faith in humanity lol.
Frustration horror - is basically "When Evil Lurks"
Like the marvel movies
Oh you should go and watch 'Eden Lake'...especially if you live in the UK....that film still scars me/pisses me off....
@@DSt3alth Dude the ending of that movie when she realizes she can't get out of the bathroom... dear god. One bazillion percent belongs on the list good call.
I've never heard this term before, but it's brilliant!
The thing about "Funny Games" and the phone situation is: It is a German family on holidays in Austria. So they don't necessarily know the number to dial for police ;)
But yes, the whole movie is a subversion of usual horror movies. Which is why it also features common horror movie tropes, only to mock them. It tries to bring responsibility back to the viewer, not spoon-feed him regurgitated movie tropes.
There are a couple of emergency numbers that will work in basically every country. Like 110 and 112 which are the standard emergency numbers in Germany but will also work almost everywhere even in countries where they aren't the standard
@b.k.5667 yes 112 works across all of europe
That can't be right.
At least their car has an Austrian license plate (Viennese to be exact), so I guess they're an Austrian family. Haven't seen the movie though
@@christian-schubertthey probably just rented a car
Denkst du überhaupt nach? Hast du das video gesehen?
Sie sprechen deutsch das sind deutsche Schauspieler & es wird erwähnt das die dort im Urlaub sind.
Du hast wohl weder den Film gesehen noch bei diesem video richtig aufgepasst. Idiot.
Funny games is not about holding the movie viewer captive against their will, but rather a commentary on how we as people enjoy watching movies with violence against innocents and seeking out media that contains this. The intruders are very clearly doing this for YOU, to entertain you, which is why they break the fourth wall. They are giving you what YOU wanted, a horror movie about torturing a family. It's so realistic and upsetting because that's the point, making you guilty. It's such a smart movie, and that's how I interpreted it
Michael Haneke makes me feel so dumb haha
Didn't need a movie to tell me so, I already knew it lol in fact I very much enjoyed Funny games
It’s a super interesting premise for a movie! Im always flip flopping on whether it’s a terrible movie or a great movie, as someone who hasn’t seen it and avoids watching it for the very reason it exists (hurting innocents for the audience). I’d love to see a behind the scenes look instead of actually watching the movie lol
Interesting take, totally makes sense!
It's kind of a faulty premise though. We don't enjoy hurting the innocents. We enjoy hurting the guilty. It's just that for the guilty to exist, there need to have been innocents to be hurt. Horror movies purposefully flip that around, which is why they're called horror movies. You're not supposed to identify with the villain in those movies.
"Because you let me" is a VERY The Strangers kind of line. Genius.
Except it really carries a lot more meaning. The horror of The Strangers is different, in that there was literally no reason.
Well, He didnt lie. They did let them do what ever they wanted.
@@crazydud3380Right. While it is similar. It also carries more meaning, because in the strangers, they said, it happened "because you were home" meaning there was less of a way to avoid what happened (although it could still have been done, if they'd been better armed, or more familiar with firearms, so as not to accidentally shoot their friend who shows up) On the other hand the line "because you let me" from the other movie, implies that if they'd done anything at all basically, to not conform to polite ideals, rather than just letting the other couple do whatever they want, then the whole thing could have been prevented.
This is why a lot of people victim-blame, because the victim "let them".
Compliance is viewed interpreted as Consent.
@@crazydud3380 there was no reason in this either.
"because you let me" is defo not a good "reason" or teachable moment.
Its the same shit the actors just said some edgy lines.
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Little fun fact: Bjorn, translated to English, means bear. Patrick is trying to see how much he can "poke the bear"
Björn
Good point.
@@chairman3427 Same shit.
@@TheWorstestPro No, it’s not
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Being stoned to death is one of the most horrific things I can imagine... good grief
It's possible to see it as a Biblical allusion. From Leviticus 20:2:
"Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him."
There is no cult of Molek in this film, but Bjørn and Louise failed to protect their daughter from the evil Dutch couple. Consequently, they'll have to pay for their sins in a Biblical way.
You lack imagination.
@@thehitherto5348 Ooooooh, that's a really interesting point!
@@jackporter2251 I guess it's more troubling to me than other types of horrific deaths because it's so deliberate and drawn out.
Was confused about how one can be stoned to death because i am stoned right now.
Timecodes for those who may want to skip along or need to recall the movie titles:
2:02 Speak no Evil (2022)
18:24 The Nightingale (2018)
31:48 Funny Games (1997/2007)
Thank you. Now I can go watch them and come back after :D
THANK YOU !!
Thank you for this, can’t believe this guy didn’t even put the titles in the description for people who don’t want the whole plot spoiled
Appreciated :)
You rock
The PTSD scene in Nightingale is so realistic. I suffered from SA, and the way you described feeling like you can't escape the thoughts you want to avoid sometimes, and then you react in an extreme way phyiscally is exactly how it is for me. Like my body is physically shaking off the pain sometimes, and then I feel better and cleansed almost afterward.
11/10 exactly . As an SA survivor as well, that scene REALLY got me more than a lot of the other more gore inducing ones. I sobbed when she was able to sing without breaking eye contact. People don’t realize how much courage that takes
I'm... Why can I even say that I feel this too? There's only this one thing I never wanted to happen to me, and it happened.
@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe but it still happened. you don’t have to have ptsd to have trauma. And experiences can never be compared because it’s all valid. You’re 100% valid and I’m so sorry you can even relate to a horrible experience in this movie. Much love
@@LilRedWitchThat made me a little emotional, hearing that. Thank you, so much.
@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe of course love. I appreciate that so much and know that you don’t have to thank me for being honest. Just want to pay forward kindness 💜
Really is depressing how Nightingale has the "happiest" ending lmao
One thing I dont get is why are they so quick to shoot slaves they're transporting? Surely even as slaves they have more value than being shot for something so innocuous?
