The Cabin In The Woods (Horror)(Scripted by Joss Whedon) 2012

[EK20]

The Blu Ray will be hitting stores like three days before my birthday too.

[redtextcherub]

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Didn't take itself too seriously and pretty funny. Just gory enough to appease me.

[mx5er]

"let's get this party started".

Overall, pleasantly surprised. The way Bradley Whiteford's character bit it was irony at its best. The blowhole was a nice touch

[PlatinumGLS]

I liked it a lot. Not as funny as "Tucker and Dale vs Evil" but was more suspenseful.

[Mike!]

Watched this last night, and I think I'm one of the few people ambiguous about this movie. I didn't hate it the way my wife did and so many other people seem to, but I also felt it was trying too hard to be commentative and just ended up over the top and surreal.

It felt like a Wes Craven film in both a good and a bad way.

[DarkSideGTI]

Watched this last night, and I think I'm one of the few people ambiguous about this movie. I didn't hate it the way my wife did and so many other people seem to, but I also felt it was trying too hard to be commentative and just ended up over the top and surreal.

It felt like a Wes Craven film in both a good and a bad way.

Did you understand it?

[Mike!]

Did you understand it?

What's not to understand?

[DarkSideGTI]

I've talked to a lot of people that didn't understand the purpose of the film.

The Ancient Ones represent us, the audience. Hadley and Sitterson represent the writers of a horror movie. Sigourney Weaver represents the director of a horror movie.

The Ancient Ones demand a ritual that must meet certain criteria in order to please them. Much like we as an audience like our horror movies to be a certain way: young stereotypical teenagers who go off by themselves and one by one are killed. Hadley and Sitterson control the ritual to please the Gods, as writers of horror movies control the story to please the audience. If the ritual fails, the audience is dissatisfied. The ending of the world at the end is Joss Whedons and Drew Goddards way of saying that horror needs to be wiped out and started anew, without all the cliches and stereotypes because they are old and tired.

[Mike!]

Good summary. The thing is I even agree with that perspective and what they were trying to say. As a film however, I just didn't like the execution. It was all thesis without a satisfying body, at least to me. Like I say, I didn't hate it.

[J-Tim]

I've talked to a lot of people that didn't understand the purpose of the film.

The Ancient Ones represent us, the audience. Hadley and Sitterson represent the writers of a horror movie. Sigourney Weaver represents the director of a horror movie.

The Ancient Ones demand a ritual that must meet certain criteria in order to please them. Much like we as an audience like our horror movies to be a certain way: young stereotypical teenagers who go off by themselves and one by one are killed. Hadley and Sitterson control the ritual to please the Gods, as writers of horror movies control the story to please the audience. If the ritual fails, the audience is dissatisfied. The ending of the world at the end is Joss Whedons and Drew Goddards way of saying that horror needs to be wiped out and started anew, without all the cliches and stereotypes because they are old and tired.

Interesting way of looking at it.

[PlatinumGLS]

Interesting way of looking at it.

I agree

[DarkSideGTI]

I can't take credit for it. I read that over on the IMDB boards, but it's how I saw the movie, I'm just not as articulate as he is.

[ElixXxeR]

Good summary. The thing is I even agree with that perspective and what they were trying to say. As a film however, I just didn't like the execution. It was all thesis without a satisfying body, at least to me. Like I say, I didn't hate it.

Entirely agree. There are plenty of well-made movies out there that are decently written, acted and filmed, but that I just don't particularly care for. This happens to be one of them.

[VR6inAZ]

This movie was nuts! Just saw it through Redbox rental. I have to say though, after seeing what was hiding beneath the ground, the zombies wouldn't have been my first choice. Wife and I just looked at each other like this when the movie was over.

[speaker]

"Oh, come on!"

(You're all taking this movie way too seriously.)

[woofster]

I finally got around to watching this earlier today and it definitely is one of the more unique takes on the good ol' fashioned horror movie. What was interesting was that it didn't really leave much of a twist to the viewer, instead setting the whole director-writer-gods setup from the get-go. In a way, because of that, I found the movie much more intriguing because you simply knew you weren't watching a run-of-the-mill horror movie!

7.5/10

[beng]

A+ for being different. B+ on execution. ...but I definitely liked it a lot. It was campy and irreverent like some of the best cult 80s movies (ala Big Trouble in Little China). ...didnt take itself seriously at all. Freakin loved Merman and the Unicorn. ...and the dirt bike scene was awesome, because his fall just went on forever and ever. Totally over the top.

Edit to add... Its available on Netflix streaming

Also, the betting scene with the intern. LMFAO "They're maintenance...if they were creative, they wouldnt be in maintenance..."

[crannky]

I've talked to a lot of people that didn't understand the purpose of the film.

The Ancient Ones represent us, the audience. Hadley and Sitterson represent the writers of a horror movie. Sigourney Weaver represents the director of a horror movie.

The Ancient Ones demand a ritual that must meet certain criteria in order to please them. Much like we as an audience like our horror movies to be a certain way: young stereotypical teenagers who go off by themselves and one by one are killed. Hadley and Sitterson control the ritual to please the Gods, as writers of horror movies control the story to please the audience. If the ritual fails, the audience is dissatisfied. The ending of the world at the end is Joss Whedons and Drew Goddards way of saying that horror needs to be wiped out and started anew, without all the cliches and stereotypes because they are old and tired.

Interesting. I liked it because it was a sort of satire of ridiculous horror cliches. I'm a huge horror fan, but I think most of what's passed off as such, is formulaic garbage. And action movies marketed as horror.

Thing I got out of it, was it was an homage to a lot of great horror films at the same it made a little fun of the genre.

[Laser04]

Watched this movie last night and thoroughly enjoyed it

[EK20]

I still really need to buy this. Looking at Amazon, the Blu Ray is a dollar or so cheaper than the DVD.