This is one of the biggest "fuck you audience" movies ever made, and for that I totally admire Michael Haneke. I first saw it two decades ago and I'm still annoyed and depressed.
@@-Scrapper- I don’t know what you mean, but to be clear I love the movie. I just hate when media is like “Ooh maybe YOU’RE the villain for consuming this!!” like uh no? I didn’t make it??
@@DeathnoteBB You’re missing the point. The point is that the audience suspends their disbelief and takes the images onscreen as real on some level. As it exists in our own perception, the movie might as well be real. That is not the case for the director, the director knows it’s fake as he literally manufactures the whole thing.
Film Fact: Tim Roth has said remaking this film traumatized him, and he'll never watch it. He said he was particularly disturbed because Devon Gearhart resembled his own son.
@@Dirty_Davos It means that the actor that played Georgie (Devon Gearhart) reminded Tim Roth of his son in real life, so it was as if that acting was a reality to him. He's talking about the remake of the movie in this video, though.
I remember the ending really fucking with my mind. That ending was truly, brutal. I really thought these guys would actually get what was coming for them for being sadistic bastards, but it never does. This movie never let's you feel any moment of respite.
they do get what coming to them, the movie and ends they cease to exist, because they're fictional characters. they existed for 90 minutes in 2 dimensions, and then not at all. What a pathetic existence. And to further insult them and ther fleeting existence, they got replaced when the movie was remade. its so meta, or something.
@@ge2719 And it’s OUR fault for their existence, because we’re watching... Which sounds deep until you think about it for 2 seconds and go “Well if they never made the movie it wouldn’t have been done at all… Why is the watching of it suddenly when it’s ‘real’?”
@@DeathnoteBB To be fair, if you take it like that you can really fuck with the assholes by repeatedly starting the movie and rewinding it right before they start their attack, it's like the audience is god and these two jerk offs are entirely at your whim. Imagine being a serial killer; you want nothing more than to cause suffering, and then you suddenly get the chance to cause horrible suffering to a family. Sounds great for you, but then "god" steps in and rewinds, you never manage to hurt anyone because right before you get the chance the world rewinds and you're back to square one, it would be absolutely grating on your nerves.
I’ve never been more angry watching a movie then funny games. It was so hard to watch, not only because it’s disturbing, but because those two are the must insufferable characters put on screen
exactly. I've only seen the remake, but it didn't seem much worse than any other home invasion movie to me other than the killers being especially obnoxious. at the rewinding part in particular I was just like "oh fuck off!"
This movie was mind blowing, i loved the moment when Paul pressed rewind on the remote to avoid Peters death. Paul was definitely the best written character of this whole thing.
i watched this movie way too early on in my life than i should’ve and i never ever forgot about it. i think this movie is the most depressing i’ve ever seen due to the fact that they ended with it such a harsh, yet painfully realistic ending. most movies will take the route of revenge or vengeance, the idea that the villain(s) will get a well deserved death. in real life, oftentimes the villain does not get that. i think that’s always been the most impactful thing to me; despite the breaking the fourth and fifth wall gimmicks, it is all too real.
The message of this movie, to take away from, in addition to "this is how white people are" is that evil wins. It's supposed to give you that worldview, that the good guys lose. It's called demoralization and its always been used in propaganda during wartime. You're supposed to become a nihilist now.
funny enough, that's the reason i think people like this movie, as well as the reason i don't. i went into this movie already knowing shitty people get away with things in the real world, and all the injustice of the human race was already spat in my face. the reason i watch gritty thrillers such as this is to get some satisfaction from the idea of justice, and the movie goes out of its way to eschew that formula and upset me all for the noble goal of introducing an idea to me that i was already aware of. i imagine funny games is very fascinating to people who get introduced to or made more aware of this dichotomy between media and the real world by it, but all it did to me was make me feel very thrown under the bus
I had to write a paper on the original of this film for English class in college. I don't remember what the key points were, but this film has stuck with me since all these years later.
I read somewhere that the director was inspired in children cartoons, if you notice both of them always have white gloves the whole movie, some may think its no not leave fingerprints but it's actually because cartoons like Bugs Bunny or Tom from Tom and Jerry always have them on, even tho it's kinda "violent" people think it's funny and want them to win. That's why the good guys didn't stand a change here.
The question I have is whether or not they would have left if they had just given them the last of the eggs. I guess most likely they would’ve found some other excuse to stay and do what they did anyway, but it’d be darkly funny if they would’ve just left and moved on to the next house if they got the eggs.
the scariest about this, is that youth violence rose here pretty badly. They just out of boredom gang up and randomly attack people and even murder. Simply because they just can, they know as underaged kids, they'll get no jail punishment here. Also similar to Eden Lake
Like the Ukraine maniacs called 3 guys 1 hammer. People ask what was their motive for these acts, they did for thrill and pleasure. With no remorse for the victims.
Well luckily that's not the case in the US. Not always, anyway. There have been cases of underage killers getting jail sentences. They just aren't allowed to be shown off like adult killers.
It's a good thing that shit doesn't fly for the most part in the US, idk about the UK but you can most certainly not only go to jail as a kid for heinous crimes, but be tried as an adult and go away for a long time.
I really appreciate this video. There are many examinations and reviews of Funny Games from a thematic exploration perspective, but finally you decided to focus on the horrific actions that happen instead. Whether or not you inspect the themes or Haneke’s intentions, this movie is terrifying and brutal on a surface level, and it was a shock to my system on my first viewing. It’s a realistic home invasion committed by fantastical sociopathic characters. The remote scene and moment of Anna being shoved overboard so nonchalantly after everything that had happened left me feeling a level of defeat and a void in my guts no other movie has come close to making me feel.
I had to watch this movie in a horror movie history class I took in college. The whole film is done really well even though I hate films where everything goes wrong for the main characters. It's considered a classic lol.
