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51stcenturyfox) wrote2009-03-29 09:19 pm
51stcenturyfox) wrote2009-03-29 09:19 pm
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I've been squicked
We don't see many movies in the theatre anymore. I think the last one was the latest Indiana Jones flick. (Which was worth it because the poor staff decorated the entrance to the screening with vines and had to dress up in costumes and we had LOLZ along with our greasy butter-hands.)
So the spouse brought some DVDs home: The Bank Job and Transsiberian.
BOTH had some surprise shit I just hate in them because it SQUICKS me out but I'm only going to spoil Transsiberian under the cut.
First, The Bank Job. Decent flick. An elaborated-upon true story. Soundtrack was good. Loved the period (early 70s) styling and the look of the film. Not a huge standout but not bad either. Jason Statham is hot and Peter de Jersey turned in a great performance as Michael X. I don't have any good review wordiness to put in here but it definitely didn't suck.
Second: Transsiberian. Started out great, though I'm not a Woody Harrelson fan, but I'm liking Emily Mortimer and Kate Mara's characters. (Woody and Emily play a couple traveling from China to Moscow and they meet Kate's char- she's a boho type travelling with her Spanish boyfriend - played by Eduardo Noriega.)
Not only was I pissed not to see Eduardo nekkid, because he and ol' Emily's character were USTING LIEK WHOA but then we end up with...
innocent tourists implicated in drug-smuggling plot.
Innocent tourists implicated in drug-smuggling is my squick!
Brokedown Palace? Fuck that, I am not watching it. They even popped that evil scenario into Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. That was a comedy, but surprise innocent tourists implicated in drug-smuggling pisses me right off. I don't want to see helpless, frantic people freaking out over being used by some heartless and gutless smuggler and beaten by cops. Or threatened with the Gulag. Or the many other things that can happen to you when you lose your American Express card and your passport on the same day and some asshole plants horse in your luggage. Run on sentence. Sorry.
I know it's stupid but it's my squick and I'm owning it.
Another thing I despise: Creepy (often apparently inbred) freaks terrorizing stranded/lost travelers.
Do you have any unusual squicks related to films you wish they'd warn about? Surprise clowns, something like that?
By the way, I saw this product in a GIANT bottle at the supermarket today and it made me larf. Head Lube. It's glossy!
So the spouse brought some DVDs home: The Bank Job and Transsiberian.
BOTH had some surprise shit I just hate in them because it SQUICKS me out but I'm only going to spoil Transsiberian under the cut.
First, The Bank Job. Decent flick. An elaborated-upon true story. Soundtrack was good. Loved the period (early 70s) styling and the look of the film. Not a huge standout but not bad either. Jason Statham is hot and Peter de Jersey turned in a great performance as Michael X. I don't have any good review wordiness to put in here but it definitely didn't suck.
Second: Transsiberian. Started out great, though I'm not a Woody Harrelson fan, but I'm liking Emily Mortimer and Kate Mara's characters. (Woody and Emily play a couple traveling from China to Moscow and they meet Kate's char- she's a boho type travelling with her Spanish boyfriend - played by Eduardo Noriega.)
Not only was I pissed not to see Eduardo nekkid, because he and ol' Emily's character were USTING LIEK WHOA but then we end up with...
innocent tourists implicated in drug-smuggling plot.
Innocent tourists implicated in drug-smuggling is my squick!
Brokedown Palace? Fuck that, I am not watching it. They even popped that evil scenario into Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. That was a comedy, but surprise innocent tourists implicated in drug-smuggling pisses me right off. I don't want to see helpless, frantic people freaking out over being used by some heartless and gutless smuggler and beaten by cops. Or threatened with the Gulag. Or the many other things that can happen to you when you lose your American Express card and your passport on the same day and some asshole plants horse in your luggage. Run on sentence. Sorry.
I know it's stupid but it's my squick and I'm owning it.
Another thing I despise: Creepy (often apparently inbred) freaks terrorizing stranded/lost travelers.
Do you have any unusual squicks related to films you wish they'd warn about? Surprise clowns, something like that?
By the way, I saw this product in a GIANT bottle at the supermarket today and it made me larf. Head Lube. It's glossy!
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One more major squick: when characters don't wash their hands after using the bathroom. Oh, disgust!!!
Seriously going to bed now. But I like your post!
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Hygiene fail? Double urrgh.
Oh man, it's bedtime here too.
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I sometimes feel like I fail at empathy. My idea of a fucked up character to get behind is someone like Mary from "In Plain Sight" and the obvious examples of Jack and Ianto. But w/ Duchovny's character, my reaction was, "Dude, pull yourself together. Everybody's got problems, stop whining." I have this reaction to most of the Bad Boy stereotype, actually, and it makes me feel mean. But you know, Bad Boys get a lot of lovin; I think they can handle my rejection.