My kid thinks I'm the world's greatest storyteller, but I have a secret. Recent (often heavily adapted) bedtime stories, in order of how much the 6yo liked them:
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Being a wuss sucks today. I wish I could handle more, especially since horror often has an aesthetic I really appreciate. But I'm very aware of how horrific images seep into our subconscious and affect us in subtle ways. (There are some scenes in 'Seven' I still wish I could unsee, I was traumatised for weeks at the time. 😰)
I've seen all the Tim Burton films a million times, but something in this style would be nice. Harmless but not trashy.
I'm in these #documentary#films about #OldGrowth & importance of protecting them. I also talk about how my overseas family suffered a lot from #ecocide & how I started hitting frontlines to fight back, after seeing my family's homelands decimated & seeing similar deforestation happen in #BritishColumbia#Canada#VancouverIsland - where I live. I've been committed to fighting ecocide since 1992. This isn't a trend for me. This is life.
JAWS is the first horror movie I vividly remember from my childhood. You’ve never seen a typewriter create so much drama. This is the only movie I like more than the book. It also doesn’t waste a moment. This is horror on its grandest stage. It’s a masterpiece.
The epic classic 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" opening sequence features British WWII POWs being marched into a Japanese POW camp, whistling the "Colonel Bogey March" written in 1914. This became a widely remembered facet of the film. No lyrics apparently accompanied the original piece by Kenneth Alford (aka Lt. Frederick), but around WWII an unofficial set of lyrics to the tune became widely known among British soldiers and the British public, focused on reported abnormalities in Hitler's, Goering's, Himmler's, and Goebbel's anatomies, which I won't specify here.
Sidenote: The film shows scenes of large formations of British POWs. In fact, it was not economical to bring large numbers of extras from Britain to the shooting site in Ceylon. So only the rows of actors closer to the camera were British, reportedly further back they were locals in white face.
BTW, I know I'm not the most diligent hashtagger, but I've been asked to tag these film-related posts somehow. So I guess I'll throw #film and #films and #movies on them when I remember.
Over on #YouTube Movies and TV, the bizarre 1991 film "Nothing But Trouble" has popped up for free (at least for U.S. users). Starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore, and more. It tells the story of four yuppies in a car that runs a stop sign in a little traveled area of New Jersey -- with unfortunate results. It is usually characterized as a comedy-horror film.
Now, to be clear, I do not actually recommend this film. Nor will I here detail more about it, other than to say that "bizarre" doesn't really cover it. But you probably should at least know that it exists. And if you tend toward a masochistic sensibility, this film may tickle your fancy. Or something.
We are seriously lacking new live-action TV series and movies related to isekai (parallel world).
I've watched every English title in every listicle I can find through search. :blobbonecry: I'm currently going through the remaining Korean titles I still have in my watchlist.
Parallel world, or isekai, doesn't have to be science fiction, it can be fantasy. I guess it's easier to write time travel stories? While I love time travel―especially if its time travel is complex—parallel world stories are more interesting.
More! :ablobbonebongo:
PS When it comes to books, we have plenty. But there are times when I just want watch.
I knew that IMDb had been around a long time but TIL it predates the World Wide Web, as it was initially launched as Usenet group rec.arts.movies in 1990 and moved to the web in 1993. And it's been owned by Amazon since 1998, because of course it has 🙄
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