Damn I wish I had a horror movie history class in college. That sounds awesome! And yeah this movie is considered a classic and I think it’s one of the most disturbing films out there.
it's because usually when characters are written to have everything go bad for them, it's for plot convenience/ to build fake tension. Like when a horror movie victim falls while being chased, and then their car won't start, and then they fall and hurt their leg, etc. Here, it happens in spite of the plot. By all means, the most satisfying narrative payoff is for the family to get some kind of payback. The movie knows this, the writers know this, you know this. It's why they show you exactly what you want, only to rip it away in the most unfair way narratively. It's a pretty genius subversion of the trope
@@98loud Is it really genius though? I mean, writers deliver what the audience wants so the viewers don’t feel they’ve wasted their time seeing a movie that tells them what they already know: that life is unfair. We tend to crave movies that provide a perspective or catharsis, because that’s what art was created for. If this one is just about the doom of reality, that’s not really genius is it? It’s pat/pretentious at best, and nihilistic at worst
I know it’s not the popular opinion, but I really like the Naomi Watts/Tim Roth remake. It was the first version I saw and it made such an impression on me
I first watched the remake too, and I loved it. The actors' performances is what held the remake for me. The main actors did an amazing job, especially Naomi Watts and Micheal Pitt.
I loved it too. & it was the first one I saw as well. I saw this one & it’s very good! very very good! but I really think the acting (especially Naomi) was next level in the remake.
Isn't basically the exact same film directed by the same director? Michael Haneke. I enjoyed them both a lot. Incredibly unnerving films and both very well acted. Especially the young actors playing the son in each.
I watched the American version when it came out, my mom rented it from our neighborhood Blockbuster. I was young, and some of it definitely went over my head, but it solidly stuck with me where so many other horror movies faded to dust.
I can appreciate the meta reviews of the film. For me, however, I've had 2 encounters with sadistic criminals, and this movie was too real. Maybe the director did mean to slap the viewers in the face, for example, when Anna found the knife on the boat and tried to cut the ropes on her wrists. I didn't see that as messing with the viewers. I saw that as the deep reality of desperate helplessness. There won't be a Hollywood triumph where the baddie makes a serious blunder. There's a feeble and final attempt to get away but it fails. She never really had a chance. That's how real life works. No Hollywood ending. No police showing up at the last second. No trope where the neighbor knew what was going on and takes a long distance sniper shot with a rifle, killing the bad guys. The hardest moment in the film, for me, was when the parents were in that long shot ... silent. Frozen. Lost. Unsure what to do or how to think. Are the bad guys coming back? Are they gone? Are they in another room giggling? "If I run out the front door, will I run straight into a gun blast; but I can't stay here and do nothing." The length of that scene was torture because I've been in that headspace 2x. Maybe this does fit with the director's mission. We see murders on the news and we sit through commercials in order to get the details. It's entertainment. But, this was someone's real life who never stood a chance, and there was no commercial or screenwriters to get them out of the situation.
I think that’s the point. But it feels like they tried to make the audience feel bad for watching with the fourth wall breaking. But that doesn’t work when I genuinely just want to stop watching the shit movie. I get what they were going for but…. Why?
The lawyer of the family announced the death of Susanne Lothar on July 25, 2012. No official information was provided regarding the cause of death. In an interview, Michael Haneke stated that Lothar had committed suicide. She passed away one day before the fifth anniversary of her husband Ulrich Mühe's death, at the age of 51. Her ashes were scattered at sea off the North German coast. It makes it even harder to watch this film.
I saw the remake and I can NEVER watch it again, or the original, or any movie even COMPARED to either version of Funny Games. Messed. Me. UP. Thank heaven's for Big Will, making it hurt much less!
I haven’t seen a movie say “f-ck you” to the audience this much since South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. And that movie LITERALLY said “f-ck you” to the audience!
Not a hit you, but I hate these kinds of movies. A bunch of psychopaths torture and kill their victims for an hour a half and just leave when it's over.
Oh, I remember this movie. When they broke the 5th wall, I rolled my eyes and broke the 6th wall by rewinding to before the pair showed up, and then turning it off.
From the John Zorn opening soundtrack to the weirdly zoomed-out shots, the fake foreshadowing to the infuriating rewind (US), this movie is completely unique and utterly brilliant. Both versions are equally good though I have a personal preference for the US remake. The actors are all excellently chosen and on top of their game, the writing is perfect - very few movies manage to give you even a single "ohhh, now I get it" moment but this movie is just one long escalating realization that fills you with increasing dread. There's a few "contentious" film-making decisions that (understandably) annoyed some viewers (I'm not talking about the dark subject matter at all, but rather some ....interesting... story-telling choices - you'll know when you get there). OK that's enough, now I have to go play golf while listening to Naked City.
When i was 10 years old and was really bored, I decided to download some games. I didn't know which one I wanted so I searched up "funny games" on yt. Then I got traumatized for few days after finding this masterpiece.
Am I the only one that didn't really like this movie at all? The fourth wall breaking/philosophizing about existence of fictional characters just felt pretty pretentious and on the nose. I understand this was 25 years ago, but it wasn't like it was crazy groundbreaking; Scream came out the year before, as far as self-aware horror goes.
i mean, you can pretty easily look past that one scene and still “enjoy” the rest of the movie. i don’t really like the scene but it didn’t bother me either
i feel u . sort of indifferent. it bugged me when i first watched it but grew on me, i kept thinking about it after i had watched it. needs a rewatch!@@blotterdowney8075
I had refused to spoil the movie for myself. A friend of mine had watched it and told me it was one of his favorite movies ever because of the way Michael Haneke had directed it. I knew it was fucked up, but I didn't know the extent. Do yourself a favor and, if you are using this video as a way to understand the movie, pause it, go watch the orginial movie for yourself, and come back to it for Big Will's jokes. This movie is amazing if you don't know what to expect, and watching a 10 minute video of it doesn't convey the real experience
I really admire the 2007 version of this movie it literally a shot for shot, word for word remake. didn't mess with perfection. and made it a little more accessible.
