Funny Games

“Is that enough? You want a real ending, with plausible plot development, right?” Michael Haneke’s Funny Games was what I decided to watch today and it was a deeply disturbing film and very engaging throughout. I was really impressed by this film and would definitely watch it again. The film follows a Mother and a Father and their son as they arrive at a vacation home and what ensues when two young men claiming to be friends of their neighbours arrive at the vacation home. This statement on how violence is portrayed in film is definitely a fascinating watch and really made me think. Something about this film that was a brilliant creative decision was that the majority of violent acts in this film were not shown on screen and the viewer is left to imagine what is happening. Despite that, the film still manages to be extremely jarring and disturbing and that is skilled filmmaking. Funny Games has nearly immediate tension and unease as early as the drastic music change that occurred at the opening credits. I was genuinely tense this entire film. Something else that I noticed was that it was a somewhat slow burn and one of the best delivered slow burn thrillers I’ve seen. I won’t really say anything else because it is best to go into the film blind because of how plot heavy and psychological it is.