@@anon4854 Depends on who you're talking about
Some slavers simply did it because it's their job and whatever, but some people back them were genuine sickos who took advantage of their status over them to exercise bloodlust and other deviant practices
Another thing that makes Speak No Evil so harrowing, especially for us Danes, is that the cordiality, kindness and people-pleasing are all so central to Danish culture and society, that the movie hits us harder, and basically punishes us for our culture.
After watching Speak No Evil, and then Funny Games days later, I’ve decided I’m never going to be polite ever again.
You can be polite with a backbone and strong personality
@@zizojaezekeom3565 This, people who polite in all situations is just weak and afraid of confrontation. People should be polite by default to each other ofc, until someone cross the line.
“Thank you young man for helping me up”
“Yea fuck off”
I mean maybe we can be a little polite
but thats not the message.
@@WWNbroadcasts my comment was a bit of a joke
Something omitted in your analysis of Speak No Evil is that the Danish family that is targeted as the victims are culturally more likely to act in the way, in Denmark meekness and humility are seen as virtues. If they tried that on an American family, they’d learn a whole lot about “fuck around and find out”.
I definitely agree with this, Danish people are so non confrontational to the point where even if they hate you they won’t stop interacting with you to save face and seem “nice”
Funnily enough an american family is still more likely to experience shit like this because of your crime rates, which are partly caused by the "fuck around and find out" mentality you are so proud of💀💀 But go off🇺🇸🦅
I agree, and I think choosing a Dutch couple was a good choice too, because in Dutch culture being a bit confrontational is widely accepted, in humor and also in everyday life.
I say that as someone who lived in NL for a decade (with a Danish boyfriend).
can confirm as a danish person who grew with a lot of american influences, my desired responses are very different from my actual responses, I would probably not say or do anything until the red flags become too blatant to ignore
depending on the family how many millions are in America, say a Idaho couple meeting maybe a irish couple, since every American claims to be 1/10th irish ir whatever, nothing against either people, but imagine been invited to a remote place in Ireland, u cant bring ur guns, and miles from anywhere.. these things can happen especially a people with a pig farm.. and a easy to get rid of teeth and any undigestables. dont be so cocky because ur American 😂
Nightingale, is beautiful in the way it shows how the oppressed are bound together. Turned against one another. They both speak their own languages, but also English. Both understand that they are both victims to the same oppression.
"Eden Lake" is another movie that I think fits well into this category. Never have I watched a film that has frustrated me as much as this one has, especially with the ending. So much awful shit happens to the characters that is undeserved, and even when you think they'll be redeemed and get revenge, things only get way worse. It's a good film, but holy hell is it a tough watch.
That's ending is brutal, haven't been able to rewatch the movie because of it, even if it's not that explicit the complete anxiety you feel from that last scene alone has made me avoid it.
Yeah that ending stuck with me for days.
I was really hoping that would be on the list
Or they could have just left when the teens started being annoying. Never confront a group of annoying teens. Just leave.
The director is actually doing a British remake of Speak no Evil so
If someone ever asks to use the pool chair next to mine that has my family's stuff on it, I'm running away, screaming.
Prey behavior.
Definitely don't accept an invitation to a trip to a secluded cabin in the woods from someone you've known for a day
@@Sam-pie that was the biggest red flag for me. Who in their right mind accepts such an invite?! You don't fucking know them. I wouldn't accept that invite if it came from Jesus himself.
@@GenesiisDavid I would! I'm desperate for something to happen in my boring-ass life, I don't care if it's good or bad.
What do you mean you run away? That can happen in real life often just because people are ignorante or dumb or arrogant, if in a situation like that you run you are even more passive then the father in the movie
I’m ngl when the boy showed his tongue cut out part came up my jaw actually dropped. I’ve seen real death and horrible things but that legitimately caught me off guard
13 years ago I watched Teeth with my girlfriend for a bedroom movie date, not knowing anything about the premise. If you do know the premise, you could understand it was quite an uncomfortable experience. We're now happily married. I continue to love awkward body horror, she continues to tolerate my love for it. Happy Valentines day everyone!❤
That’s so wholesome lol
ahh teets is a special one, a comedy for girls and a horror for guys. i loved it (surely not an uncomfortable experience whatsoever) and definitely can say there were situations when i wished i had this.. equipment too lol
I watched the r*pe revenge film with Bo Burnham on a date once. We got super baked before hand because we thought it would be just a wacky comedy. Boy were we wrong
Bedroom movie date? Lol k
@@SabinFigaro I believe the kids today call it "netflix and chill". That was the intention anyway.
Speak No Evil is a perfect metaphorical depiction of how harmful it is to be a people pleaser who doesn’t stand up for their boundaries. Like Patrick said, they let him do it. People will get away with and take advantage of you as much as you let them. It’s insane the amount of crap they put up with in attempts to be polite.
And both that movie and Funny Games to me illustrate that it’s way safer not to trust people until they give you ample and sustained proof that you can. Immediately going to a secluded cabin with people you just met is not a good idea. And if some random dude showed up at my door asking for eggs, I wouldn’t answer the door and I’d call the police.
Moral of the story
The Dutch are evil
I don’t entirely buy this idea that the Danish couple in “Speak no Evil” let evil,depraved things happen to them.l see them as ordinary people who failed to see various red flags and wound up trapped in a situation they didn’t foresee.Strangers may try to take advantage of people’s generosity,but they usually don’t do so to the psychotic,homicidal degree that the Dutch couple does to the Danish couple.
Bro calling the cops one someone for asking for eggs is psychotic and weird. There’s being overly trusting and there’s being paranoid. That’s only remotely reasonably if like, the mob was after you or something
I only trust people after I've died and been buried so I don't put myself in this kind of danger.
And to expand on that, the real horror is the idea that so many people out there are just like that as well. As it showed pictures of many other families that met the same fate.
