Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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I saw a preview for Prime that had a dog pulling the exact move (minus the couch) that Ollie did to Kristin.
For those who don't know the story, Ollie has a citronella collar, that shoots him when he barks. Except when he looks up at Kristin and barks. Then it shoots her right in the face. He, of course, had no idea.
Egad. Grave of the Fireflies is on the Asian Channel.
Note to the Hormonally Challenged Pregnant Lady to NOT be watching the angst-ridden melodramatic Japanese Anime.
Shopgirl is a nice movie. I don't remember enough specifics about the book to tell how faithful an adaptation it is, but I think it was good.
Reading about "interesting deaths" popped various images from Final Destination and Final Destination 2 into my head. Terrible movies, seriously, but whoever wrote them had a knack for freaky-ass death. Great combination of the long drawn-out tease deaths (the first death in the sequel, especially, where there's about 25 things that you THINK are gonna kill the guy before he actually dies), the merely nauseating (the elevator death in the sequel), to the almost comedic (the train hitting the metal thing and decapitating the guy in the first one), with the (rare) occasionally actually scary one: the first death in the first movie, for example, is quite creepifying.
Grave of the Fireflys is the most depressing movie ever.
Grave of the Fireflys is the most depressing movie ever.
Maybe you've never seen Ponette.
The only thing that I have to watch through my fingers is people embarrasing themselves.
Jars and I clearly share a brain.
I'm getting in on that share action. Movies whose premises center around the constant embarrassment of the main character make me squirm with dislike. Trailers were enough to convince me I would hate Meet the Parents, and clips forced on me by others confirmed it.
I can't think of any that I couldn't actually watch though.
There's a scene 25 minutes into the recent British film The Descent that had me considering leaving the theatre. It played to a particular phobia of mine.
The only thing that I have to watch through my fingers is people embarrasing themselves.
Oh, hell yes. I have a visceral loathing for most "comedy" based on this premise. There are a few exceptions to this rule (mostly involving Steve Martin), but I generally don't find that sort of thing funny at all.