I think I need to go bash my brains out now.

It only has that effect on people who actually have brains.

The writer of Frailty just called me a liar!

Okay, I don't think I got all the twists -- I missed Fenton is a demon. But I got all of the rest, simply by watching the movie as if everyone was telling the truth, and seeing what felt most interesting.

I don't count it against the movie -- in fact, I really liked that.

Still, he's a meanie.

I think the only scarier "reality" of the movie than that they (son and dad) were just psychotic was finding out that the son was telling the truth.

I had it in a couple layers -- what if the victims were guilty. But then, what if the dad was really getting visions? And what if Adam was really seeing them too? And, dude, if they were from God, for true?

Not to mention the creepiness of the wrong brother sitting there, and it wasn't going to be just a narrated tale, but that the peril was continuing. And since they seemed to have been clear that he was the only surviving member of the family, how does he become a threat?

And such a great ending. It all worked for me, too.

Anyone seen They? (It's on in few minutes.)

It stars Marc Blucas.

Now see, I could respect the thought and effort that went into Frailty -- one of the few movies I've seen that showed, e.g., how frightening it is to be delusional (even if that does turn out not to be the case, it allowed the dad not to be a villain from the get-go). But I still got to the end and thought to myself, "Self, you know how much you hate it when the cool people get away with shitty behavior just because they're cool? That goes double when the cool person is God."

I thought it sort of undercut itself, by casting a young Fenton who was so convincing, and then throwing him away as an adult. I guess the movie didn't persuade me that his adult outcome would actually happen, and by setting up that adult outcome, the movie invalidated all of that painful thinking and hard work that had gone into his youthful outcome.

Not to spoil things too terribly.

So, I guess, a well-made film, based on a script I hated. If such a thing is possible.

I saw part of They, but it failed to catch my interest sufficiently to watch til the end.

Can anyone recommend Something Wild to me, the one with Jeff Daniels? Netflix should have an annotation function, because I need to make notes on why I rent certain movies. This one must be because of something random I read on the internet. It doesn't have any of my favourite stars, and it features a free-spirit woman (with awful jewelry) liberating a stuffy man. Later on it will no doubt go to hell in a handbasket and everyone learn valuable life lessons (or maybe die -- that would be cool).

But for right now, I'm wondering if I should just send it back with all but 10 minutes unwatched. Melanie Griffiths, for christ's sake. What was I thinking?

Well, It's Jonathan Demme. Ray Liotta is terrific in it, and it has a great soundtrack. I think it's an odd, fun staisfying little movie, but if oyu ain't liking it, no need to keep watching.