Funny Games

A movie without a plot. Literally.

It's a good game. A family game.

From the very first minutes, Haneke invades your mind and arranges a terrorist act there...

I do not even know what other phrase can so perfectly describe the phenomenon of Funny games, if not this excerpt from the Snu4kin review. But Haneke doesn't just arrange a terrorist act, but makes you a direct accomplice to this crime. Even if you know a lot about this movie, even if you've managed to spoil almost everything for yourself, as it turned out for me, you still went and sat down to watch it. You knew what was going to happen, but you continued anyway.
Michael patiently and carefully placed the figures on the playing field, making it clear in advance what kind of movie you turned on, but no, he doesn't judge you and understands everything perfectly, giving you the opportunity to decide for yourself whether to stop watching.
And thanks to you, for 28 years now, the noose of violence has been tightening in one cozy lake house. And every time they remember this movie, it takes a new turn. This is our collective crime.

The film caused me some tension and anxiety. These interminably long, silent and motionless moments made me twitch, thinking that the film was frozen. But I think that's exactly what the author wanted to achieve in his head. The ending completely baffled me.: “what? How? Who are they???".🤔

I've read comments from other platforms and many have written that it's a filth and that only a psycho could pull it off. But I think Haneke did a great job on the contrary. Namely, to dig out the right emotions in us and get a certain reaction. You think one thing, but in the end something completely different happens. After this movie, you're sitting smeared and like, "What the hell is going on here?"

Michael Pitt, he was promoted. Before that series, I don't remember the name anymore

What kind of empire is there

I'm going back to old movies more and more often and I don't regret it a bit. I've discovered an amazing director and now I want to see all of Haneke's paintings. I was hooked by his approach to shots, the use of techniques where he breaks the 4th wall, rewinding the film, and even the way he hooks the viewer to continue watching. There's a moment when you really think, "why do I keep watching?" Why are classic rapists so polite and calm, all this equanimity that happens in the frame is terribly hooked. And then there is a moment of calm in the film, the debts of the phone repair scene, the long realization of what happened at all, as if it gives you and the characters a break, but at the same time there is a strong tension that, according to the classics, something is about to happen, so you sit and wait for the climax, and that's the moment when the ball The golf is rolling and you realize that nothing is over yet.. and there really won't be a happy ending) it was also interesting to read that Haneke's paintings are about the protest of violence, I advise you to watch the review ☺️