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Oct. 23rd, 2007 10:58 pmThis weekend I returned to Phoenix to visit with the Usual Suspects.
Friday night we went to see "30 Days of Night" (vampires, Alaska, winter), thinking it would be one of those movies of the "so bad it's good" genre, like "Alien Vs. Predator" (which we also paid money to see in the theater). Turns out it was actually pretty disturbing. I am immune to scary movies, so I may not be the best adviser on the matter, but I think it would be a good Halloween film if you find yourself sick of the Saw franchise. It also gets points for not romanticizing the vampires (which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mko hates, and I think jesuitfluff also has objections to this). They're not beautiful, high-society, two-fanged neck-suckers -- they're ugly, feral, brutal, piranha-jawed demons.
You will have to ignore astronomical and demographic inconsistencies if you watch it, though. I mean, that's the general idea of how the sun works, but not quite right. And if we're in Barrow, Alaska, where the hell are all the Native Alaskans? They're 60% of the town, dude.
The next day we went to the state fair. I LOVE THE FAIR. :D :D :D It's a happy, magical land where you can eat fry bread while there's an arm-wrestling match on one stage and some band called the Veritones singing about hot dogs on another stage.
THINGS Z ATE: Cajun sausage on a stick, fry bread with honey, fresh squeezed lemonade, frozen yogurt, popcorn.
THINGS Z WANTED TO EAT BUT MISSED: cotton candy, funnel cakes, fudge, anything from the taco stand.
RIDES Z DID NOT VOMIT ON: the giant slide, the tilt-a-whirl, the bumper cars, the sky ride, and the hang-glider ride.
RIDES Z VOMITED ON: NONE.
The hang-glider ride was pretty much exactly what it sounds like.mko pretended to be Superman. I held my arms out and made peace signs, pretending to be Flying Nixon.
Then we went home and watched "Pan's Labyrinth", a movie not inferior to "30 Days of Night" (LITOTES). I had only one problem with the movie, and that was not really the movie's fault: the previews and trailers, and even the reviews for "Pan's Labyrinth" all made me think that the movie would spend the majority of its time in some sort of fantasy realm. I was expecting it to be dark, yes, but I was expecting it to be FANTASTICALLY dark, and so I spent a large portion of the movie waiting for them to get to Fantasy Realm when I could have otherwise been further emotionally investing myself in the film. If somebody told me before hand that the movie would be sent in reality for most of the film, I would have had a better viewing experience, so now I'm passing this information on to anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet. And yes, you should see it.
I am deeply amused at how much "litotes" looks like LOL, TOTES.
Friday night we went to see "30 Days of Night" (vampires, Alaska, winter), thinking it would be one of those movies of the "so bad it's good" genre, like "Alien Vs. Predator" (which we also paid money to see in the theater). Turns out it was actually pretty disturbing. I am immune to scary movies, so I may not be the best adviser on the matter, but I think it would be a good Halloween film if you find yourself sick of the Saw franchise. It also gets points for not romanticizing the vampires (which
mko hates, and I think jesuitfluff also has objections to this). They're not beautiful, high-society, two-fanged neck-suckers -- they're ugly, feral, brutal, piranha-jawed demons. You will have to ignore astronomical and demographic inconsistencies if you watch it, though. I mean, that's the general idea of how the sun works, but not quite right. And if we're in Barrow, Alaska, where the hell are all the Native Alaskans? They're 60% of the town, dude.
The next day we went to the state fair. I LOVE THE FAIR. :D :D :D It's a happy, magical land where you can eat fry bread while there's an arm-wrestling match on one stage and some band called the Veritones singing about hot dogs on another stage.
THINGS Z ATE: Cajun sausage on a stick, fry bread with honey, fresh squeezed lemonade, frozen yogurt, popcorn.
THINGS Z WANTED TO EAT BUT MISSED: cotton candy, funnel cakes, fudge, anything from the taco stand.
RIDES Z DID NOT VOMIT ON: the giant slide, the tilt-a-whirl, the bumper cars, the sky ride, and the hang-glider ride.
RIDES Z VOMITED ON: NONE.
The hang-glider ride was pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
mko pretended to be Superman. I held my arms out and made peace signs, pretending to be Flying Nixon.Then we went home and watched "Pan's Labyrinth", a movie not inferior to "30 Days of Night" (LITOTES). I had only one problem with the movie, and that was not really the movie's fault: the previews and trailers, and even the reviews for "Pan's Labyrinth" all made me think that the movie would spend the majority of its time in some sort of fantasy realm. I was expecting it to be dark, yes, but I was expecting it to be FANTASTICALLY dark, and so I spent a large portion of the movie waiting for them to get to Fantasy Realm when I could have otherwise been further emotionally investing myself in the film. If somebody told me before hand that the movie would be sent in reality for most of the film, I would have had a better viewing experience, so now I'm passing this information on to anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet. And yes, you should see it.
I am deeply amused at how much "litotes" looks like LOL, TOTES.