Mr. Roger Ebert.

After my review of Funny Games U.S, I decided it would be a good idea to read other reviews about the movie. Unfortunately, the movie did not get the greatest reviews. According to Roger Ebert, who gave the movie a half a star, the audience is the lab rat and they are placed in a "Skinner box" ( a movie theater) "and subjected to random negative stimuli (filmed violence, as a substitute for painful electrical jolts.) And Haneke plays the role of empirical taskmaster." And then Ebert goes on to say that an audience member should flee the movie theater and rip the film out of the projector.

Well, Mr. Roger Ebert, I disagree with you! After watching it at 1 in the morning when I was about ready to go to sleep, and simultaneously thinking "Turn it off, I don't want nightmares," and "This is probably one of the best horror films I have seen in a while, keep it on!" I would instead give 4 stars. And by the way, I watched the whole thing.

Funny Games is the kind of movie that gives off a fear that isn't just frightening but uncomfortable. I've never felt that in a horror film before. And, as I was watching it, I felt like I was there in the movie as a standby and watching these preppy boys do their dirty work. That, I have never felt while watching a thriller. I also thought that the script was clever, and with the violent undertones, made it even better.