I've been squicked

[51stcenturyfox]

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!

Comments

[oneloveonelight.livejournal.com]

I don't squicked out too easily. I love horror films. However, I do wince when something involves torture, like long drawn out torture, especially when the person is innocent. Hostel, Saw, etc. (although I loved the first Saw and will see it again, parts of it bugged me). Kids or animals getting hurt or killed bothers me to no end.

Yeah, basically, innocent people getting hurt/humiliated in fairly likely scenarios gets me riled up (does not include Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th type of movies because those aren't "likely" scenarios to me).

That's probably why I hate the show Punk'd. On the flip side, I LOVE Jackass because, as someone mentioned here, they're getting humiliated and hurt WILLINGLY! LOL.

I didn't care for House of 1,000 Corpses, but oddly, I liked The Devil's Rejects. That Freebird scene at the end rocks. And I don't even like that song.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Hostel, Saw, etc.

Eeeeek! Being forced to watch those is my idea of hell.

Love horror films, though. Cheesy horror? Great. Suspense? Great.
Torture (and tourist torture)? Eek.

I don't mind gore in itself.

Chica, have you seen Battle Royale?

[oneloveonelight.livejournal.com]

No, but I have a copy of Suicide Club (AKA Jisatsu Saakuru) and it's been compared to Battle Royale. A friend of mine LOVES the very type of films I get squicked by - Hostel, Saw, etc. He sees them all and one of his favorite films is Suicide Club and even bought me a copy. UGHHHH!!

True, I didn't watch all of it but I just couldn't. It's set in Japan and suicide is the big fad in this film. Yeah, basically students think it's cool to commit suicide, usually in groups so they all do things like jump in front of subway trains in groups. *squicks*

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Car-ree-pay!

Though I actually liked Battle Royale. Probably because a few people I trust hyped it so hard-core before we watched it together. It's a bizarre one.

[oneloveonelight.livejournal.com]

Here's the "Freebird" Devil's Reject scene. You might not appreciate it fully if you haven't seen the film, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XooEpeaL5Fo

I may have to see Battle Royale out of curiosity now!