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.
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Fred Pete - Jan 31, 2008 5:16:17 am PST #3809 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
Volans - Jan 31, 2008 2:44:33 pm PST #3816 of 10000
move out and draw fire
I thought the sequel was basically going to be the same events, but from the POV of another group of characters.
Tom Scola - Jan 31, 2008 3:17:19 pm PST #3817 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's official: [link]
Guillermo del Toro has officially signed up to direct The Hobbit, according to reports leaking out from a film premiere in France.
Gris - Jan 31, 2008 6:50:28 pm PST #3818 of 10000
Hey. New board.
OMG. That's awesome. And I saw the Hellboy II trailer today, which made me feel a HUGE need to actually go back and watch the first Hellboy movie (I "saw" it, but there was a girl involved. Memory = slim).