The Experiment
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Brilliant movie.
Participants enter a prison-like environment. They are divided into guards and prisoners. But when the authority gets out of hand, it's the prisoners that set order and deliver justice.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997152/
Anyone else watched it?
Participants enter a prison-like environment. They are divided into guards and prisoners. But when the authority gets out of hand, it's the prisoners that set order and deliver justice.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997152/
Anyone else watched it?
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Holy shit i have never herd of this film until today.
Looks real good. have to check it out.
edit: just finished it. good fuckin movie. im surprised with the big names in it and the actually decent flick that it didnt get more publicity. guess society just likes shitty movie nowadays
This bro.
I watched it on Netflix too, it was a nice break from the usual good cop/fed role that Forest Whitaker usually plays.
Everyone should watch this movie! It's great, although the ending did feel a bit rushed.
Also, apparently this movie is a remake of Das Experiment, which is supposedly better. I'm gonna watch it and get back to guys.
I got some time. ~Downloading.
I'm streaming it now on megavideo. It's apparently in German with English subtitles which is a little annoying but I'll get over it if it's as good as the reviews on imdb say it is.
I think it's just in German.
The action began at the end of the movie, 30 mins before the credits. The protagonist "77" came off as a wise ass and wasn't rebelling against authority for the people; he had that "I do what I want bitch" attitude. The movie was OK, and the music was just plain :facepalm:. Won't recommend it to anyone, The Experiment is a much better remake.
At first I was skeptical about whether or not I would truly be able to enjoy Das Experiment because it was not in English, but after a while I got completely sucked in to the movie. One thing that sets it apart from the remake is that it feels a lot more believable. In the remake I found it doubtful that the experimenters would let the experiment go on after comic book guy got cracked in the skull, killing him. In Das Experiment, a clear explanation is provided. The guards had abducted the experimenters who were remaining in the building and put them in as prisoners.
There was a number of little things that also made the original stand out for me. When number 77 escapes from the black box, he is clearly disoriented as shown by the camera shaking as you would expect after being in the environment he is in. This is not the case for Travis in the remake. I found all the little ideas such as this one to be really neat.
I actually do really like The Experiment because it really does have great acting, but in the end I feel as if the potential it had to surpass the original was wasted.
If you guys don't mind having to read subtitles, I recommend Das Experiment. If you have the time though, check them both out and decide for yourself. Maybe the remake will be more to your taste.
The verdict:
Das Experiment: 4/5 (4.5 if it weren't for having to read subtitles. Pity pity.)
The Experiment: 3/5 (Lack of creativity involved with the main focus on action like many of these new movies nowadays hurts it.)
There was no sense of leadership in Das Experiment. Rather than unite the prisoners, [judging from the dirty looks resulting from the push-ups] you can sense their hostility to 77. The Experiment also highlighted the progressive change from the bible-reading-well-dressed Whitaker, to a delusional maniac. In Das Experiment, the prison guard looks like a jerk from the beginning and it's not too hard to foreshadow the role he'll take.
It really shows the transformation a human can make in merely 2 weeks with a position of power.
The scenes of 77's partner are also unnecessarily elongated. I don't need to see her undressed and lay down. I don't need close-ups of her awkward horse-shaped face. Her being unattractive didn't help a bit.
Also, did she really just HAND IN her cell phone in response to a "Do you have a cell phone? Mine's low on battery~?" FFS.
I felt that Travis' emergence as a leader in The Experiment was unrealistic. In a real prison environment the guards will do whatever they can to turn the prisoners against eachother, as was done in both Das Experiment and in the real Stanford Prison Experiment. In a real prison we always see inmates turning the violence towards eachother a lot more than towards the guards because they're just so divided.
You're right about the guard, I knew exactly what role the prison guard would take when I saw him...but then again in the remake I could do the same thing.
Not even two weeks. It happened in a matter of days, it's pretty insane. We can't ever really trust somebody in a position of power over us, both movies and the experiment show this.
Hey I thought she was hot.
lawl, good point, I was like WTF when that happened too. I'd tell him to fuck off.
Its a great fucking movie. Just finished it a while ago.
I loled when they pissed all over 77