I saw it ages ago on TH-cam back when you could watch a whole movie in 12 minute chunks. Thankfully the one video with the most disturbing part was taken down and honestly it was a much better movie for it
I have met people like that IRL. They're not as fully-rounded as the characters in this film, and they're fairly stupid. Most of them are dead: That sort of behaviour is not a great way of staying alive.
Such a good movie. I watched the remade; haven't watched the original. It's a very tense movie, and just when you think the family has a chance, one of the brothers pulls some absolutely insane stunt. Bro took a page out of Deadpool and Bugs Bunny's book lol I believe the remake is more effective. The actor who plays the main brother is perfect in the role. And the other brother does a good job of acting like he may not be completely there mentally, and he just goes along with what his brother does. Does he do it out of love? Fear? A bit of both? Off the top of my head, this may be my favorite movie where none of the protagonists survive.
The rewinding part made me think. Is any of this film supposed to be happening or just one big dream or nightmare…. I mean how do they know explain that?
it plays with this subject, but as far as I know the austrian director included these things as critic against media sensationalism, people who can´t get enough of despair and violence etc. That´s also a reason for Paul winking at the viewer :)
I didnt see in the past how stupid Funny Games actually is. It's the elaborate, elitist and annoying stepfather of Eden Lake and I'm convinced Michael Haneke believes that he is always the smartest dude in the room.
This is the second Haneke film I've ever watched and I must say, I kind of loved it. I watched The Seventh Continent first, which was his directorial debut, and sadly that movie was spoiled for me ahead of time, so the ending was no shocker (the ending makes that movie too, so I'm kind of still mad about it). This movie hit me different. It's dark, it's sad, the scene after George (the child version) is killed is so drawn out but so impactful. It's so unusually silent and still that I found it more disturbing than to simply hear the mother mourn the loss of her son, which would have been a more natural response. Anyhow, the breaking of the fourth and fifth wall was also interesting. I know Hanake didn't invent this, but I think he did it in a fairly good way. I also like movies that don't have happy endings, which might sound odd, but I kind of get tired of the same old "shitty people do shitty things, and then they get what's coming to them". This movie does absolutely none of that. It's textbook ruthless. I've heard the "American" version is a scene for scene remake, but I'm kind of interested in watching it as well just to see if the acting plays a difference. I think all of the acting in the original version was spot on though.
saw the 2007 one at like 2am as a kid on a random channel and it seriously fucked me up I can’t put into words how disturbing it is, but it’s also one of the best movies I’ve ever seen
I’ve been watching horror movies all my life and I’ve never been scared by any of them (desensitized by trauma lmao) but your vids cover really good movies, which I wouldn’t have the attention span on my own. So thank you for doing what you do.
In my first year of Uni for my film degree I did my first essay on this film, it's definitely very disturbing but I feel like it's an intense thriller that is also a clever commentary on violence within cinema. But yeah, it's pretty fucked :)
I remember watching the remake first bc I had a thing for Michael Pitt. I was so scared to watch it that it took me a while to mentally prepare myself to watch it. And it was definitely unsettling. Later on I watched the original.
I was always told how great this movie is and I so glad I watched this instead of the movie. I don’t care what anyone says I generally cannot stand movies with bad endings like this. I really don’t care if that makes my opinions trash. There are very rare exceptions to this and I can’t think of a single example of horror movie where I enjoyed an ending like this. My life is depressing enough already. I can understand why other people really like this movie but it just would in no way be my cup of tea.
This movie is literally just rage bait. I mean sure it gets what it wants the audience to feel, but why would you want to spend 2 hours just watching 2 insufferable white men be insufferable?
We aren’t going to entertain any kind of jokers that break into our house. We might all end up dead together, but it won’t be going the way you wanted it to, and you’re not going to find any money, either.
Tye biggest problem with the "5th wall scene" is that Anna can see what's changed as well, just a small plot hole but where would Henke find his fun in that!
I knew of a real life home invasion. no murders, but very violent and distrubing. The perpetrators may of seemed calm and collected. but institutional evil aka clockwork orange made good of them.
Funny Games is far from the most violent movie I've seen, but it's certainly the most disturbing. SPOILERS FROM HERE ON After George Jr.'s death, I had to pause and cry for 15 minutes. Even though we never see him die and see his body up close, his dead body in the corner of the frame for about 5-7 minutes was torture for me. It is one of the cruelest things I've seen a filmmaker do. Making the audience persistently aware that a child has just died by leaving their corpse in the frame for an extended period. I knew before watching this movie that nothing good happens and tried my best to emotionally detach from the family, but it still hit just as hard. It's a trap. Every time Paul broke the 4th wall, I would literally yell at the screen "don't talk to me!" This movie is like torture for the viewer. But it's necessary to make the audience confront their own feelings about violence in media. This movie works because it feels so realistic. There's no fancy shots, no choreographed fight sequences. You feel like you're witnessing this horrible crime and you can't do anything about it.
This movie is the biggest critique of movie violence because it points the finger at the audience instead of the characters, For a film that rips away a lot of illusions that cinema lets you take for granted im surprised that people miss the point entirely
I remember watching this movie with friends in high school and during the long take one of my friends looked at me and asked if i was okay. I looked down at my chest and realized that my heart was beating so hard that my chest was twitching. Great movie, 10/10, would never watch again.
Im a literature major and this movie reminds me of the 1600 century and Shakespeare. They were all about disillusion and melancholy - see for example Hamlet. Their writing reflected the time of the black plague.
