I’ve finally watched the Speak No Evil remake and I have to ask.
Why ? Why did they change the ending ? Is it because they thought it was a good plot twist ?
Has broad horror struck again ?
What was the point ?
The entire Danish movie was bleak, like Funny games. It shows that humans are twisted and evil.
It’s a satirical nihilistic version of our very own reality.
Killing evil just makes it a feel good story, which doesn’t make sense in the context.
Is masculinity so fragile nowadays that the general audience can’t watch a « weak » father not be able to save his family ?
Like… have we gone this far that every single character needs to step up ?
Have we forgotten that the « women and children first » at sea came AFTER all the men let them drown to save themselves too many times before, decimating entire families in the process ?
One officer had to step up with a conscience for this to become a saying, against the will of many men I might add.
Heroic protagonists are as fake as they come. In reality, most people even refused to wear simple masks during covid to protect others… Why should we believe everyone are born to be heroes ?
The real world is like the military in 28 days later or Jack Torrance, not like the Avengers.
Test screenings have not liked the fact that the family didn’t fight back ?
But it’s the whole point. « Because you let us. »
They had no backbone, no self preservation.
Take The Mist. Imagine the ending where the military finds them in time.
Then it just becomes a mid movie, who no ones truly remembers… just like this one.
The Danish version sticks because it’s awful. It’s bleak. It’s important.
Finding the kid’s dead body in the pool tells you everything you need to know.
They don’t even die with dignity, or quickly. They are polite, discreet, and random.
They are just beige in human form.
It proudly displays the boundries of politeness through social conformity. Just like sacrifice and heroism are conditionned through society, not innate.
Hollywood be damned.
This movie’s audience score baffles me.
I… just don’t get the change. And it’s a bummer too, because we know James McAvoy can kill a performance.
Pun intended.