Funny Games (2008)

I saw the preview for this film in the theaters and thought it was supposed to be a dark comedy. So I finally get around to watching it, and it is pretty funny at times. But apparently a lot of critics were horrified by the film, and for some ridiculous reason compared it to the likes of Eli Roth's Hostel. It's not as graphic, and most of the violence occurs off-screen (a completely effective method in this film for several reasons). There are some incredibly great scenes focusing more on tension and emotion, or lack thereof, in the film, and it does a fantastic job of making a great point about violence in Hollywood, or whatever. Go see this movie because I told you it's worth it, and critics are fucking stupid too.

RATING: 81%

Rotten Tomatoes Submission Guidelines

I like Rotten Tomatoes as a site, but apparently they only accept submissions from "accredited" film critics. In other words, a site like ours could NEVER qualify to submit reviews to them (and maybe the world is a better place because of that). I just think "whatever" because there are a lot of awful, shitty, terrible critics on Rotten Tomatoes who managed to sneak in via a "professional looking" website, membership in some lame ass film society or employment by some local paper like the Greenville Harold-Banner (I mean, come on). I understand there need to be standards and criteria, but damn, really? Why isn't there just an application process? All we want to do is see free movies, and maybe we'll write about them if we get time. Is that too much to ask?

RATING: 39% or ROTTEN