:: The Blurst of Times ::

:: 1.14.2004 ::

It's review time:

The Ring was scary in the same way the video for Closer to God is scary - it's just filters and lighting and makeup and music that make it scary, but that actual content is not terrifying because when I turn away from the screen, I'm not scared because I know it doesn't exist in reality. I've seen a couple "scary" movies in the last week and nothing is comparing to Event Horizon for precisly that reason - because when I see Sam Neill say "I'll show you Hell" and grab Lawrence Fishbourne and shows him Hell, I sleep with the lights on for the next two nights.

Then we watched Ordinary Decent Criminal, something that I couldn't remember why it was on my list - someone may have given it good reviews, I may have seen a good preview for it at sometime, something... [On a side note: When one of my roommates asked what the movie was about and when I told him I didn't know he just looked down and shook his head and chuckled to himself. This made me want to kick his ass more than I have wanted to beat someone for a long time. It's like that part in High Fidelity where the guy grabs the phone and smashes Tim Robbins right in the teeth, that's how I felt. But I didn't, thus upholding the goal of being nicer to people in 2004.] Anyway, the movie was very wry-ly funny and clever and good all around. I want to be as clever and arrogant as Kevin Spacey (and have two wives to boot).

And I did some math and it was fun.

And I did some meth and it was fun.

Just kidding about that last part.

"Today my future looked so bright, all it took was one red light, the sirens are close behind me, but my brain said fight or flight..."
:: Freddy F. at 1:43 PM [+] ::