In Italy, this movie is allowed for everyone, film per tutti, which literally is film for everyone in italian. I do understand their desicion. Most kids are probably not interested anyway, and it's low on physical violence. Most kids are probably capable of separating movies from reality aswell. Also, Funny Games shows the consequences of violence, like the dad getting disabled. That violence is less harmful I think, compared to "cool" James Bond violence, in which they kick each other 20 times in head and ribcage without dying or getting more than a tiny flesh wound!
Literally the only movie that has deeply unsettled me in a very long time. Gave me an awful sinking feeling in my stomach and stayed with me long after. Ive only seen it once and that was still more than enough
I did not enjoy this movie. At the moment when Anna turns the tables and blows the one guy away and the other one freakin' rewinds it, I knew that OUR suffering, as the audience, was the whole point lol I get Michael Haneke's point but this movie is a Nope for me! 😵 I do wonder if this movie was born as a response to the growing super violent French New Extremity film trend that started getting really popular in the late 90s - early 00s?
...and? Is that really what youre hyper focused on of all things in this movie? Genuinely a "Of course this movie has a home invasion in it, such a cliche." statement
You missed the point of the movie. It doesn't matter if they were the nicest people in the world, they would have been tortured and killed anyway, that's the message. It may have worked if both Peter and Paul suffered from mental health issues, coupled with loneliness or abandoned. The movie shows both of them doing what the do bc they can and want to do it. "Those families allowed it."
@@c2e.7877 Oh... I missed the point of the movie... thanks for enlightening me. It still would be interesting to see what wold have happened if they didnt offer any provocation at all.
okay, that rewind part was absolute bullshit istg- this is simply a breakdown of the film and i am unfathomably pissed off.. i have never hated a character or character/s more than the two antagonists here-
This is one of the biggest "fuck you audience" movies ever made, and for that I totally admire Michael Haneke. I first saw it two decades ago and I'm still annoyed and depressed.
Eh I love the movie but it’s absurdly silly to blame the audience for… *checks notes* watch a movie THEY chose to make.
@@DeathnoteBB It wouldn't be good as it is now otherwise would it
@@-Scrapper- I don’t know what you mean, but to be clear I love the movie. I just hate when media is like “Ooh maybe YOU’RE the villain for consuming this!!” like uh no? I didn’t make it??
@@DeathnoteBB I mean it wouldn't be a big F u if they were forced to watch the movie. And it's not over get offended material.
@@DeathnoteBB You’re missing the point. The point is that the audience suspends their disbelief and takes the images onscreen as real on some level. As it exists in our own perception, the movie might as well be real. That is not the case for the director, the director knows it’s fake as he literally manufactures the whole thing.
Film Fact: Tim Roth has said remaking this film traumatized him, and he'll never watch it. He said he was particularly disturbed because Devon Gearhart resembled his own son.
Devon Gearhart resembled his own son.
huh?
Didn't see Tim anywhere.
@@scottneil1187 I think they're talking about the remake of Funny Games 2007. Tim Roth was the father.
@@Dirty_Davos It means that the actor that played Georgie (Devon Gearhart) reminded Tim Roth of his son in real life, so it was as if that acting was a reality to him. He's talking about the remake of the movie in this video, though.
@@nextlvlroy He is talking about the original movie. Devon Gearhart plays in the remake.
I remember the ending really fucking with my mind. That ending was truly, brutal. I really thought these guys would actually get what was coming for them for being sadistic bastards, but it never does. This movie never let's you feel any moment of respite.
they do get what coming to them, the movie and ends they cease to exist, because they're fictional characters. they existed for 90 minutes in 2 dimensions, and then not at all. What a pathetic existence. And to further insult them and ther fleeting existence, they got replaced when the movie was remade.
its so meta, or something.
@@ge2719 And it’s OUR fault for their existence, because we’re watching... Which sounds deep until you think about it for 2 seconds and go “Well if they never made the movie it wouldn’t have been done at all… Why is the watching of it suddenly when it’s ‘real’?”
@@DeathnoteBB To be fair, if you take it like that you can really fuck with the assholes by repeatedly starting the movie and rewinding it right before they start their attack, it's like the audience is god and these two jerk offs are entirely at your whim.
Imagine being a serial killer; you want nothing more than to cause suffering, and then you suddenly get the chance to cause horrible suffering to a family. Sounds great for you, but then "god" steps in and rewinds, you never manage to hurt anyone because right before you get the chance the world rewinds and you're back to square one, it would be absolutely grating on your nerves.
@raar8353voyeurism and reality tv. That’s his deal.
Bro chill its just a movie surely all bad people like atlease even 50% of bad people in world gets whats coming to them???@@ge2719
I’ve never been more angry watching a movie then funny games. It was so hard to watch, not only because it’s disturbing, but because those two are the must insufferable characters put on screen
exactly. I've only seen the remake, but it didn't seem much worse than any other home invasion movie to me other than the killers being especially obnoxious. at the rewinding part in particular I was just like "oh fuck off!"
I think edens lake might be a little harder to watch
@@Carson220Eden lake ain’t shit. 😂
@@DopesickDonald I'm saying the ending pisses you off not that the movies like scary or nothing just the ending makes you mad
watch mother! so
So, they're 2 characters who realised that they're living in a fictional world and have become apathetic to it all.
Much like Flowey from Undertale.
at least they arent omnipotent, unlike someone like monika from ddlc or flowey from undertale.
@@James817lol well they do have the power to turn back time
@@magicapricot that's about it as far as we've seen. They can probably go to the future to though, but no full godlike powers
and they’ve decided to troll the audience who they know is watching them
I hate seeing pets in horror movies. 99.9% of the cases, if you see a pet in a horror movie, something bad is gonna happen to it for the shock value.
Fear… 😔
Kek
This movie was mind blowing, i loved the moment when Paul pressed rewind on the remote to avoid Peters death. Paul was definitely the best written character of this whole thing.
