I've told my mom's awesome moviegoing story here, I'm sure. (She and other student nurses were staying in a motel in Kalamazoo and decided to see the latest Hitchcock--yes, Psycho. Some refused to take a shower at all afterward, but she had her best friend stand guard at the closed door, just in case Norman Bates showed up.)
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
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Kathy A - Jan 30, 2008 9:32:35 am PST #3806 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
SailAweigh - Jan 30, 2008 12:22:39 pm PST #3807 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
GC, that was me after the Exorcist. I went to a midnight showing with some friends. After I dropped them off I think I drove the rest of the way home with my head half turned around to watch the back of the car (it was a station wagon.) I remember reading the book, and it was a big fat one, in one night because it was so scary I wanted to finish it and just get it over with.
Laga - Jan 30, 2008 4:53:57 pm PST #3808 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Mr & Mrs Smith is on TV. I love Brad Pitt's flailing skillz
Fred Pete - Jan 31, 2008 5:16:17 am PST #3809 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oddly, Sail, I just finished re-reading The Exorcist (though I've never seen the movie). It came across as more mournful than horrifying, maybe because I kept seeing Father Damien as the main character. Also, treating possession as analogous to puberty creates some new possible interpretations.
SailAweigh - Jan 31, 2008 5:22:07 am PST #3810 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Also, treating possession as analogous to puberty creates some new possible interpretations.
I have to admit, at the time I read it, this thought didn't even occur to me despite puberty being something I was not much removed from, if out of it yet (I was 18 at the time.) The treatment isn't much different from BtVS and the "high school is hell" metaphor. Not surprising others might find teenagers freakish when that's how we felt ourselves at the time.
Fred Pete - Jan 31, 2008 5:43:18 am PST #3811 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I also read it for the first time at 18. It was just this time that it hit me that Regan was around the age of puberty.
I think part of the reason the book isn't work as well as horror (at least for me) is that most of the horrifying events take place offstage. Leaving us emphasizing other people's reactions to events instead of the events themselves.
sumi - Jan 31, 2008 6:14:09 am PST #3812 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Kodi Smit-McPhee has been cast as the young Logan in the Wolverine movie AND as the son in the movie of The Road.
Volans - Jan 31, 2008 11:41:16 am PST #3813 of 10000
move out and draw fire
It was just this time that it hit me that Regan was around the age of puberty.
Yeah, when I read it (and saw the movie) as a teenager, I was all about how Regan was a pubescent girl, because most documented poltergeist cases involve an adolescent girl (I was a bit into parapsychology). But I TOTALLY MISSED the puberty = possession metaphor.
(Yes, I got the metaphor in Teen Wolf. )
Volans - Jan 31, 2008 11:44:04 am PST #3814 of 10000
move out and draw fire
sequel post:
from sumi's link, this comment about The Road movie cracked me up:
I'm way excited for this. I loved Children of Men, but wished it wasn't so damned cheery. This oughta do the trick.
Kevin - Jan 31, 2008 12:29:50 pm PST #3815 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Heh.
Also, apparently Cloverfield sequel will probably happen. Set it outside the US. Go on. You know you want to.