I'd like to make an end of year plea, in the name of all things cute, for all websites that link to even a single page off their own site to *pleeeease* for the love of cute baby animals everywhere generate that page in a new window.
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See how quick and painless that was? I'm gonna see if I can get the W3C to validate that shiz cuz there's no way I'm the only one irritated by being forced off a site. No need to thank me now, you may shower me in gifts sometime in 2006. I like gifts.
Now that that's out of the way we can get to my second gripe of the day: I don't like being misled about a movie. Here's the thing, I'm one of those people that totally falls for a movie. If it's a sappy romantic comedy I'll probably cry at the end. If it's a cheesy horror movie I'll probably jump 5 feet in the air every 10 minutes, that is when I don't have my head buried in my boyfriend's sweater. So yeah, I'm one of those gullible movie-goers.
A few months ago, oh I don't know... roundabouts halloween, I was looking for a decent scary movie. Blair Witch Project? Yup, totally scared the bejeesies out of me. So did Rhe Ring and The Mothman Prophecies. I wanted one of those. Something I could watch between the just-barely-cracked-fingers in front of my eyes. Something that wouldn't even let me eat popcorn for fear of suffocating myself during a sharp intake of breath.
For anyone with a TV it probably won't come as a shocker to you that I was told The Saw was the movie I was searching for. You have to understand, I haven't had a TV in so long I can't even keep track anymore. I've never seen ads or previews for it, I've never seen a profile on E! Entertainment Weekly, and never heard about it on the radio. What I had to go on was the honest word of my sources who, unanimously, agreed it was suspenseful and most importantly chalk full of the SCARE! factor I required.
Um, yeah. The Saw? Not so much.
Last night - very late and in a very dark living room, mind you - I put in the movie and sat waiting to be scared. And I waited. And waited some more. Agreed, it was suspenseful and kept you wondering what was going on for at least some of the time. Scary? ALL OF YOU WHO RECOMMENDED IT SHOULD BE ASHAMED! Tch. I feel like I've had a bad-movie hangover as I've spent much of today in quiet disbelief, wondering if maybe it's me? Is it something I did? Have I mysteriously transformed in to a cynical movie-goer? Is it time to get a TV and plug back in to the hype? Is it my slow progress toward 30 that's running interference on my unblemished, young, naive scare-factor? Ugh. I'm disappointed.
This is the part where I publically open up the forum for you guys to recommend some good scary movies, cuz honestly, I'm afraid I've lost my lovin' feeling. Misplaced my movie mojo. And am looking to reignite the passion in my living room.
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But if we're being really correct isn't it: target equals double quote underscore blank double quote ;-)
And on that note, have I ever told you that the greatest thing in life is being a gigantic pain in the arse?
Umm. As one of those pain in the ass people who won't (and isn't savvy enough to be able to) link in new windows, I feel it is my duty to share some things:
1. It's just Saw. Not The Saw. The Saw is a bad seventies horror flick four people went to.
2. I agree. Didn't find Blair Witch scary, but some films are hyped and then disappointing. Basically try Japanese horror. The Americans make bad remakes.
Ju-On. (Became the Grudge)
Ringu (The Ring)
Jian-Gui (The Eye).
As for American-made: Jacob's Ladder or The Exorcist.
I guess it depends on if you want a shock scare (it jumps out at you) or a lingering (you wonder if something will stick in your mind when the lights go out).
Brilliant pictures.
Prost,
A computer illiterate reader.
Ok, as a couple who on a regular basis drinks tequila and watches the horrors that come out on DVD you have to definatelly ask WHAT kind of horror you are getting.
See we agree, Saw is a good movie and we enjoyed it but it is not a jump out of your seat horror.
There is "skeleton key" with Kate Hudson which is a "MOJO, New Orleans","what can go wrong with voodoo" movie...we liked it.
there is the new "texas chainsaw massacre", some scare but mostly gore. the old one is still the best our first date movie btw.
....we'll give you more here when I can think of them all......
oh...and Blair Witch.....still can't watch that movie again.....
Just saw The Skeleton Key. Good suspense, some scariness; but best of all is the ending!
Oh, come on. The ending of the Skeleton Key can be seen a mile away.
Then again alot of movies do that.
The Exorsism of Emily Rose is suppose to be super scary, in fact Jen won't watch it and I don't do scary movies by myself. Maybe the anticipation is more scary than the movie itself.
First time commenter - I agree about Saw, it was disappoinitng. Emily Rose was good creepy-scary. Have you seen The Devil's Backbone? It's Spanish, and actually includes a good story with the scary. Also 28 Days Later was very good, and the Excorcist if you haven't seen it is a classic for a reason.
Donnie Darko, baby.
So loved Donnie Darko, but didn't put it in the horror catagorie.....that would go into "mind fuck" list.