Mind blowing like what Peter did to Georgie
@@trifikxxI found georgies character very open minded
Paul is sadistic but weirdly charming
i watched this movie way too early on in my life than i should’ve and i never ever forgot about it. i think this movie is the most depressing i’ve ever seen due to the fact that they ended with it such a harsh, yet painfully realistic ending. most movies will take the route of revenge or vengeance, the idea that the villain(s) will get a well deserved death. in real life, oftentimes the villain does not get that. i think that’s always been the most impactful thing to me; despite the breaking the fourth and fifth wall gimmicks, it is all too real.
The message of this movie, to take away from, in addition to "this is how white people are" is that evil wins. It's supposed to give you that worldview, that the good guys lose. It's called demoralization and its always been used in propaganda during wartime. You're supposed to become a nihilist now.
funny enough, that's the reason i think people like this movie, as well as the reason i don't. i went into this movie already knowing shitty people get away with things in the real world, and all the injustice of the human race was already spat in my face. the reason i watch gritty thrillers such as this is to get some satisfaction from the idea of justice, and the movie goes out of its way to eschew that formula and upset me all for the noble goal of introducing an idea to me that i was already aware of.
i imagine funny games is very fascinating to people who get introduced to or made more aware of this dichotomy between media and the real world by it, but all it did to me was make me feel very thrown under the bus
@@pidza_hub7532that was the point tho
@@bogeymanbear if the point was to roadblock my enjoyment to tell me something i already knew very well, that's a shitty point to make.
The antagonists have done this many times before, why would they get caught or killed now.
This is the phrase “ it’s just a prank bro” as a movie
I had to write a paper on the original of this film for English class in college. I don't remember what the key points were, but this film has stuck with me since all these years later.
Damn this is the exact opposite of how Tarantino does his films. Definitely a unique concept, especially the fifth wall.
I read somewhere that the director was inspired in children cartoons, if you notice both of them always have white gloves the whole movie, some may think its no not leave fingerprints but it's actually because cartoons like Bugs Bunny or Tom from Tom and Jerry always have them on, even tho it's kinda "violent" people think it's funny and want them to win. That's why the good guys didn't stand a change here.
@@BBhWEENx the family has mickey mouse on their fridge as well
The question I have is whether or not they would have left if they had just given them the last of the eggs. I guess most likely they would’ve found some other excuse to stay and do what they did anyway, but it’d be darkly funny if they would’ve just left and moved on to the next house if they got the eggs.
they wouldn't, its just a way of messing with them giving a false hindsight hope or something like that
the scariest about this, is that youth violence rose here pretty badly. They just out of boredom gang up and randomly attack people and even murder. Simply because they just can, they know as underaged kids, they'll get no jail punishment here. Also similar to Eden Lake
It also helps that they're in a movie
Like the Ukraine maniacs called 3 guys 1 hammer. People ask what was their motive for these acts, they did for thrill and pleasure. With no remorse for the victims.
Well luckily that's not the case in the US. Not always, anyway. There have been cases of underage killers getting jail sentences. They just aren't allowed to be shown off like adult killers.
God, not Eden Lake
The ending pissed me off more than anything and I get it, “it’s realistic” or whatever but it still annoys me
It's a good thing that shit doesn't fly for the most part in the US, idk about the UK but you can most certainly not only go to jail as a kid for heinous crimes, but be tried as an adult and go away for a long time.
I really appreciate this video. There are many examinations and reviews of Funny Games from a thematic exploration perspective, but finally you decided to focus on the horrific actions that happen instead. Whether or not you inspect the themes or Haneke’s intentions, this movie is terrifying and brutal on a surface level, and it was a shock to my system on my first viewing. It’s a realistic home invasion committed by fantastical sociopathic characters. The remote scene and moment of Anna being shoved overboard so nonchalantly after everything that had happened left me feeling a level of defeat and a void in my guts no other movie has come close to making me feel.
I love the final plot twist. The two men aren’t murderous psychopaths. They’re just hangry
Best marketing ever for a Snickers Bar.
I had to watch this movie in a horror movie history class I took in college. The whole film is done really well even though I hate films where everything goes wrong for the main characters. It's considered a classic lol.
Damn I wish I had a horror movie history class in college. That sounds awesome! And yeah this movie is considered a classic and I think it’s one of the most disturbing films out there.
it's because usually when characters are written to have everything go bad for them, it's for plot convenience/ to build fake tension. Like when a horror movie victim falls while being chased, and then their car won't start, and then they fall and hurt their leg, etc.
Here, it happens in spite of the plot. By all means, the most satisfying narrative payoff is for the family to get some kind of payback. The movie knows this, the writers know this, you know this. It's why they show you exactly what you want, only to rip it away in the most unfair way narratively. It's a pretty genius subversion of the trope
it seems like every college class makes you watch the most upsetting film possible for no real reason.
@@98loud Is it really genius though? I mean, writers deliver what the audience wants so the viewers don’t feel they’ve wasted their time seeing a movie that tells them what they already know: that life is unfair. We tend to crave movies that provide a perspective or catharsis, because that’s what art was created for. If this one is just about the doom of reality, that’s not really genius is it? It’s pat/pretentious at best, and nihilistic at worst
wow what a waste of money!
I know it’s not the popular opinion, but I really like the Naomi Watts/Tim Roth remake. It was the first version I saw and it made such an impression on me
The American versions are always better
I first watched the remake too, and I loved it. The actors' performances is what held the remake for me. The main actors did an amazing job, especially Naomi Watts and Micheal Pitt.
I loved it too. & it was the first one I saw as well. I saw this one & it’s very good! very very good! but I really think the acting (especially Naomi) was next level in the remake.