"People living their best lives take them for granted" This is far too true to even be remotely funny. I feel like everyone should suffer a bit so they can experience what reality is really like instead of their spoiled little bubbles where everything is perfect and people shove "love" and money up their asses
Reminds me of liberulls...
Funny Games is an awesome satire on movie violence but yeah it can be decently hard to watch specially with how good the performances are
The American one was just as good imo. Definitely a hard watch but man they're good flicks
The first time I saw it, I was left with a sense of dread for a week. Very good, painful movie
@@Torkleton42same director btw.
@@icravedeath.1200 didn't even know that. That's pretty cool. The cast for the American one was really great too. Dude made such a disturbing yet amazing movie. Anytime I mention it to people nobody knows what I'm talking about so I just say watch it because explaining it does not do it justice
The way I see it is that Paul and Pete are us the viewer. We are just there to see them suffer and toy with them. We don’t want them to win or survive. We are doing this to them for no real reason other than our own entertainment. That’s why they have white gloves on at the start. It’s like our own denial that we have anything to do with the violence, when it’s actually us paying to see it that’s causing it.
Love the last line. Brilliant.
I literally watch videos about movies like this so I DON’T have to watch them. The stories are amazing to tell, which is how they have such punch even without the accompanying visuals and audio.
You're missing the point of watching a movie
I also do this "because" I know it's not the same as watching the movie. I'm too weak of an audience to handle actually watching these movies
@@alpaca.scholar5925 Exactly! With me, I tend to absorb how happy or sad a movie is. A heart-wrenching movie like the ones on this list is enough to give me deppression-like symptoms for a week.
100000% same. I have pretty severe PTSD and I just can't watch stuff that's that negative. 😭
@@jennaheiser625grow up
I just saw the remake of See No Evil last night in theaters and I was so confused because I had a vague memory of this video and was like, “I’ve heard Elvis talk about this movie months ago, wtf”
I can’t believe the original is only two years old. Why the hell would they remake a movie so recent? And not do anything new or different with it?
Definitely gonna watch the original now!
Because the original message is "WOKENESS carries to death".
Hollywood needed to cancel that message. Turning the plot from "Woke family lose because they lost their survival instincts " to "WOKE family can fight back".
They changed the ending of the remake. The boy lives in the remake, no?
@@finnthyhuman_ American family and boy survives . The boy killed the evil man .
Michael Haneke, the director of "Funny Games" is a true master of cinema. The reason behind him remaking the movie in english wasn't just to get more people to see it. Apparently his original idea was to shoot the movie in the US, but he wasn't able to make it work with the budget he got. The malicious satire the movie presents, works, in my opinion, even better in the american setting. You should try watching his other stuff if you enjoyed "Funny Games", as most of his work evokes very similar feelings of deep existential dread. I love him to death and I'm very happy you also enjoyed his work!!
I’ll bet anything another intention behind the ‘American’ remake of his own work would be to satirize certain nasty films like Guinea Pig getting American adaptations
Yeah. Watch"Benny's vidéo" with the actor who plays Paul when he was a teenager. Funny games looks like the Carebears compare to Benny's vidéo
His film The White Ribbon is a masterpiece. Honestly had no idea the two films were both directed by him until now
@@madeofmeats i think he satirizes any movie that glorifies violence. in this case the two antagonists are not only playing with the family and the audience, they actually are representing the audience that has little to no reaction to the violence they see. just some quick entertainment.
in pretty much every mainstream action movie the audience can see the intial act of violence (in this movie it does not), but almost never the aftermath or other consequences (this movie only shows the aftermath)
@@MRC_5000 yeah Funny Games’ whole point was to put a mirror up to torture p*rn fans and say “is this really what you want to spend your time watching?”, but I was wondering if his remake was an extension of that by also calling out American Guinea Pig and maybe just western gore flicks in general
I felt the same about Hawkins in the Nightengale, he is so detestable it's wild. I've never felt so strongly about a movie character.
Joffrey from Game Of Thrones and Negan from The Walking Dead were/are pretty easy to hate as well. The latter character made me quit watching a show I loved all together.
@@TalentCaldwell I just finished Game of Thrones this week and I agree, Joffrey is horrible. Funny because I'm just starting Walking Dead right now...
@@TalentCaldwellI quit after the show didn’t end the Negan arc in its first showdown. I heard Negan gets a redemption arc later in the series, which made me nope even harder.
@@TalentCaldwell
Joffrey was a massively spoiled and narcissistic child that lived in a world that rewarded brutality and ruthlessness, but I think he could've been at least maybe okay'ish if he grew up different.
Negan uses violence, fear and cruelty as a tool, he is an opportunist. While clearly ripping through boundaries, he at least has some redeeming qualities and can be reasoned with.
Hawkins is just straight up evil, cannot be redeemed, and is an example of the worst thing a human can become.
@@lacountess
Negan was a great character and personally I think the episodes 6x16 and 7x1 are masterful, the endless tension and hopelessness, the emotions, the acting, everything honestly. 7x1 probably one of the darkest episodes ever filmed.
But it definitely fell apart afterwards, yup. Writing got worse every season after, though it had some good episodes here and there. Last season honestly some of the worst I ever saw
Who hurt you Michael? Who was it? Got me dead
You explained her trauma, and just trauma in general, pretty well. I suffer from trauma and it's forever present in my mind unless I'm completely consumed by something else. It's like no matter how much you confront it and think about why you're having these anxieties all the time, it just constantly keeps coming forward. Even if it's been a long time and you forget certain things about the trauma, you're already scarred. I suffer from PTSD every day and anxiety every day.
I also have PTSD, panic disorder, and GAD. THC and a good therapist have saved my life. I became an addict as a result of my trauma, support groups and the right medication has saved my life. I wish you healing and all the best life has to offer.
It's a circumstance that only those who've been there can understand. Trying to explain to the uneducated or unaffected is futile.
who tf leaves their kids with a stranger? people with no backbone get on my nerves.
You sound fun
@@thatguymatt5816are you calling them boring for thinking you shouldn’t leave your kids with strangers 💀
@@KingOfGaymes He's a 12 years old who tries to sound edgy. Ignore and move on.
frealll and also- CHAERYEONG PFP RAHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@thatguymatt5816you sound like a child predator
The reason why Bjorn goes back for the rabbit is because he deeply admires the other couple and wants to be them.
Earlier in the film Patrick said Bjorn was brave for retrieving his daughter’s rabbit, and so despite his desire to leave, Bjorn still wants to behave in a manner which the other couple would approve of.
I have two people in my life who are somewhat extreme people-pleasers and I see how it genuinely hurts their lives. They spend so much energy pleasing other people, even strangers, and I constantly watch them sacrifice their own comfort, desires, and belongings because of it. Neither of them can stand horror cinema, especially this kind, but I truly wish I could recommend that they watch Speak No Evil.
There’s a lot of criticism about the film for the mind boggling idiotic decisions the characters make, but many aren’t considering the cultural influences of the characters, whose home country is known to promote the kinds of “manners” that our main characters display. Audiences are also not realizing these type of people pleasers actually exist. Most don’t end up in a situation like this, obviously, but it’s a WARNING. A warning to those who constantly go against their gut to satisfy people who take advantage of them and disrespect their boundaries. If films are to be judged on their effectiveness in bringing out a specific emotion in those watching, Speak No Evil is a masterclass. It’s one instance where “dumb decisions” is actually used to SAY something that you can take with you in your real life. And god damn does it do that well.
Agree. Had it been an American film I would've considered the characters' behavior to be unusual, but hailing from Scandinavia, it's almost creepy how easy it is to spot these flaws in people surrounding me. I thought it made the film darkly hilarious, like the director saying;
"See? This is how bad Danes would fuck up if they were in a horror movie scenario!"
@@thehitherto5348 thank you for your reply!! I’m really happy to hear from someone who has direct experience. I live in the US and I’m very nervous for the American remake that’s coming out in the next year or two. I don’t believe it’s going to work as well, if at all
@@thehitherto5348depends on where they're from. Small town Scandinavian? Definitely like those characters. Capital Scandinavians? GTFO WE'RE LEAVING
As a Dutchie, the constant pushing and superiority coming from the Dutch couple was also spot on. @@thehitherto5348
@@mikeleddyphoto if they make an American remake, I can imagine it being much shorter when the American family just pulls out their shotguns lol
Paul rewinding the film blew me away that's honestly absolutely genius and really takes away from the "HELL YEAH" you kinda feel when Peter gets shot
The first movie reminded me of something I once read about, when a convicted pedophile said that he would look at the family to determine if a child would be a target or not, and one they they looked for was an absent or weak seeming father.
It's like the father in that movie, who didn't stand up for his family. A father should defend his wife and children, if the fictional one did earlier, perhaps the first movie never would have become so tragic
Makes alot of sense
Nightingale is a masterpiece that I indeed watched alone then recommended to my parents but when they asked me to watch with them I said 'One watch is all you need' lets just say they got it afterwards :D
Yup I'd recommend it to the right ppl but holy I'll never choose to watch it again
It’s such a great movie but I felt so sad at the end. I knew a movie like that wouldn’t have a happy ending but I still wished the two protagonists would find some measure of happiness at the end. 😢
I thought it was gonna be a scary horror movie instead it was just sad and my friends who watched it with me hated it all 😅 sorry guys
As soon as I saw it was on this list I got instant trauma 😭 that movie is brutal, and having watched it after being a SA survivor was traumatic and cathartic for me. Even this recap made me cry and love the movie all over again. As amazing as it is, I know I’ll never watch it again.
I remember seeing the original “Funny Games”, and being a horror/scary movie buff, it scared the hell out of me. Same with “Speak No Evil”. Any movie that brings the element of dread, along with the thought of “this could actually happen”, scares me more than any fantasy/monster horror ever could.
Just finished Speak No Evil because of the recommendation of this video. I’m someone who struggles with excessive niceness and has a hard time saying no and setting boundaries, so that movie hit me particularly hard. Definitely a necessary cautionary tale if you can stomach the ending.
I watched Speak No Evil the week it released and was left speechless for about 10 minutes after. Worst part is that it was labeled as action and adventure! Completely incorrect!
It's like you got tricked along with the family. I'd say it's almost funny, but I understand if it wasn't for you.
@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe I absolutely loved the movie!
Is it psychological thriller or horror
@@ralliedcookies4403 both
Who got away with labeling it action and adventure?! That's wild.
I watched The Nightingale tonight, pausing your video when you mentioned all three films. It was horrific. Like those I Spit on Your Grave films but set way back in time. The ending leaves you feeling relieved but disappointed at the same time, not at the film but just at everything. I mean what else is Clare supposed to do now? It's a movie that definitely sticks with you long after you've watched it. I love IFC films but this was one of their best.
The first one’s a lesson in agreeableness.. it is a great trait to have in a lot of circumstances, but not when people take advantage of it and you stop standing up for yourself.
Speak no evil is such a frustrating watch. I think what really made the film make sense was when Bjorn asked Patrick "Why are you doing this?" and Patrick responds "Because you let me."
Its like the most preventable horror movie like for most of it they very literally could have just left
Someone danish spoke up on Reddit and said danish people are known for being meek and malleable and that it’s how they show humility.
They said this isn’t unusual in their society.
This made everything make sense for me at least the first hour of the film. At that though, wouldn’t you feel true fear in your heart at some point? You gotta trust your gut!
The Truman Show is one of the most cruel movies ever made. I recently watched that and found myself thinking, the fact that this movie exists is probably a big reason that's never happened in real life, yet. I have to imagine at least a few eccentric billionaires have dabbled with the idea of making someone's entire life a reality show that everyone is in on except them, and other people told them "nah man, that would be like The Truman Show. That's awful. You can't do that."
The premise of it is horrifying but so is the unspoken implication that this movie takes place in a universe where thousands if not millions of people will watch a man unknowingly be recorded and live his life on a stage and see nothing wrong with it, or at least, no government body is intervening to label it unethical.
The closest we’ve gotten to this IRL is one installment of this extreme prank show in Japan called “Susunu! Denpan Shonen’ where comedians were put into terrible arduous situations for viewers’ sadistic entertainment. I’m copy+pasting directly from an article:
[The most (in)famous season followed Fukushima-born comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, better known as Nasubi. After being selected to participate in an unknown reality show, aspiring comedian Nasubi was faced with the challenge to stay alone and unclothed in a tiny apartment, secluded from the outside world with only piles and piles of magazines, until he won a combined ¥1 million (about US $10,000) in total from regularly applying to various magazine sweepstakes. He could only survive on what he won from these mail-in sweepstakes. Initially painting the show as a unique experiment that may or may not air on television, producers convinced Nasubi to believe that he was self-recording his day-to-day experiences for further review, when in reality his most confided moments were broadcast for the world to see and make fun of.]
I can’t link it (youtube will probably flag this comment as spam) but if you search for “Nasubi movieweb” you’ll find the article I’m taking this from. It’s astonishing how insane reality tv can be. America pioneered the genre but I don’t think to my knowledge any program has ever gone to those lengths to trick and torment people in that way. There is always an “out” or the decision to give up.
There was a cruel reality show done on the same basis; on a much smaller scale - it was called the Joe Schmo Show
@@infoskrimp420yes I came here to point out the joschmo show as well lol
Another cruel movie like Funny Games is Wolf Creek. It actually has likable and funny characters and toys with the feeing that they can fight back and there’s hope, but unfortunately for this movie the almost death moments and ridiculous moments of luck happen to the VILLAIN.
Which makes me think... family vlogs that center on children (8 Passengers and its fallout come to mind) aren't very far from the Truman Show. The main difference is the child is aware, but said child has no choice or agency on whether to participate, either. Sure, it isn't a whole fabricated setting but... it's uncomfortably close.
Oooof, I hope that rabbit was worth it. My daughter LOVES her stuffed animals, but if she was getting scared, she would leave any of them without a second thought.
Ulrich Mühe was a spectacularly talented actor. He was also in The Lives of Others, which is likely the movie he’s known for to international audiences who don’t know Funny Games. He died of stomach cancer shortly after it was released, with I believe his last public appearance being at the Oscars where the film won the award for best foreign language film. Such a tragedy.
God, The Lives of Others was also fantastic. I saw it first when I was 14 -- Learning Ulrich Mühe died so young was gut-wrenching. He was a brilliant actor whose performances really shaped my teenage hood.
im so glad there's people like Elvis who'll review movies I'll probably never ever watch but it's always fun to get to hear and learn about them.
I really liked "The Nightingale". Quite a lot of revenge horror flicks out there as you said. This one stuck.
As an Australian watching Billy be respectfully shown as a strong and compassionate and intelligent Indigenous Australian man during a particularly awful time made me tear up.
Honestly, they're beautiful. What I'm fascinated about regarding Australian aboriginals, is that so many also have naturally blonde hair. The way we evolved is just amazing. I love Australia, and some day in my life I'd like to go there. With lots of armor, health potions, drinks, and antidotes.
Legit same, as an Aussie myself too
The only part I don't like is that he had to be the one to nobly die so the white woman could find a renewed zest for life and live. His character's ending still functioned to serve her.
get mental help
@@SoldierofWotan88you’re not part of the aryan race soldier of “Wotan” lmao get real. It’s called Empathy you sociopath.
11:29 i was screaming "STUPID" over and over at that moment LOOL
I mean dude, it's just a toy 😭
and then it actually wasn't lost 💀the small thing that drove the family to their doom
Awesome breakdown of the psychology behind the films. I recommend everyone read "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin deBecker. It may save your life. Long story short, if something feels off, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS! I've owed dozens of copies of this book, and I've given every single one away to people (mostly women) who have been socialized to "be nice." I raised my daughter to know that you can't trust people by what they say, or by how they look. Only trust people by what they DO. Actions speak louder than words, and looks can be deceiving.
Except a lot of the most dangerous people are nice and polite and charming, talks well and very sociable and good looking (we are hard wired to like beautiful things) or if not good looking they looks harmless (either very young or very old) and that lowers our guard. There is a crime here in my country where a child a family adopted killed the family's real children and then stole money (she hid the money) and made the entire thing look like it was done by robbers, but she didn't know there was a cctv in front of the house and the recording did not show any intruders.
I cried just listening to the summary of The Nightingale. I definitely don't have the stomach to watch it in full, but thank you for introducing me to such a beautiful/disturbing movie.
I didn't know what it was about when I started watching it. I've never cried so much during a movie. So disturbing!!
It’s a brutal watch.
*SPOILER*
I literally yelled out YES! when the SOB died at the end.
And now, everyone go watch, "I Spit on Your Grave". The 2010 version. It's probably the best revenge movie I've ever seen. There are a couple scenes where I literally, kinda, felt sorry for the bad guys in it, because of what she does to them. AND I HATED, these bad guys. I think you'll all really like it. 🙂
Reminds me of the film Creep where the guy is constantly testing the filmmakers boundaries. ALWAYS maintain boundaries when you don't know someone. I dont mean aloof. I mean even the opposite can work if your naturally gregarious. Don't let ppl make you uncomfortable or hold your phone or if they wanna join soccer game dont let em walk to far with your ball before running them down. Don't let people pressure you into doing things your against. Even if it seems trivial. Or if you've established rappart you may allow it only ONCE if it's extremely trivial, and you make it reciprocal that sane day by doing something similar.dont be afraid to say a seats taken, unless it's really unfair (like if there's 2 benches at a community thing and you claimed both). The beach chair, if it was the ONLY other chair, ok let the other family have a chair, but be clear you are doing do out of fairness. Everything after that is cause to immediately leave. Yes even the meat (and NO I'm not vegetarian).
