This movie was sabotaged by its own PR team.
Putting "gore" in the title is supposed to be like a red handkerchief in the back pocket of your jeans, letting you know what you're getting into. I think the very title is what gave people a misleading expectation that wasn't fulfilled. And thus, a tainted view of the actual movie -- which was almost good, with some rare and surpisingly horrific moments.
And THAT was the biggest "jump scare" of them all: finding out that Tokyo Gore School was on a much higher tier than other movies of its ilk. Of course, that means that there were more BORING parts e.g., people talking to each other, kissing, introspection, etc. But the boring movie part of a supposedly GORE movie rendered the movie an almost good movie.
The lead was cute enough to keep looking at.
Seems like he actually knew his way through a mid-air swirl and twist.
The movie kept my interest WITHOUT the hoped for gore.
But still, I was satisfied.
BUT -- there WAS some gore. Don't get it twisted.
Just not all that much. Acting happened instead.
But we were tainted with a misleading brain meme that caused us to twist our balloon animal of attention a certain way, and then those expections and hopes were destroyed.
But on the bright side, there's usually a friend that isn't so much into gore, horror, and violence. So you compromise:
Tokyo Gore School is a perfect movie for you two to enjoy together.
Putting "gore" in the title is supposed to be like a red handkerchief in the back pocket of your jeans, letting you know what you're getting into. I think the very title is what gave people a misleading expectation that wasn't fulfilled. And thus, a tainted view of the actual movie -- which was almost good, with some rare and surpisingly horrific moments.
And THAT was the biggest "jump scare" of them all: finding out that Tokyo Gore School was on a much higher tier than other movies of its ilk. Of course, that means that there were more BORING parts e.g., people talking to each other, kissing, introspection, etc. But the boring movie part of a supposedly GORE movie rendered the movie an almost good movie.
The lead was cute enough to keep looking at.
Seems like he actually knew his way through a mid-air swirl and twist.
The movie kept my interest WITHOUT the hoped for gore.
But still, I was satisfied.
BUT -- there WAS some gore. Don't get it twisted.
Just not all that much. Acting happened instead.
But we were tainted with a misleading brain meme that caused us to twist our balloon animal of attention a certain way, and then those expections and hopes were destroyed.
But on the bright side, there's usually a friend that isn't so much into gore, horror, and violence. So you compromise:
Tokyo Gore School is a perfect movie for you two to enjoy together.