Isn't basically the exact same film directed by the same director? Michael Haneke. I enjoyed them both a lot. Incredibly unnerving films and both very well acted. Especially the young actors playing the son in each.
@@PissedOffBanker ah yes, who could forgot the american version of old boy for example. Truly elevated that trash into a masterpiece...oh wait...
This movie is basically if the writers sided with the villains all along
When villains get plot armor
Paul really is serving legs out there.
I watched the American version when it came out, my mom rented it from our neighborhood Blockbuster. I was young, and some of it definitely went over my head, but it solidly stuck with me where so many other horror movies faded to dust.
Bro really went into creative mode throughout the movie that's crazy
I can appreciate the meta reviews of the film. For me, however, I've had 2 encounters with sadistic criminals, and this movie was too real.
Maybe the director did mean to slap the viewers in the face, for example, when Anna found the knife on the boat and tried to cut the ropes on her wrists. I didn't see that as messing with the viewers. I saw that as the deep reality of desperate helplessness. There won't be a Hollywood triumph where the baddie makes a serious blunder. There's a feeble and final attempt to get away but it fails. She never really had a chance.
That's how real life works. No Hollywood ending. No police showing up at the last second. No trope where the neighbor knew what was going on and takes a long distance sniper shot with a rifle, killing the bad guys.
The hardest moment in the film, for me, was when the parents were in that long shot ... silent. Frozen. Lost. Unsure what to do or how to think. Are the bad guys coming back? Are they gone? Are they in another room giggling? "If I run out the front door, will I run straight into a gun blast; but I can't stay here and do nothing." The length of that scene was torture because I've been in that headspace 2x.
Maybe this does fit with the director's mission. We see murders on the news and we sit through commercials in order to get the details. It's entertainment. But, this was someone's real life who never stood a chance, and there was no commercial or screenwriters to get them out of the situation.
Bro with the short shorts looking like 1 2 buckle my shoes minus the shoes 😂
he's 1 2 buckle my feet
I don’t care if this movie has a deep message; I just don’t like it. It just feels nihilistic and depressing.
No real deep meaning to care about. The whole focus of the movie is that it's a depressing story
nobody said that it has a message
That's what it was aiming for. If i didn't like every movie that leaves me feeling depressed I'd be too frustrated with watching movies
I think that’s the point. But it feels like they tried to make the audience feel bad for watching with the fourth wall breaking. But that doesn’t work when I genuinely just want to stop watching the shit movie. I get what they were going for but…. Why?
Wow it’s almost like that’s the point
Always look forward to new Big Will videos!
The lawyer of the family announced the death of Susanne Lothar on July 25, 2012. No official information was provided regarding the cause of death. In an interview, Michael Haneke stated that Lothar had committed suicide. She passed away one day before the fifth anniversary of her husband Ulrich Mühe's death, at the age of 51. Her ashes were scattered at sea off the North German coast.
It makes it even harder to watch this film.
RIP Susanne Lothar and Ulrich Mühe
That "egg-cident" pun was so bad it caused my soul to leave my body for a second. Thanks for that lol
I saw the remake and I can NEVER watch it again, or the original, or any movie even COMPARED to either version of Funny Games. Messed. Me. UP. Thank heaven's for Big Will, making it hurt much less!
I haven’t seen a movie say “f-ck you” to the audience this much since South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. And that movie LITERALLY said “f-ck you” to the audience!
Not a hit you, but I hate these kinds of movies. A bunch of psychopaths torture and kill their victims for an hour a half and just leave when it's over.
Welcome to reality and not a fucking fantasy…
@javyjuarez8877 That's kind of the point, it's a movie. If I want reality, I'll watch the news.
@@cantumason4o sorry I was drunk ranting last night lmao my alter ego is a little sensitive
@@cantumason4o so would you say the family taking revenge on them would make it better for you?
@@EntrEsprit Wouldn't it for you?
Oh, I remember this movie. When they broke the 5th wall, I rolled my eyes and broke the 6th wall by rewinding to before the pair showed up, and then turning it off.
The most unfunny shit I’ve ever read
1:25 Once again, the dogs in these movies are the heroes without capes.
As an austrian I can confirm this is all very normal over here
Always a good day when Will uploads❤
From the John Zorn opening soundtrack to the weirdly zoomed-out shots, the fake foreshadowing to the infuriating rewind (US), this movie is completely unique and utterly brilliant. Both versions are equally good though I have a personal preference for the US remake. The actors are all excellently chosen and on top of their game, the writing is perfect - very few movies manage to give you even a single "ohhh, now I get it" moment but this movie is just one long escalating realization that fills you with increasing dread. There's a few "contentious" film-making decisions that (understandably) annoyed some viewers (I'm not talking about the dark subject matter at all, but rather some ....interesting... story-telling choices - you'll know when you get there).
OK that's enough, now I have to go play golf while listening to Naked City.
It bored me to tears. Felt pointless. I wasn't mad, just disappointed.
When i was 10 years old and was really bored, I decided to download some games. I didn't know which one I wanted so I searched up "funny games" on yt. Then I got traumatized for few days after finding this masterpiece.
Am I the only one that didn't really like this movie at all? The fourth wall breaking/philosophizing about existence of fictional characters just felt pretty pretentious and on the nose. I understand this was 25 years ago, but it wasn't like it was crazy groundbreaking; Scream came out the year before, as far as self-aware horror goes.
i thought this but also the movie is called funny games. like, breaking the fourth wall is just a layer of comedy to the 'funny'
i mean, you can pretty easily look past that one scene and still “enjoy” the rest of the movie.
i don’t really like the scene but it didn’t bother me either
i feel u . sort of indifferent. it bugged me when i first watched it but grew on me, i kept thinking about it after i had watched it. needs a rewatch!@@blotterdowney8075
It's a great thriller with killer performances regardless of the message
My friend and I were bored to tears watching it. It felt so incredibly pointless. We weren't mad, just disappointed.
this movie doesn’t want any pleasure from the audience. the amount of anger i had watching this video and the movie is crazy.
