01-01-2011, 06:11 PM
Maybe I'm being a bit of a prude, but I've never seen the point of video nasties, torture porn, or whatever the hip new term is for those films which exist simply to depict graphic violence in as detailed and thus unpalatable a way as possible. Movies like the genre "classic" I Spit On Your Grave, its slick new remake, and Eli Roth's Hostel movies.
These productions contain no aesthetic value, no storytelling vision, serious dialogue or whatever. They're made purely as endurance tests. So what do people get out of them? What's the entertainment value?
Seriously, I'm curious. This isn't just me having a rant, I really want to know what enjoyment people derive from such fare.
These productions contain no aesthetic value, no storytelling vision, serious dialogue or whatever. They're made purely as endurance tests. So what do people get out of them? What's the entertainment value?
Seriously, I'm curious. This isn't just me having a rant, I really want to know what enjoyment people derive from such fare.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe