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Pretty bad movie. Period.

posted 15 years ago by syntheticocean
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Just so many things wrong with the plot here.

Mainly, when the one girl loses reception on the boat... Spending time on a boat, I don't lose reception on the ocean that quickly. 10 miles off shore I still have full reception. At about 20 miles I completely lose reception. In the movie the shore was still visable and she lost reception while the boat wasn't moving.

I won't even waste my time with my other complaints right now as I'm typing this on my phone. I'm just really shocked that so many people recommended this movie to me.

[–] Neil_Of_Cardiff 15 years ago

Uhhh. I live in a capital city and I loose connection all the time on different phone networks. Dumb ass !

[–] longlivethenewflesh 15 years ago

There was so much wrong with this one that the last thing we need to worry about is whether their bloody phones were working. It went from being a pretty decent 'playing up abroad' type thing to one of the worst suspense thrillers ever made.

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[–] Bloom___ 15 years ago

Why not? It is one.

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[–] Bloom___ 15 years ago

Oh, I see. Very clever.

I presume you meant capital 'cities', but never mind. I have certain standards of grammar, but it's fine if other people don't.

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[–] Bloom___ 15 years ago

I was there on Monday, as it happens, and had a perfectly nice time. I even managed to order food and drink in the Prince of Wales pub and they understood me quite well.

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[–] kotfw-1 15 years ago

Agree wasn't impressed, the fact that 90% of the film was in pitch black didn't help either. What are directors thinking!

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[–] longlivethenewflesh 15 years ago

Suspension of disbelief is a two way street. I compare it to hypnosis - you can't hypnotise someone unless they allow themselves to be hypnotised. The audience is under no obligation to 'suspend it's disbelief' when watching a bad movie. The film must be engaging enough that the audience is drawn in willingly, rather than having to remind themselves before the bloody thing starts.

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[–] longlivethenewflesh 15 years ago

No one is ever under obligation to suspend disbelief. Can you read? I wrote "The audience is under no obligation to 'suspend it's disbelief' when watching a bad movie" - you have somehow inferred that the opposite must also be true. You're a genius.

Suspension of disbelief does not require a conscious decision. If a movie is entertaining, people will happily concede just about anything.

If a movie is poorly made, if the actions of the characters are implausible, if nothing at all rings true, nobody is going to suspend disbelief just because a helpful type like you tells them they have to. If it sucks, it sucks. And what in the world would possess you to suggest 'suspension of disbelief' applies to documentaries? That is a patently ridiculous comment.

Do you really need to read the instructions to operate a microwave? That would explain a whole lot.

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[–] longlivethenewflesh 15 years ago

Look, I understand what you are saying. If you can't separate film from reality then you shouldn't be watching. Do I need to remind you that I didn't start this thread? My original reply was to point out that the 'phone reception' issue was irrelevant; I just genuinely think 'Donkey Punch' is a bad film. You seem to have been saying that if you can't watch a movie without honing in on superficial details such as telephone reception then you probably shouldn't bother. I wholeheartedly agree with that. Any classic film you care to mention will have it's share of 'goofs' which don't detract from our enjoyment one iota. What I reacted to was your statement: "Suspension of disbelief. Repeat those words before everything you watch. Even if it pegs itself as a documentary, repeat those words." You seemed to be suggesting that the audience should overlook any and all perceived flaws in the interest of entertainment. I apologise if I misinterpreted this.

Regardless of that however, 'suspension of disbelief' is a literary term, as I'm sure you well know, and refers to the 'fantastic' elements in a story. The aspects of a narrative that we know cannot possibly be true (ie. the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park). It's got bugger all to do with plot holes, poor writing and continuity errors. As I said earlier, if a film is entertaining the audience will swallow just about anything - this is 'suspension of disbelief'.

Furthermore, this clearly does not apply to documentaries, which are purported to be 'true'. If a documentary does not ring true, if it presents 'facts' which you know to be false, then you should turn the damn thing off. There's no question of suspending your disbelief here. In the case of Michael Moore, it's well-known that his films are edited and compiled in a way that supports his viewpoint. For this reason, it's questionable whether his (generally entertaining) films qualify as documentaries at all.

So, generally I agree that it's pointless and counterintuitive to watch films if all you plan to do is look for inconsistencies. If I came across as one of those dinks who spend all their time looking for plotholes so I can race to the imdb and start lame-brained irrelevant threads like this one, that is definitely not the case! Generally if I bother to post, I'm defending a film a like. In this case however, I just truly thought 'Donkey Punch' was woefully disappointing, having been reasonably keen to see it.

Well, I've had my say. I'm off to microwave my cat. Nine lives, you know.

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[–] MaGuFu_Day 15 years ago

This movie was mad boring to. Really went at a snail's pace literally.

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[–] Edren 14 years ago

I agree, this movie was a dud.

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[–] arghzombie 15 years ago

The title was one of the worst things about this movie (one of them, at least). Murder by donkey punch in the movie... Donkey Punch.
Soon as the guy started describing what the donkey punch was, you immediately knew one of the girls was going to die from a donkey punch.
Lucky the film wasn't called Turkey Slap. Would hate sit through someone being turkey slapped to death...
Lame movie.

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[–] Swifty49 15 years ago

It wasn't as bad as a lot of American slasher/teen mutilation/camping trip extermination crap. The film has to have some suspension of disbelief to succeed. If they start making murder movies too true to life we'll all end up either scared sh!tless paranoid or bored stiff.

[–] a_crow_quilled_threnody 14 years ago

Yeah, this movie was thrown around on forums a lot, and on the Martyrs IMDB board, so I checked it out tonight on Netflix in a mixed party.

Neither the guys nor the gals with me enjoyed it. It's full of so much ridiculous, dumb behavior and decisions. Not to mention the girls completely and single-handedly ruin the movie. No one wants them to live. Or maybe we weren't supposed to like them, who knows.

I'm just baffled at all of these people saying it's a disturbing, shocking movie. And these are people that used Martyrs and AntiChrist in the same sentence.
They got those last two movies correct, but there was nothing scary, thrilling, exciting, and most importantly disturbing about Donkey Punch. Unless they're referring to that knife scene. Yeah, so brutal; PG-13 stab wounds just make me cringe in terror! And that sex scene was just too hardcore for me; I mean, I saw boobz, male butt, and a glimpse of a soft peen. I'm just so shocked, I may have to cut back on Unrated movies for a while, because this stuff just pushed the envelope too far!!1!

Normally I wouldn't dislike a movie based on the fact that it lacks shocks or gore, but when you have a movie like this, that's just so incredibly predictable , dull, and has been done a million times, at least try to push some sort of shock envelope here. It was worse than the Human Centipede, which also was incredibly ridiculous. If you're gonna make a stupid movie to attract a certain niche, at least give them the stuff they want if you can't give them a good story. Human Centipede barely had side-boob, and am I to believe that they can go to the bathroom with underwear on?
I can't believe I've seen it(and this) on so many top horror lists.
I guess I just have to trust my own instincts and not any lists, but that makes me feel really stubborn and ignorant.

Oh well, you win some you lose some!

Red Road was 100x more thrilling and horrifying than this, and that movie has very little dialogue, movement, and no violence. That's how you make a thriller; slowly build atmosphere and tension.
Thrilling does not mean we are wondering who dies next, and how.

[–] Answ25 11 years ago

what a *beep* movie, rotten piece of *beep* pathetic lame disgusting crap