The Omen / fatigue sets in

[opabinia]

Saw The Omen with Kateastrophe tonight. Like most newer movies, it made me feel old and crusty for noticing the ridiculous short-attention-span compression of scenes that should be drawn out for greater effect. This isn't a music video, here. Oh, and the form-over-content stuff, and the heavy-handed use of makeup (WE WERE IN A TERRIBLE FIRE, SEE?)... Ow, my arthritis. Good show anyway. The nanny was spot-on. There was one absolutely ruthless scene that really made me squirm. Ugh.

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I insist that this was (is!) great idea, but I am so sick of working out right now. :P

Comments

[talesinsdaughtr.livejournal.com]

I plan to avoid that movie very hard. No squirming for me.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

(I meant "squirm" in an intended-by-the-writer way, not in an OMG-that-was-so-lame way.)

[talesinsdaughtr.livejournal.com]

I'm avoiding it for just that. Intentionally squirmy movies are not my thing.

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

What was squirmy? One of the "accidental" deaths? Go ahead and spoil it; I have no plans to see it.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

I'll email you about it, to prevent spoilage for others.

*shudder*

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

"HIS MOTHER WAS A JA-" (door slams)

do i sense a trend?

[julishka.livejournal.com]

there apparently was a TERRIBLE FIRE in silent hill, too.