Gothika
in Movies ·
Sam James4 said:Congrats, seriously!
I've been scrolling through the web, from IMDb to basically every other forum out there, and you're the only one who actually stepped up to defend the logic behind this undeniable modern cinematic masterpiece. Honestly, I can't wrap my head around the fact that movies like 21 Grams and Goth cost the exact same at the box office... but hey, I guess everything has its niche audience, which is a pretty optimistic way to look at it.
Read it again—I never said the movie had good logic. Very few horror flicks actually do 😁. Using "bad logic" as a John Doe is just an excuse to call the movie trash. I don't believe in a lot of things either, but damn honey, c'est la vie. 😛 😁
And besides, you can't argue with taste. 😛 👋
And like hollowviper72 mentioned, the legal system in the US can be pretty "flexible" and weird. The movie doesn't explicitly show what happened to her or if she was destined for it, etc. Maybe she was, or maybe a jury just acquitted her. That would actually make perfect sense. Juries acquit actual killers all the time and let innocent people face the electric chair instead. But to me, that’s not even the point of the film. I think the core of it is about what feels realistically possible: the haunting, the raw energy of a crime victim. There's evidence for that. That's likely the foundation the film was built on. I find the concept of the "anima sola" in the movie really interesting; it fits perfectly—a soul in agony that hasn't found peace yet... I watch movies through a different lens. Sure, it could have been better, and I agree the pacing gets a bit frantic at one point, but whatever. Everyone sees "something" different in a movie, and that's why some people love it while others hate it. Thank God censorship hasn't reached our opinions and tastes yet 😁