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Originally Posted by Angra
I think it's the lack of some kind of justice that gets to me. No revenge in the end.
Eden Lake actually managed to leave me with a feeling of being stressed out. Seriously. Just like a very stressful and irritating day at work.
Where i appreciated the originality of Irreversible and Funny Games I didn't get anything out of Eden Lake other than some good acting.
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Among the recent victimization or survival horror trend I think Eden Lake is the best of its kind...the "irritation" or "brutality" at the end or through the whole movie made it a modern day classic. Like Anguur, the ending also disturbingly pissed me off at the very first time but later I came to realize that's actually the true beauty or success of this movie!:D
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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
I find it irritating after a certain point...
"DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE! DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE! DON'T GO IN TH - ... Oh, FINE. DIE."
And, yes, I realize that the classing "Don't go into the -" is a pivotal theme in a lot of horror movies; I just get tired of it when our heroes are in situations that they put themselves into (especially in the case of Eden Lake when they KNEW there was danger involved in going back).
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In a situation like this I think people doesn't always react or made the right decisions to save themselves that probably they 'should' to protect them blah-blah...but the misjudgments or ignorance about the situation or the consequences that it leading them towards have always been a major part of this kinda horrifyingly sad incidents. And in case of Eden Lake events where a bunch of ruthless kids were after an innocent couple made the drama even more twisting than other films. Here the ringleader of the little gang was actually playing the main part quite alone and stimulating or forcing others to conducting those course of actions in disturbing but believable fashion even that could happen to anyone in a situation or place like that at anytime.