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Originally Posted by reapersaurus
Thank you, stiles.
I agree - very eloquently put.
While I understand that it's not real (thanks for the tip, Frank 
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It was the tagline from 'Last House On The Left', another movie that revels in brutality, but not nearly as effectively.
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the point is that for many people (obviously not all), brutality like this is not something they want to bring voluntarily into their viewing life.
But then, I don't understand why people want to hear about so many tragedies on the evening news all the time. Why do I need to be informed about some robbery/stabbing/shooting/murder/rape in some distant town, that happpened to someone I don't know about?
If I want to find out info, I'll look it up about those tragedies.
I don't want it force-fed to me during my attempt at keeping up to date with current events. I am thoroughly knowledgeable that such tragedies occur. I don't need them sensationalized and used as lead-ins to get people to tune in, nor do I prefer them used in such a way in my choice of movies, as Irreversible apparently does.
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The only difference between 'Irreversible' and myriad horror films that hope to inspire terror by revelling in brutality is that 'Irreversible' is far better at it.