Well you seem to know a lot. You might know more than me. That's okay with me.
At least you pay attention. That's very good.
So I've watched a lot of movies where I've felt the same way you did. The little details often pull me right out of a scene and then it doesn't work for me at all. Sometimes the rest of the movie is affected by this. When I would tell this to people, do you know what they'd say to me? That I'm being too technical. Of course I never believed them. But maybe some of what they said was true. I don't know. I disagreed with them.
About Last House on the Left though, it didn't really disturb me very much either. But I don't always pay close attention to the movie. On repeat viewings, it's as disturbing as anything could ever be. It's certainly uncomfortable. I guess what you're saying is that you don't like being uncomfortable unless you're very uncomfortable.
I'm not going to debate each scene you noted with you. I think it's pointless. Because I would have said the very same thing I'm saying now. And this way I think you can see the intent.
When I think about what I liked about this movie, I like some of the exact things you and many other people say they disliked about it. What's disturbing to me is the mood of the film. It might not be raw enough to feel like true reality to everyone who watches it, but to me it feels much bigger. It feels like it's making a much broader statement. Not just about the little physical actions that change a person's life, but also about the world we lived in, back then. I think this movie was taking a look at the world and making big statements about violence and society. I don't always like movies like that, but in the case of this movie, I still feel that every last thing worked. But those cops. For me, they were the only weak link.
I feel like it was more than just a disturbing movie. And it was disturbing. It certainly bothered a lot of people, caused a lot of controversy, and ruffled sensitive feathers. Like I said before, I don't get what else people expected from it. I'm not so jaded that I expect it, or any movie for that matter, will fuck me up. I hope others share the same basic view. I don't need movie experiences to make me feel alive. So what little satisfaction I got from this film, as far as I'm concerned, more than warranted its being made and pissing off a few horror fans wanting something else.
When I look at the movie, I don't see your examples hurting the film as much as you claim they did.
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She knows she's a winner
She couldn't be thinner
Now she goes in the bathroom
and vomits up dinner
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