The Doppler Effect

Last night I went and saw The Descent, and have come to terms with the fact that I suck at watching scary movies. Despite the movie following the S.O.P of any horror/thriller movie, I still found myself with my face buried in my hands at certain times. i still jumped despite music cues and other obvious signs of death and gore lurking around the corner. The movie follows a group of six adventure seeking girlfriends who go on a spelunking trip to help one of the girls regain her confidence a year after her husband and daughter were killed in a car accident. The cave they explore is uncharted and one of the girl’s (named Juno) ego complicates their exit from the subterranean maze where they encounter a band of Gollum-look-alike creatures which proceed to devour the majority of the girls. The film is filled with estrogen charged girly arguments and the weak script made it difficult to watch at times (although the film got good reviews). It was funny to watch the girls get pissed off and fight the creatures off. In the end, I’ve decided that European movies do not compare with the ridiculousness of American films, and that although I am quite ashamed of admitting it, I was screaming like a little girl (on the inside)during this movie…but we’ll keep that between you and me.

In the mean time, I’ll stick to movies I can handle like Talladega Nights and The Lion King. And despite the fact that I am the candy-less kid relative to the movie theatre, I still have a few movies to see.

• Pulse - Screw everything I just said
• An Inconvenient Truth - strictly for extra credit purposes for Mr. Menton’s class
• Spider-Man 3 - Zomg they’re confirmed for Spider-Man 4 too!

P.S. Props to Annie for worst case of post-scary-movie jitters and hitting a pillar in the parking structure:!: