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This movie utterly SUCKS, and here is precisely why:

posted 11 years ago by ohdearurdead
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I hated this movie after finishing it, and I set out to do some research on its redeeming qualities in case there was something I had overlooked. I found nothing. The problem is the following:

Considering what the movie was trying to say, it is completely UNACCEPTABLE that "Haeley" did not die at the end. The movie needed it - well, ANYTHING - and the filmmakers did NOT have the balls to do it. Nothing happened to her, despite the fact that she was getting perverted joy out of torturing him. They tackled a controversial topic in an attempt to be cool and hip, and yet they ended up making a heap of crap of a flick that is sure to please each and every conservative and pedophile-hater. People who abuse children deserve zero sympathy, that's a given. But let's look at the facts right here:

This movie features a supposedly underage girl who chops off a pedophile's balls, while insulting and torturing him all the way. The pedophile hangs himself in the end, after having the girl lie to him once again. Nothing happens to the girl, and she learns nothing. NOTHING. Nothing about life, about people, about things perhaps not being as black and white as they first seem.Instead, a pedophile gets mutilated, just what everyone wants to see, and it's then milked for views.

What a *beep* of *beep* I rated this movie 1/10 in an attempt to bring its mediocre rating even lower. This was the biggest pile of pretentious crap I have seen in a long time. The filmmakers milked an interesting idea and offered the viewer zero substance. Completely unacceptable and pathetic.

I am open to opposing views, but HOW could you ever counter what I just said? There is no substance.

[–] doubl3 9 years ago

The thing is, if you hate what happens in a movie, it doesn't mean it's a bad movie, still. I don't like that she did so many wrong things, but I thought well every once in a while you have to not like someone's choices in a movie. Otherwise, every movie would just be the same.

[–] info-655-196140 8 years ago

So what, she learns nothing, she was a horrible person, why do you want a flowery hollywood ending?

[–] shaynes555 8 years ago

It really helps if you think of her as some type of avenging spirit rather than some little girl getting off on torturing the guy. She knew he killed her, admits she knew at the end when he confessed. Why was his confession so important? His being raped and beaten as a child rapist in prison would be enough punishment, why get him to kill himself?

Don't think of it as drama, think of it as horror.

[–] edfor 8 years ago

This was torture porn for people who hate pedophiles, that's all it was. It wasn't an attempt at a good movie. A good movie would have had a cop come in and arrest them both or shoot them both. No character was better, but I'd argue the girl was more depraved.

[–] aslnspaw 8 years ago

You must be one or related to one. They all should be castrated.