High Tension: Disappointed
 

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I must say I was disappointed. This movie was hyped up by everyone that I know. Dont get me wrong, it was a great movie but just was not as good as I had expected. The violence and gore factor was great and it was a great movie until the end. I understand the whole skitzo split personality thing but I think it would have been better without it. This reminded me of Identity. Great movie until the end. I may get flamed for this and that is ok but that is just my opinion. The whole split personality thing really bugged me.

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It bugs a lot of people - personally, I think it was a bold move and a genuine shock.

You could say it was over ambitious and stokes contempt, but calmer heads might think it not so 'ridiculous' to reveal a split-personality element near the end of the film. After all, it worked for Fight Club and Secret Window, among others.

I've heard some say that it was 'stupid' and 'sucked loaded balls' to play such a card when we clearly saw the male killer in different places from the girl and that it could not be possible for the two to be as one, but of course this might only apply if the visuals are taken literally (in which case, Fight Club and Secret Window are similarly preposterous).

Haute Tension has played a 90 minute trick on you with its visual suggestions and allegories, so I guess it's understandable some will leave the cinema self-righteously annoyed.

50 millionth high tension thread. anyways, ill just say for the 50 millionth time, i thought this movie (minus the ending) was fucking awesome.

whats the movie about?

It's good, solid entertainment, and it's got some grogeous atmosphere.

the scenes in the house are just so morbid and atmospheric. i think the begining is what makes the movie what it is.

And for the 50 millionth time I'll say the movie was terrible and the ending nulified everything that came before it. Hated this film!

I liked it a lot more before I read Intensity which is basically a novelization of the beginning of High Tension but instead of an easy ending you get a well crafted story that follows the horror.

Exactly!

Where was the story telling? Where were the characters? Where was the craft? Yes, it was pretty...but pretty does not equal good.

The twist did not reveal anything about character (unlike the twist in Fight Club, which was all about revealing character) it simply existed for its own sake - and it held no water.

The darkness of this movie made me love it