NAVIGATION

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Comic Genius

George Carlin passed away last night, Sunday, June 22nd. He was 71.

I, for one, am going to miss him. Not that I've ever met him, but since when do you have to have met somebody to miss them? My only regret is that I never had the opportunity to see him perform live.

RIP, George.

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The Strangers

SPOILERS AHEAD This entire blog contains my thoughts and also spoilers from "The Strangers." Please stop reading now if you don't want the movie ruined.

It was between "The Happening" and "The Strangers." Obviously from the title, you can see what won. For the record, I love horror movies. They're my favorite genre. It also takes a lot to scare me. Mission accomplished. We saw this in broad daylight, and I was freaked out the rest of the day.

Perhaps it's just me, but aside from having the shit scared out of me, I found both the beginning of the movie, and the end where they're about to die very sad. I mean, she turns her boyfriend's marriage proposal down, and after being terrorized through the night (or for a couple of hours, anyway), they find themselves tied to chairs, him in his tux, her in her dress (which the killers dressed her in after having knocked her out), engagement ring on, and knowing they're going to die is when I think she realized how much she did love him. I found it sad, and I may very well be the only one, but it was kinda emotional. And it was even worse because they had to watch each other die.

Upon reading reviews, a lot of people said it wasn't scary, nor did they jump, even once. I find that hard to believe. Obviously 'scary' is different for everyone, but to say you weren't freaked out, scared, or even jumped in your seat once the entire time? Sorry, I don't buy it. People also said it was stupid because there was no plot line. I'll just bite my tongue here. Instead, I'll ask this: Is a plot line really necessary for a movie to be creepy? I don't think so. I think "The Strangers" did a fantastic job on the scary factor, plot line or not. It just goes to show what people are capable of, whether they have a motive or not. "Why are you doing this?" "Because you were home." They had no real reason; they were just fucking crazy.

I do have reason to think there might be a sequel: Obviously the girl lives. Well, that was my take, anyway. The little boys called 911, and assuming they got there in time, they could have saved her life. Maybe. The killers removed their masks before they dealt the final blows, so assuming she lived, she knows what they look like. Okay, so maybe that doesn't leave enough for a sequel, but it's something to think about.

All in all, I enjoyed it. Fuck the haters.

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