Dilemma
Posted by Sarah in media on Aug 3, 2008 | 0 commentsI’m not sure if I should be amused or disturbed at the number of times “naked family” has been used as a search term to find my blog. I think I’m going to lean heavily on amused with a side of denial.
On the other hand, “purple camel lawnmower man” has been used quite a lot. I must not be the only Psych fan out there. For those who don’t watch, the context is that Shawn (the fake psychic) read someone’s lips to get important information. His partner, Gus, wants to know what was said.
“That’s easy. He said ‘(blah blah blah, I can’t recall but it was actual intelligible dialogue)’ and then he said ‘purple camel lawnmower man.’”
That line slayed me.
We watched Rambo this weekend and WOW was THAT chock full of blood and violence. I mean, I like action movies as much as the next girl (okay, maybe a little more) but WHOA. I don’t have a high need to see that many exploding heads and severed limbs. Not only that, but the copious amount of blood and guts was amplified by bad CGI graphics.
Spouse thinks it’s because, during a time of war, the filmmakers didn’t want to romanticize war. I will tell you RIGHT NOW that Rambo doesn’t do that. It was pretty much disproportionately violent compared to everything I’ve seen except for maybe Saving Private Ryan with the added benefit of most of the slaughtered characters NOT being in uniform.
And if you think renting My Blueberry Nights will be a romantic and uplifting film you will be wrong AGAIN. Although I didn’t think it was as bad as Spouse (“THAT’S two hours of my life I’ll NEVER GET BACK.”) it was definitely not what I thought it would be. Natalie Portman was adorable (given) and David Straithairn was heartbreaking but otherwise forgettable.
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