I love this movie and enjoyed Creep 2. It was weird to see Mark Duplass on a rewatch of The League after seeing those films 😂.
I don’t even understand how that could happen. To commit to being vegetarian, despite the sheer amount of pressure in society not to be, and then immediately cave to some guy. I decided to go vegetarian as a child and my grandfather tried to beat me into eating a whole chicken. I ran off and locked myself in the bathroom until my parents turned up to collect me. If that didn’t make me waiver, then some peer pressure isn’t going to. My experience might’ve been an extreme response to going vegetarian that most people haven’t experienced, but still. It’s the sort of thing you commit to. The opportunities, temptation, normalisation, and pressure not to be is fricking everywhere. You just can’t continue being vegetarian if you don’t have strong will.
I watched Speak No Evil in the cinema with my mother, not knowing what horrors would unravel in front of me. I have a history of watching bad horror movies with my older brother so i thought this movie would be a piece of cake. My mother is easily frightened but i was by her side so i told her that she could hold my hand or whatever. When the credits rolled, i still had half of the screen covered with my hand, with my mouth wide open because i was so utterly shocked at the ending. My mother was kind of ready to go but i was completely paralyzed in my seat. Great movie!
Speak No Evil actually made me feel physically ill when I saw it. Like I was on the edge of vomiting. The other two movies I’m glad I haven’t seen and instead had it recapped for me. Makes it a lot easier to process lol
How has Elvis never watched "Rubber" ?
It's about a sentient tire that murders people. It's so much more cinematic than it has any right to be - and as a result, it feels like a terribly vivid fever dream.
Where can I watch it?
@@flowerpatchtoons1101 I have no idea now - I watched it on Netflix in like, 2016
i thought you were making it up until i googled it lmao
@@MariaMacedow entirely understandable 😂
It’s more than that too, but it can’t be explained without watching it lmao, I think Elvis would love it in a wtf way
The Nightingale was both one of the most horrendous but also incredible movies I’ve ever seen, a testament to Aussie film making. I never want to watch it again lol
Nightingale, while absolutely harrowing and horrific, is such a beautiful film. The way it's filmed and the way in which the main characters bond and form connection despite the intense trauma inflicted on them is the light amongst the shadow in that film, in my opinion.
I remember that we met a couple with a non-communicative child (I think she was on the autism spectrum, IIRC). We had dinners, hung out, they took us places they knew. About a year later, they even visited us.
So hearing about Speak No Evil was pretty horrifying for me, as I was also a relatively small kid at the time.
And I got pretty emotional hearing you describe The Nightingale, especially the latter part.
Funny Games is great for the cruel irony in how every attempt from the family to save themselves makes things worse, like how paul and peter don’t get the shotgun until Georgie brings it to them, how the phone wastes time and results in Anne getting captured, it’s great.
That scene that Elvis didnt want to talk about in Nightengale apparently made people vomit and leave the cinema. Dont blame them. I READ about it on Wiki and that was enough. I held my children very close after reading that. I havent seen the movie, dont think i ever can, and it traumatised me.
thank you for this comment, I was going to look it up even though I'm one of those people who will see/hear something messed up and think about it for days on end. hearing the summary of this movie was enough to make me tear up
I can take it and I have to know what happened without watching please esither tell me what happened or tell me how to look it up
@@nexxyoutuber2982 I just googled Nightingale full plot. Read it on the wiki page.
@nexxy
Clare gets raped by two guys after her husband is shot and because her baby doesn't stop crying, the men kill the child by slamming it into a wall. Clare is supposed to be killed afterwards but only knocked unconscious.
I read this on Wikipedia, didn't watch the film myself.
@@FeuerblutRM thx
The end of the 2nd movie has me crying.. so powerful.
I watched Speak No Evil with a classmate when we got out of the theater after watching Violent Night (2022), and decided to sneak into another random room to avoid paying for another ticket. We both regretted it deeply.
25:00 thank you for covering this! I had it on my watchlist and as a survivor I am glad to be forewarned that this would likely not be a safe watch. May seem like a small kindness but when I watched Midsommar NO ONE was describing what happened to Kristian for what it really was... due to this I walked in blind and I suffered HARD for it.
@25:00 are you referring to Nightingale or another moxie? I haven't seen nightingale so don't want to click your timestamp 😅
@@a.nobodys.nobody Im referring to Nightingale as I had that on my watchlist.
Don't watch it. The Nightingale makes Midsommar look tame in comparison. I have a pretty high tolerance for disturbing movies but this movie makes you feel every second of it and I almost had to turn it off. That being said, it's a really beautiful and important movie at the same time and probably holds the record for the most times I've cried during a movie.
“Don’t watch these movies”
Alright time to add all of these to my watch list.
I’ve never understood ppl that try to force ppl to eat something they don’t want to and say things like “take a small bite.” You know they’re not gonna eat a full serving whether they take the bite or not so what’s the point if not just getting an odd power trip or enjoying making ppl feel uncomfortable? Either way, you’re just wasting a bites worth of food and do you expect the person to actually like it? Of course they’re not going to anyway and seeing as they’ve given in to being pushed to take a bite, they’re just gonna be polite and lie and say it’s good. Plus, they don’t eat that thing so it’s not like they can give feedback on it like “less sugar” or “more pepper” because they don’t know how it’s supposed to taste or what makes it good or bad.
Sorry, tangent over.
The real antagonist in Funny Games is the audience. Haneke hates the use of violence in movies as an entertainment. In fact, because of that he can't stands Tarantino's movies, he said in an interview.
I can't stand Tarantino movies either but it's mostly because of the boring long dialogues 😂
I'd say that he uses just as much violence as entertainment as Tarantino does, so... People usually dislike the people who are most similar to themselves, right?
