Don't get me wrong, it was masterfully written and directed, but sadly, there's very little fiction to it. I mean, the internet is disgustingly plastered with videos of animal cruelty and suicides (Just as a MILD example, one of the most talked about youtube videos in my school a couple of years ago -- EIGHTH GRADE -- was "Girl gets hit by train." I even know someone who allegedly had that video as the focus of their myspace page for months. I never saw the video, so I don't know how awful it is, but I have to wonder what kind of mind would actually tape that in the first place.), and I'm sure that if a chemical-burn murder made it onto youtube, it would have a million hits before it got flagged. And the capability of someone to kill like the webmaster goes without skepticism. Motive seems to hardly ever be a necessity for murder anymore, as the rate of "joy killing" skyrockets (However, I was, in weird way, glad to see a legitimate cause for his mental disturbance rather than yet another "blame society" plot. Stop blaming GTA, a pixelated work of fiction, for the fact that your son shot a hooker and start recognizing mental illness. Be parents, not lawyers.). start People apparently consider starving dogs to be "art." We're numb. As for the website aspect, there's probably a handful of people within twenty miles of my house that could figure out how to make a site like that, if one doesn't already exist. And I KNOW that even more people than depicted would log on to watch, but their comments would be even more idiotic. Is it just me, or does that movie have a shocking lack of shock value? Does anyone else find it depressingly plausible?

Lastly, before you go "Oooh, look at the sheltered consumer. Go watch Halloweentown, stupid." I must clarify that I have no issue with the horror genre. I wouldn't have watched this movie if I did. I just thought the internet aspect of it made it both interesting and disturbingly real. I'll keep my "Final Destination," with plenty of inaccuracy.

Posted on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:40:20 GMT at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...020AAJURaF