(Well, no; I can't handle horror movies in that general vein. They stay stuck in my brain and I can't ever get them out. So I have to just not see them. But I *do* remember hearing how bad it was and thinking it was just as well that I avoid horror flicks.)
This is my problem with super-creepy/suspenseful movies. Or TV shows; if I think about two certain episodes of Carnival
(the Babylon episodes, with the town full of ghosts who kill one of the hootchie girls so they'll have company forever)
, I get freaked out and have problems sleeping.
Amy, Cloverfield was very, very dumb. I kept cheering for the monster. The
big, stompy monster, not the spidery/tick things that FREAKED ME RIGHT OUT, THANKYOUVERYMUCH.
Because the main characters were all too stupid to live.
That episode of Carnival really messed with me too, Jilli.
That ep was creepy, especially when we see the
daughter in the window at the end.
t shudder
The only good thing in Cloverfield was that the HUD was named Hud. And that's my attempt to damn with faint praise, because otherwise I would have just repeated what Jilli said.
That ep of Carnival was just fucked UP. That bothered me too! I turned to Beau afterward and said, "what kind of twisted shit are we watching?"
I loved that episode of Carnivale. Totally creepy.
I forgot Tep doesn't watch horror. Oops. But I'm gratified everyone else thought Cloverfield was as stupid as I did. Characters were completely too stupid to live. Halfway through I was rooting for them to get to
Central Park West and find Beth dead.
Ah well. Lesson learned.
Roger Ebert gives
Watchmen
four stars: [link]
Haven't read it yet. Ebert is often spoilery.
For serious! Speaking of
Cloverfield,
he spoiled
Hud's fate
in the very first paragraph. What the hell.
Also a test subject, have read Watchmen, am seeing it tonight.
With 13 other people, most of who have read it. I'm excited.
