"You shouldn't forget the importance of entertainment"
I don't know why I watched this movie: Funny Games U.S. (2007) !? A simple answer could be, I like the simple cover design of the DVD. And that was a mistake, this movie is not at all simple but haunted me for quite some time !
I loved the movie making technique of the director, though.
I also shared this movie with my colleague Deepak. His silent words after watching literally touched me inside: "Though you don't feel anything & forget it after watching these kind of movies, worst part is that our inner conscious remembers it". Yes he's right. And I told him - "You shouldn't forget the importance of entertainment." Ironically that's the tag line of this movie too :)
This film gets in your head by giving the pretense that you will witness all the horrible acts, and then turns around on you by not showing anything! Everything is off-screen so you are left with only the sound effects. It is more disturbing as your imagination sets to work on the images off screen, and that in itself is more horrifying.
Haneke crafts a superbly smart psychological thrill, but almost too intelligent as it almost falters on expecting you to know the philosophy behind the film-making and for someone knowing nothing about the film it might be confusing or frustrating.
- Author: Taha Al-Akshar from Egypt/IMDB