I remember seeing the original German-language version of this movie about ten years ago when it first came out. It’s a very nasty little movie about a nice family being held hostage and tormented in their nice home by a couple of young polite psychopaths. I had seen some pictures online of the actress tied up, so of course I had to check it out. Like I say, the movie’s really nasty and dark and it’s supposed to be an indictment of how so many of us like to see nasty and dark movies as entertainment. I got that, but I just wanted to see the bondage and, yes, there were some pretty good, if overly grim, scenes in it.
So now the movie’s been re-shot with Naomi Watts staring in it, and apparently it’s nearly a shot-by-shot duplicate of the original. I’ll have to see it, though most likely when it comes out on DVD. And yes, again I get the director’s indictment of the audience and all that, but I don’t know where to go with it. Am I supposed to feel bad about myself because I like dark stuff? I mean, guilty as charged. And the fact remains that the director did choose to shoot all this dark stuff himself, so maybe it’s not just the audience. I don’t know – it’s probably not worth feeling defensive over. It is just a movie, after all.
As for the bondage, if it’s a shot-by-shot remake, then yes, there will be some – some really mean suffering-and-torment style bondage, but bondage nonetheless. Okay, it’s on my “to see” list.
It’s the same conflict I have sometimes. I like to see damsels struggling and whimpering in their bondage. I like to see ladies tied up and held prisoner with an edge of terror perhaps. For instance if the captor is wearing a ski mask and holding a piece of rope menacingly towards the damsel as if he’s going to strangle her that’s one situation. But by no means do I get off on real-life situations nor do I get off on girls suffering. It’s the most difficult thing to explain to outsiders when they ask me why I like to see girls tied up and struggling.
Ironically enough I don’t like horror films. I would mostly go see a film for the bondage scene and then I wont watch the rest of the picture!
-Andre
Oh, I like to see the suffering alright. You know, most people think that being a top/dom means holding a whip in your hand. A more experienced person will say something along the lines of “respecting limits.” A real top knows it’s all about pushing the limits . . . in an environment where the bottom, even while totally freaking out, still knows that you’re so in control that you would never let anything really bad happen. Or would I?