'Spoorloos', AKA 'The Vanishing'

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Original http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/
Remake http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108473/

I recently watched this film (the original) based primarily on IMDB user comments and external movie reviews.

Was anyone else very dissappointed with it? I understand that an american remake of this film was made, and directed by the same director that did the original which I am referring to, but assumed the original was a better film.

I found it almost entirely lacking in suspense and EMOTION. The structure didn't help either...jumping ahead to after the boyfriend seemed to have moved on made me feel less for him. The story of what happened being shown via flashbacks was interesting, but did nothing but inform.

I'm not clear on the voice of this movie...it seems to follow the villian more than anyone else, but doesn't explain his motives or really even what he's thinking.

Could someone who has seen this please break down whatever I'm missing.
 
I think the reason why the movie was perhaps slated by some people because it didn't follow the standard formula of pyscho killer. It was something to me personally that was truly very very frightening. We are looking through the eyes of a killer, we are in his pysche. How can a man capable of so much goodness and loyalty to his family be capable of something unbelievebly cold. The answer is simply because he can, he believes he has no-one to answer to. The philosophical implications of this are dangerous, that is why this movie is one the scariest movies I have ever seen.
 
Terrified me as well. Haven't seen it in a while, but some of the images have stuck with me for a long, long time. Shows how easily someone can just disappear.
 
Yas Kassana said:
I think the reason why the movie was perhaps slated by some people because it didn't follow the standard formula of pyscho killer. It was something to me personally that was truly very very frightening. We are looking through the eyes of a killer, we are in his pysche. How can a man capable of so much goodness and loyalty to his family be capable of something unbelievebly cold. The answer is simply because he can, he believes he has no-one to answer to. The philosophical implications of this are dangerous, that is why this movie is one the scariest movies I have ever seen.
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I'm not saying I had anything against it not being typical. What I was let down by was the way this movie handled the potentially terrifying situation of a loved one vanishing while you're traveling. You don't have anything familiar to rely on, you have no where to go, no one to help you....

I wanted the 'The Vanishing' to drive this feeling a bit farther than it did. And to show exactly what the boyfriend did and what he was going through. This happens a bit at the end, but not enough. For me, I was less sympathetic towards him because of what the movie skipped over.
 
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