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Things is one of those movies I could never expect anyone to possibly like. It's always a miracle not to hate it with every fibre of your being.
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I don't know, I was hooked before 15 minutes had passed. It's been a cruddy week for multiple reasons, but for an hour and a half Things made it all better. I watched an animated Disney musical immediately prior to it, and I was much happier watching Things.
You passed the test.
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I don't know, I was hooked before 15 minutes had passed. It's been a cruddy week for multiple reasons, but for an hour and a half Things made it all better. I watched an animated Disney musical immediately prior to it, and I was much happier watching Things.
You don't have to convince me of how healing it can be. It has consistently been filling my life with joy for more than 30 years now. I sort of love every image, sound and diversion it has to offer. I love the boredom and the badness. I've adored it and for a long time it was a very lonely thing to adore.
I've never lied when I essentially cite this as one of the Rosetta Stone's of how I now think about film. This, The Exorcist, Andrei Rublev, Passion of Joan of Arc, Woman Under the Influence almost cover everything. And this one in particular is the beginning of all the beautiful brain rot I've filled my life with ever since.
But I also understand this is a very abnormal reaction to have towards something like this. You really do have to be some kind of hero to let this get its weird hooks in you. And I'm nothing, if not a hero. And it seems you are also someone to similarly look up to.
*gives a thumbs up and a toothy smile*
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I love the boredom and the badness.
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Some choice dialogue from Things: "Fred Fred Fred Freako. Can't you do anything for yourself? I think you've been reading the Lazy Man's Guide to Living a little too much lately. Next time you come with me, you're staying home"
There is ee cummings and there is Barry J. Gillis/Andrew Jordan. And then there is no more poets.
There is ee cummings and there is Barry J. Gillis/Andrew Jordan. And then there is no more poets.
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Fred
Fred
Fred
Freako
Can't
you do
anything
For yourself?
I think you've been reading
The Lazy Man's Guide to Living
A little too much
Lately.
Next time you come with me,
You're staying home.
Fred
Fred
Freako
Can't
you do
anything
For yourself?
I think you've been reading
The Lazy Man's Guide to Living
A little too much
Lately.
Next time you come with me,
You're staying home.
Last edited by crumbsroom; 05-19-22 at 12:54 AM.
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*sneaks bug in Captain Terror's sandwich*
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You have to be relative, because what I consider a 6.5, someone else might consider a 3, or a 9.
And maybe I should have clarified that gore doesn't bother me so much as emotionally upsetting things.
... I read a review of I Spit on Your Grave written by a woman who had herself been a victim of rape. She wrote about liking the film as a sort of fantasy/catharsis of revenge. As someone who also uses horror movies to confront and work through some of my own fears and experiences, I totally get this point of view. I also read a review of I Spit on Your Grave where the writer enthusiastically said that it had the "best rape scenes", made lots of comments about the lead actress's body, and just generally filled me with despair.
And maybe I should have clarified that gore doesn't bother me so much as emotionally upsetting things.
... I read a review of I Spit on Your Grave written by a woman who had herself been a victim of rape. She wrote about liking the film as a sort of fantasy/catharsis of revenge. As someone who also uses horror movies to confront and work through some of my own fears and experiences, I totally get this point of view. I also read a review of I Spit on Your Grave where the writer enthusiastically said that it had the "best rape scenes", made lots of comments about the lead actress's body, and just generally filled me with despair.
But there are lots of those I guess. Like I mentioned, the
Aside, if you can find it, I would love to read the article about I Spit On Your Grave. I found that movie so ugly I would really like to hear a perspective where it was cathartic for a victim.
Last edited by Wooley; 05-19-22 at 10:16 AM.
Yeah, but TCM has almost no gore in it at all. It's all just how startling and punishing it is. We watched the hammer scene the other night and the guy starts having a seizure on the floor (which as a doctor, I really appreciate) and so he hits him again to stop his seizure and then just drags him in and slams the door.
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I don't know, I was hooked before 15 minutes had passed. It's been a cruddy week for multiple reasons, but for an hour and a half Things made it all better. I watched an animated Disney musical immediately prior to it, and I was much happier watching Things.
As a young man I convinced a horror-averse cousin to watch TCM with me because "it's not really gory". He did not handle the twitching scene very well and things only got worse from there. 30 years later he still gives me a hard time about it and I'm pretty sure he thinks less of me as a person now. OOPS!