RiP to the female actress who committed suicide 10 years after this movie.
I had refused to spoil the movie for myself. A friend of mine had watched it and told me it was one of his favorite movies ever because of the way Michael Haneke had directed it. I knew it was fucked up, but I didn't know the extent. Do yourself a favor and, if you are using this video as a way to understand the movie, pause it, go watch the orginial movie for yourself, and come back to it for Big Will's jokes. This movie is amazing if you don't know what to expect, and watching a 10 minute video of it doesn't convey the real experience
I appreciate this summary, as I don’t think I could handle watching it.
I really admire the 2007 version of this movie it literally a shot for shot, word for word remake.
didn't mess with perfection. and made it a little more accessible.
Never knew perfection could be so mind-numbingly boring.
when somebody ask me what is the worst movie I can think of, I immediately remember suffering this in the cinema.
I’ve seen the American remake of this movie and it was so disturbing…I think I’ve only seen the movie like once I did not like it
Well you did not like it for the correct reasos ;)
@@Dirty_Davos yeah it was just too disturbing and it’s interesting how it can be so disturbing without a huge amount of gore
I saw it ages ago on TH-cam back when you could watch a whole movie in 12 minute chunks. Thankfully the one video with the most disturbing part was taken down and honestly it was a much better movie for it
@@DeathnoteBBthat’s the most memorable part of the movie though
Watched this in the 90s. Was just the type of movies I was into back then. Movies like this aren't rare, they just rarely make it to the mainstream.
These comments annoyed me more than they should have. Thanks for the video tho will, appreciate you and the work you put in.
I have met people like that IRL. They're not as fully-rounded as the characters in this film, and they're fairly stupid. Most of them are dead: That sort of behaviour is not a great way of staying alive.
Wait so this movie is literally what if the bad guys win
Such a good movie. I watched the remade; haven't watched the original. It's a very tense movie, and just when you think the family has a chance, one of the brothers pulls some absolutely insane stunt. Bro took a page out of Deadpool and Bugs Bunny's book lol
I believe the remake is more effective. The actor who plays the main brother is perfect in the role. And the other brother does a good job of acting like he may not be completely there mentally, and he just goes along with what his brother does. Does he do it out of love? Fear? A bit of both?
Off the top of my head, this may be my favorite movie where none of the protagonists survive.
This reminds me of that case where a group of bord rich teens went out and bludgeoned men experiencing homelessness.
Michael Haneke is one of those directors that I hope fades in obscurity but I know won’t because a lot of people unironically likes his work.
The rewinding part made me think. Is any of this film supposed to be happening or just one big dream or nightmare…. I mean how do they know explain that?
its a movie, thats the explenation.
it plays with this subject, but as far as I know the austrian director included these things as critic against media sensationalism, people who can´t get enough of despair and violence etc. That´s also a reason for Paul winking at the viewer :)
You should cover The Sadness (2021). That film was absolute madness.
Agreed!
On first glance this movie looks like a family fun 90s film ngl
Its a disturbing, but great film. Has a very good message. Why do we want to watch violence
Wow what a depressing movie.
As an Austrian i'm honored
I didnt see in the past how stupid Funny Games actually is. It's the elaborate, elitist and annoying stepfather of Eden Lake and I'm convinced Michael Haneke believes that he is always the smartest dude in the room.
Thank god somebody else sees what I do lol.
Its ok you can cry about it
Pretentiousness is definitely a word that came up in my head while reading about this film
The point about Funny Games is that they don't actually show any violence in the whole film
This is the second Haneke film I've ever watched and I must say, I kind of loved it. I watched The Seventh Continent first, which was his directorial debut, and sadly that movie was spoiled for me ahead of time, so the ending was no shocker (the ending makes that movie too, so I'm kind of still mad about it). This movie hit me different. It's dark, it's sad, the scene after George (the child version) is killed is so drawn out but so impactful. It's so unusually silent and still that I found it more disturbing than to simply hear the mother mourn the loss of her son, which would have been a more natural response.
Anyhow, the breaking of the fourth and fifth wall was also interesting. I know Hanake didn't invent this, but I think he did it in a fairly good way. I also like movies that don't have happy endings, which might sound odd, but I kind of get tired of the same old "shitty people do shitty things, and then they get what's coming to them". This movie does absolutely none of that. It's textbook ruthless. I've heard the "American" version is a scene for scene remake, but I'm kind of interested in watching it as well just to see if the acting plays a difference. I think all of the acting in the original version was spot on though.
This movie has been used by Austrian psychology professors to teach their students what psychopathy is...
saw the 2007 one at like 2am as a kid on a random channel and it seriously fucked me up
I can’t put into words how disturbing it is, but it’s also one of the best movies I’ve ever seen
I’ve been watching horror movies all my life and I’ve never been scared by any of them (desensitized by trauma lmao) but your vids cover really good movies, which I wouldn’t have the attention span on my own. So thank you for doing what you do.
I saw this on TV a few years ago. I've suffered from a deep mistrust of Youths ever since.
Saw this movie when i was 14. it didnt go out of my head for many years.
In my first year of Uni for my film degree I did my first essay on this film, it's definitely very disturbing but I feel like it's an intense thriller that is also a clever commentary on violence within cinema. But yeah, it's pretty fucked :)
I remember watching the remake first bc I had a thing for Michael Pitt. I was so scared to watch it that it took me a while to mentally prepare myself to watch it. And it was definitely unsettling. Later on I watched the original.
I was always told how great this movie is and I so glad I watched this instead of the movie. I don’t care what anyone says I generally cannot stand movies with bad endings like this. I really don’t care if that makes my opinions trash. There are very rare exceptions to this and I can’t think of a single example of horror movie where I enjoyed an ending like this. My life is depressing enough already. I can understand why other people really like this movie but it just would in no way be my cup of tea.
