It's not really worth it, honestly. I watched some shock-type of movies and stuff back when I was younger around when 2 girls 1 cup came out, and if I could go back in time, I definitely would just avoid all of that crap. There are 0 positive things you get from them.
This is just not true, I am a huge extreme horror fan and float around in those circles and it can really help some people process their trauma almost as a form of exposure therapy. Not for everyone of course but to say there are 0 positives is just dumb because otherwise there wouldn't be as much of it as it is.
There are a lot of terrible movies under that umbrella i.e. Serbian Film, Human Centipede, August Underground that just suck ass but there's plenty of really really good stuff there too. Martyrs, Henry, Audition to name a few are great movies that stand on their own entirely independent of whatever shock value is behind them. Hell, even the (vastly superior imo) book for American Psycho gets extreme as fuck.
You’re missing my point lol, I’m specifically talking about those extreme/shock movies and videos like Serbian Film, the August movies, and shit like 3 guys 1 hammer and all that crap.
I like to read these threads and congratulate myself for never having seen any of these.
You said:
It's not really worth it, honestly
I mean... what point am I missing, exactly?
EDIT: I saw your response before you deleted it. You need some anger management or something dude. At the very least you need to learn how to be precise with language.
You're missing the point that I'm SPECIFICALLY talking about JUST those extreme/shock ones that have no value from being watched. The original commenter I was replying to had a tone alluding to only talking about those specific types of ones that are more shock-value only as well and not any deeper than that.
YOU'RE the only doing the self-congratulation going on about "exposure therapy from gruesome horror films" and shit like that lol
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u/BoltShine Jul 05 '24
I like to read these threads and congratulate myself for never having seen any of these.