@@malloryknox6802 kinda funny since your name is from a movie Tarantino wrote
the side black bar transition was phenomenal. especially the slow fade back to full ratio as you were done talking about it. just. set something off in my brain. it was perfect
Love this commentary, all great movies! I gotta say though, the rabbit hit home for me. My daughter had a stuffed rabbit, it was gifted to me at my baby shower. It used to say the Lord's Prayer when you squeezed its paw, but eventually the motor in it died, (got super creepy at the end with the slow-mo voice, lol😅), but she still loved that thing, it was her favorite stuffed toy, and Rabbit went everywhere with her. One night after we'd been out shopping, I realized Rabbit was gone. We'd been to three different stores and let me tell you right now I drove to each one at 11pm to find Rabbit. The last store, a Walgreens, I found him on the floor of the bath aisle. Took me a bit to convince the clerk this was ours and I wasn't stealing. My daughter is almost 20 now, 1st year of college under her belt, and she still has Rabbit. 😁❤
iirc when Patrick is driving with Bjorn and Louise, he doesn't even bother to lock the car or drive fast. Further signaling that he knows they won't even try to get out.
I agree that we should all try to be kind and respectful to one another. But it's equally important to set boundaries.
I was honestly relieved when the main protagonists were ended in Speak No Evil. It felt more like an act of mercy with how many stupid decisions were made be these two lacking any sense of self-preservation.
I can not even imagine going on a trip with a whole ass other family that I only met once 😭 I don’t care how cool they seemed I’d be like No thank you ☺️🤚 maybe next time! And never contact them again. And that’s even before all the red flags!
@@8bitbee148 I wouldn't mind. However, I certainly would be at least somewhat on guard and would not let these strangers continuously push me around. The protagonists had every opportunity to walk away. But I guess that was the whole point of the movie.
honestly I hate movies like this. they're incredibly infuriating and I stop rooting for the protagonists, who seem to be written to be intentionally stupid so the plot can continue. You finally leave because you felt unsafe and you found your daughter in the bed with a naked stranger, but your daughter forgot her plushie? No one in their right minds would go back. and even if you did, you wouldn't make amends. You take the bunny and RUN.
Honestly, I saw their final fate as a willing self-termination. We spend the whole movie waiting for Bjørn to finally stand up for his family and fight back, but no. Weak people won't rise to the occasion but collapse under their own incompetence. Bjørn means "bear" in Danish, so I assume he was intended as a deconstruction of the "papa bear" character.
@@Monicalia Exactly.
Movies like this are the best examples of true horror to me. Speak No Evil is terrifying, Bc it has a deep understanding of how real things like this can be.
That rewind button in funny games was such a cruel slap in the face, but also so wonderfully unexpected.
The prime case of plot armor
Let it be known he skipped that scene in the nightingale for very good reason. Its such a harrowing and uncomfortable scene that feels like it goes on and on. The nightingale is beautifully horrific indeed
please man tell me about it
@nexxyoutuber2982 I'll tell u in shortcut words so youtube doesn't ban my comment. the lieutenant r* her infront of her husband..after that her husband tries to kill him, but the lieutenant kills him..after that the lieutenant let others to r* her..since the baby was kept crying, one of the soldiers throw it at the wall.
@@nexxyoutuber2982Basically Clare gets SAd by Hawkins and Ruse after which they shoot her husband. Jago was supposed to quiet the baby but he swings it against a wall, killing it. That entire scene is just horrifying and so hard to watch
@@arealhuman2409 damn
@@arealhuman2409 I thought it was the funniest part of the film 😂 especially hearing that baby go SPLAT
The two European movies are testament to the "Don't rock the boat" and the "stop it, you're just making it worse" accusatory philosophies
I am an aboriginal Australian and I had never heard of the second movie before. It made me tear up. It’s so saddening my people where treated like this. I loved Billy, he was my favourite character. Great video as always Elvis 🫶🏽🫶🏽
It's horrifying and beautiful. A great movie that I'll never see again except the scenes of claire confronting hawkins, billy killing hawkins and his lackey and billy powerfull dance on the beach.
I can not even begin to comprehend the feeling this movie must have given you. Wishing you and your people all the best!
Australia is a place I don’t have much knowledge of & I heard someone say the nightingale is about Australian history. I went in thinking it’ll probably be as harsh as “12 years ago slave” but as I was watching it I realized this movie is brutal yet amazing with its honesty. It’s my favorite out of the 3 he mentioned. My favorite character in the movie was obviously the aboriginal man & the scene that really grinds my gears is what happened to the little boy that wouldn’t kill the aboriginals. The similarities of what yours & my people went through in our countries is sad but let’s be thankful the world changed for the better.
Its a testament to my love for Elvis that I sat through this entire video. As a parent this was absolutely horrifying
I remember going out on my birthday to watch a film, have a few drinks, go home and them maybe fool around a bit. The film we chose was hotel Rwanda. We both cried throughout the whole film, sat in silence for our first drink and then just went home to bed. To sleep.
My dorm roommate got me to watch Funny Games without knowing anything about it and it fucked me up. I cried my eyes out after that movie. Not to say it wasn't incredibly well done. The reason it affected me so much was because it was simultaneously very realistic, amazing performances, and just fantastical enough to be utterly frustrating as I watched the characters suffer.
Yeah, that incredibally realistic part where they rewound time with a TV remote control. Come on, man.
Snowflake. You cry to that you don't have a prayer in the real world
My older brothers girlfriend made me watch it when I was 14..I hated her for 2 years afterwards 😅
I recently watched speak no evil with my dad, we just picked a random horror movie with the exact "how bad can it be?" attitude. My dad still talks about this movie and how much it haunts him. We sat through this movie just growing more and more horrified and had to watch one of our favs as a palette cleanser afterwards. Still a very good movie but surely won't rewatch it anytime soon.
