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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn
To be fair, I knew nothing of the movie before arriving at the theater. I'd never heard of it. Basiclly, I just wanted to see something and BAM was close to where I'd happened to be walking around.
There was a giant standy for Winter's Bone over by the wall that was preaching all of it's accolades. I went over to read about it, and a group of women told me it was supposed to be amazing. They said it was incredibly intense and hard to watch. So, I bought my ticket.
I guess, just based on the ad and that conversation, I expected the movie to more difficult. I wanted more shock and suspense. I wanted to feel my guts turn to water. I wanted sweat on my brow from discomfort. I wanted something as relentless and bold and aggressive as American History X.
Now, the movie I got was a fantastic experience. But it wasn't difficult to watch. It was desolate and depressing at times. It made me think of some people in my life... unfortunately. But I never twitched in my seat. I cared for the protagonist a great deal and the movie felt incredibly real. But it wasn't as suspenseful as I'd hoped.
In many ways it was a better movie than I was expecting too. But, ultimately, I'd prepared for a specific emotional response, and I didn't get that. At all.
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I wasn't expecting the sort of emotional response that you were. I was expecting a flim that was in the same vein as
Frozen River, and that is totally waht I got.