Youre right. This movie is stupid
This movie is literally just rage bait. I mean sure it gets what it wants the audience to feel, but why would you want to spend 2 hours just watching 2 insufferable white men be insufferable?
Incredibly bad, pretentious, and boring. Good decision, don't waste your time.
You know come to think of it, this film is basically the Spec Ops: The Line of horror movies.
We aren’t going to entertain any kind of jokers that break into our house. We might all end up dead together, but it won’t be going the way you wanted it to, and you’re not going to find any money, either.
Tye biggest problem with the "5th wall scene" is that Anna can see what's changed as well, just a small plot hole but where would Henke find his fun in that!
I knew of a real life home invasion. no murders, but very violent and distrubing. The perpetrators may of seemed calm and collected. but institutional evil aka clockwork orange made good of them.
Funny Games is far from the most violent movie I've seen, but it's certainly the most disturbing.
SPOILERS FROM HERE ON
After George Jr.'s death, I had to pause and cry for 15 minutes. Even though we never see him die and see his body up close, his dead body in the corner of the frame for about 5-7 minutes was torture for me. It is one of the cruelest things I've seen a filmmaker do. Making the audience persistently aware that a child has just died by leaving their corpse in the frame for an extended period. I knew before watching this movie that nothing good happens and tried my best to emotionally detach from the family, but it still hit just as hard. It's a trap.
Every time Paul broke the 4th wall, I would literally yell at the screen "don't talk to me!"
This movie is like torture for the viewer. But it's necessary to make the audience confront their own feelings about violence in media. This movie works because it feels so realistic. There's no fancy shots, no choreographed fight sequences. You feel like you're witnessing this horrible crime and you can't do anything about it.
This movie is the biggest critique of movie violence because it points the finger at the audience instead of the characters, For a film that rips away a lot of illusions that cinema lets you take for granted im surprised that people miss the point entirely
Why does Paul look like Sneako
I will say Paul looks better in short shorts than me.
He’s got revoltingly skinny legs though!
Talk about a love/hate relationship with a movie…
I remember watching this movie with friends in high school and during the long take one of my friends looked at me and asked if i was okay. I looked down at my chest and realized that my heart was beating so hard that my chest was twitching. Great movie, 10/10, would never watch again.
nah the ending pissed me off when i first seen it cuz WHAT
I totally forgot about this movie. I loved it.
love your video’s!
10:29 Now that’s OP
Im a literature major and this movie reminds me of the 1600 century and Shakespeare. They were all about disillusion and melancholy - see for example Hamlet. Their writing reflected the time of the black plague.
This one and the remake are equally terrifying.
In Italy, this movie is allowed for everyone, film per tutti, which literally is film for everyone in italian. I do understand their desicion.
Most kids are probably not interested anyway, and it's low on physical violence. Most kids are probably capable of separating movies from reality aswell.
Also, Funny Games shows the consequences of violence, like the dad getting disabled. That violence is less harmful I think, compared to "cool" James Bond violence, in which they kick each other 20 times in head and ribcage without dying or getting more than a tiny flesh wound!
This reminds me of that one kid who changes or adds rules whenever they start to lose
Literally the only movie that has deeply unsettled me in a very long time. Gave me an awful sinking feeling in my stomach and stayed with me long after. Ive only seen it once and that was still more than enough
I did not enjoy this movie. At the moment when Anna turns the tables and blows the one guy away and the other one freakin' rewinds it, I knew that OUR suffering, as the audience, was the whole point lol I get Michael Haneke's point but this movie is a Nope for me! 😵 I do wonder if this movie was born as a response to the growing super violent French New Extremity film trend that started getting really popular in the late 90s - early 00s?
another incredible video will !! :>
Nah that remote scene was absolute filth!!!’
Of course, common cliche.
Animal in a horror movie, they always get killed.
...and? Is that really what youre hyper focused on of all things in this movie?
Genuinely a "Of course this movie has a home invasion in it, such a cliche." statement
I wonder what would have happened if the family just tried to stay as polite, friendly and inviting as humanly possible...
I have a feeling that because of the directors mindset/vision, those boys wouldve stayed and tortured that family regardless of their demeanor.
You missed the point of the movie. It doesn't matter if they were the nicest people in the world, they would have been tortured and killed anyway, that's the message. It may have worked if both Peter and Paul suffered from mental health issues, coupled with loneliness or abandoned. The movie shows both of them doing what the do bc they can and want to do it. "Those families allowed it."
@@c2e.7877 Oh... I missed the point of the movie... thanks for enlightening me. It still would be interesting to see what wold have happened if they didnt offer any provocation at all.
@@Ozzy3000 I hope my comment didn't came off as harsh, if it did I apologise.
@@c2e.7877 Nah... didnt came off as harsh... and your apology means nothing to me... a random person on the internet. Thank YOU!
Are similes this guy's favorite literary device... 😂
Love the vids!
This kind of makes me think of the book series: Bad games. They're very....similar. Makes me wonder who copied who
I like the remake better, but no doubt this is the best/worst movie of all time in my book
Those shorts could only be in a horror movie.
i hate movies where dogs are harmed/killed
It really screwed me up the first time i saw the movie. If you are easily traumatised, wouldn’t advise watching this one. Brilliant movie nonetheless
okay, that rewind part was absolute bullshit istg- this is simply a breakdown of the film and i am unfathomably pissed off.. i have never hated a character or character/s more than the two antagonists here-
Big Will should narrate "Two girls, one cup". It is a body horror movie after all.
What a terrible movie...
It's a great movie. One of the better comedies of this century
@@brandon9621Is it a comedy? it doesn’t look funny at all