ANALYSIS THREAD \\ You& #39;re Next ( 2011 ) Dir. Adam Wingard

At face value, you& #39;re next is a fairly straightforward home invasion slasher with a lot of fun twists on the genre in both plot and character development throughout the movie; However this movie really shines on multiple viewings. At first, every character appeals unlikable

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The exception being final girl Erin; You could argue Zee and Felix both get this treatment but they& #39;re a little silent in act 1 to really say one way or another, they& #39;re just a couple of shallow bait characters to pad the kill count who act stupidly

CRISPIAN our final girl& #39;s love interest, is never set up to be a sentimental or morally good character; To start, Erin is a former student of his whom he pursued a relationship with after she& #39;d left his class which is real scum shit as well as various other lines that paint him

either as a cookie cutter white liberal, a coward with anger issues, as well as trying to manipulate Erin at every turn as she proves to be way more resourceful than he anticipates -- What is sympathetic about his character is shallow at best, and doesn& #39;t hold up

making him a fun character to pay attention to on second & continued viewing.

FELIX
Felix is just a fun character. Be it the fact that he is painted as a red herring with the whole & #39;shady shit& #39; back and forth, and how despite being probably the organizer who iniated everything

you can really feel as the movie progresses how much he regrets his decision -- even before his plans are fucked; but whether already spurred on enough by either Crispian or Zee, there is no way out and commits to the most direct act by either of our secondary baddies. I stan.

Zee

Based on her relationship with Felix, its safe to say Zee played a much bigger role in the conspiracy than we see. We don& #39;t see her character, unfortunately, as our least present antagonist.

WOLF, SHEEP, TIGER

I& #39;m a huge slut for masked killers, sure, but these boys are iconic; I like the choice to not characrerize them at all in order to focus on the interpersonal narratives and the Family story. Also them being exmilitary working for rich conservatives is very apt

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The film& #39;s final girl, a master class performance, and just a delightfully refreshing take on a horror protagonist for the beginning of the 2010s era of horror. Every single step of this movie she surprises every single one of the antagonists

Erin feels like an answer for all the horror fans who see movies and go " id just do this this and this to survive " and it works super well on screen. The fact that she is supremely capable, more so than every single baddie in the film is just so sexy of her, you know?

The finale of this movie is truly shocking, and punches you in the chest the first time. This story is about a family coming undone, and Erin trying her best to join that family; She is given just that, in the end, in a way that is strangely satisfying.

BEST QUOTES.
" It& #39;s not even hot, you dumb bitch! " — Felix
" I want you to fuck me in this bed, next to your dead mom. " -- Zee
" I stuck a blender in his head and killed him. "
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