What’s Aged the Worst?
First-viewing shock; horror labels; Pitt–Paltrow romance; composition books; persuasive killer rhetoric
In the discussion (5)
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- The initial shock can never be recovered; the ending leaves viewers unable to continue an ordinary evening.
- The standard horror label is considered inadequate for dread built from unseen violence, with thriller/horror alternatives unsuccessfully proposed.
- The movie is a weird document of Brad and Gwyneth’s love because it did not work out and ends with her head in a box.
- Composition books are compared with an imagined blog or online community that might have redirected the killer.
- The angry case that each victim deserved to die jokingly prompts recognition of some solid points.