6 Souls is absolutely redonkulous but I found it surprisingly enjoyable. Shit happens in it, at least, which is a step up from a saddening number of horror movies.
i didn't like it much. i mean okay yeah thank you horror writers for at least ONCE admitting MPD/DID does not exist and that people who use it as an excuse are just that - using it as an excuse - but it fell into the fucking christian horror tropes that piss me off.
those being, woman's primary motivation is BABIES BABIES BABIES
the primary point at the end was BELIEVE IN GOD OR ELSE
there was even a point in the movie where it prettymuch said "yeah letting your kids DIE as a result of faith healing is way better than getting them vaccinated because then you'd be UNFAITHFUL TO GODDDDDDDDDDD"
i dunno i mean i guess the story itself had potential but it just tried to jam a bunch of bullshit in there intended to convert people and shot itself in the foot.
icarus, July 16, 2013, 08:57:26 am
See, I thought it was saying all of those elements were BAD things.
Especially the vaccination part, which read to me as a faith healer leading people to
believe that despite not believing it himself and getting his
own kids vaccinated because he was a shitlord, effectively killing all the "faithful" children and leading to the whole mess. The ending was more HOORAY EVERYONE'S SCREWED than anything else, and I liked that there was no magic God bullet that set things right.
So I guess I liked it for the exact reasons you
didn't like it, which is really neat to me. Also for all the dirt-vomiting, that was pretty cool.
We just saw Pacific Rim and yes.
All the yes.
Good.
Yes.
Nilvoid, I can explain what was going on in Pontypool via PM if you want, but if you'd rather keep your own theories that's also cool. Don't hesitate to ask, honey.
Don't hesitate to ask. Don't hesitate. Don't.