Question about the movie Funny Games, U.S..?

Question

Hello there!

Last night I went and watched the movie Funny Games U.S (which, i know, is a remake.. blah blah)-

and I came out very confused.

My question is-

What is the overall conclusion?

I mean,

in the end- that Peter guy is telling a story about how it's all made-up or something like that,

and we are all left to figure it out ourselves.. what's fiction? what's real? and to who? what just happened here?

plus, that whole rewind-bit really confused me.

so.. i was wondering..

could anyone tell me what was the overall conclusion of the movie?

what is it, that we are supposed to understand for ourselves?

I was really disappointed with how the movie ended,

leaving us speechless, and really not knowing.. what the heck was that?:P

i mean,

really,

what was that?

who are they? what happened?

what was the overall message of the movie?

thank you!

Answer 1

You should really look at the imdb forums for this, but as far as my understanding goes (of the original) is that we enjoy violence as part of entertainment, as moral person we should really want the woman to survive, but we would rather she was killed for our enjoyment.  

Therefore fictional violence is something we embrace in the real world, yet we are reminded that this violence is fictional so it is rewinded and we are shown what we really should be watching, the woman being saved.

Its a lot more complicated than this, which is why imdb is your best source, those guys go on for hours and even I have posted numerous ideas there.