I watched it two days ago without knowing how bad it would be. I had to go for a smoke and take a long walk
It really irked me how Bjorn did nothing and I mean absolutely nothing to stop them. He didn't put up a fight at all. I was like how could you not try when you have nothing left to lose?
During the premiere of The Nightingale, theatres actually had trained therapists outside the doors, sitting at the ready for anyone who might need to talk. And staff were also required to stand at the doors and check IDs to make sure everyone attending was at least 18 years old.
You can't be serious. Come on.
@@leopercara3477
Why is that a bad thing?
@@kirikakirikakirika It's not that is bad. Isn't it a little exaggeration to take therapy after a movie, even if it's somewhat depressing?
@@leopercara3477
It's not depressing, it's traumatizing. Some people have actually gone through the events presented in the film, and the scenes could trigger that. It's nice to see people finally taking mental health seriously.
@@kirikakirikakirika Maybe you're right.
While watching the first and last movie of this list, I keep hearing Billie butcher in my head like -
“Where’s your RAGE!? Your SELF RESPECT!?!?”
Abel is reminding me of Michael Myers with the no talking and distant thing lol
Yeah but the difference is that with Michael Myers, it was voluntary, with Abel, his tongue was cut out, and as Elvis said, poor kid was probably afraid for his life
Nice choices.
My 3 would have to be
1) Come and See
2) Dogtooth
3) Mysterious Skin
I don't get disturbed by most "disturbing" movies but I would also list these 3. These films have haunted me ever since I watched them and I think about them quite often.
Come and See. That is such a heavy fucking movie. I think I was shaking at the end of it
Come and see was the first movie that came to my mind, too. Heavy stuff.
'Dancer In The Dark' (2000) 'Playground' (2016)
'Nothing Bad Can Happen' (2013)
'Frontier(s)' (2007)
'Irreversible' (2002)
'Zone Of Interest' (2023)
Some great, but disturbing gems.
Come and See was based on the book I Am From The Fiery Village, a book I want to read and do not want to read equally.
Letting Billy eat at the table hit so hard in my soul for some reason. Just you mentioning it made me tear up all over again...
It was when he looked at all of them and said, “This is my land.” I cried because that was likely the first time that he had the realization that he wasn’t the outsider, they were. 😢
You really teared up.?
@@blackwolf4653that’s what they said.
@@blackwolf4653 yep
@@blackwolf4653average Elon pfp
When you said “harrowing music plays” I immediately got an add playing the Star Wars theme
The Nightingale is such a wonderfully horrible movie, I enjoyed it so much but I will never never never watch it again.
please tell me what happened in that scene he didnt want to talk about
@@nexxyoutuber2982I think sexual assault
@nexxyoutuber2982 sexual assault by multiple men, while her baby is screamed at to shut up then whacked against the wall while screaming
I had seen the Nightingale before, so I didn't feel the need to revisit it, but I did pause the video to go watch Speak No Evil and Funny Games U.S. before I came back here to finish it. All three of these movies made me deeply uncomfortable, but I had so much respect for the directors and actors for selling it so well. I haven't stopped thinking about that line, "because you let me", that was haunting
11:43 nope that bunny rabbit would be gone for good. Or we'd replace it with one that was the same only a little newer. Lol. 😂
For me personally Funny Games just doesn't work as a concept let alone a film. If the director is trying to comment on violence in media (particularly via the home invasion subgenre) it's an incredibly derivative and dismissive way of doing so. His whole thesis seems to be based on the idea that the audience has come to watch the film solely on the basis that they want to see violence against innocent people. In reality, well done horror operates on the basis of empathy and wanting the main characters to survive this nightmarish scenario they find themselves in.
I watched Funny Games a year ago and I have to say, I was starting to doze off with how boring it was.
I believe Mark Kermode has said similar things about it.
Yeah, but at the same time, what do you want to see? The protagonists taking revenge by any means necessary, right? using as much violence as possible, bc the villains definitely deserve it
So... you crave violence
Against the bad guys, ofc, but you want to watch them suffer
Derivative - from what? Its clear that you have no idea what you're talking about.
It's clear that Haneke knows how to make a movie. He uses ingrained tropes and media literacy and subverts the expectations to harrowing effect. The techniques in the film are really clever, including the draining ten minute shot after Georgie is killed. It's an excellent movie to show people new to film studies because it makes them painfully aware of extremely subtle storytelling in movies by how Haneke subverts them. Having watched the remake, those aspects are still there and it's still as effective.
A complaint I've encountered is that there isn't really a point; it's just watching people be miserable and die for no reason.
I found this exchange from an interview with Haneke (the same one where he mentions that "(t)he film is a film about the representation of violence in the media..."
"Do you actually watch the films that Funny Games is directed against?
Haneke: Rarely. Hardly at all. You have to keep yourself informed, so I watch the odd thing in order to know what’s going on. But in general I don’t watch that sort of thing because it makes me sick. I’m not a masochist after all! laughs"
Funny Games evokes frustration and pointlessness because that's what the director feels when he watches certain films and he wanted to share that feeling. Does succeeding that make it a good movie?
Timestamps
2:03 Speak no evil (2022)
18:26 The Nightingale (2018)
31:49 Funny games (1997)
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Thank you
Funny Games was absolutely the most uncomfortable experience I've ever had in my entire life. I felt the compulsory need to start cleaning my bathroom when I finished watching it.
everyone is always uncomfortable around the realistic historical tales cause our collective past as a species is so unbelievably fucked up I get why we have deep neurotic mental problems
As a teenager I watched Antichrist and I Saw the Devil back to back. The depression spiral lasted for about a week.
Antichrist still pops up in my head sometimes and that one scene with the scissors is scarred into my brain forever and will make me feel down every now and then.
Antichrist should had been on this list ... i really want Elvis to review it someday ... antichrist and melancholia .
Thanks you to the YT algorithm for recommending this channel to me! ❤
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