The film student's lament...

[shadowcat2012]

So...My father is the kind of person who hated Hot Fuzz, my sister is the kind of person who hated Pan's Labyrinth, and my mother is the type to ask loud, inane questions over everything ("Why are they wearing so much black?" during the Matrix, for example). How I have gone so long without smothering these people in their sleep, I have no idea.

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[d_inkblot]

see...if you were at hampshire you could be smothering me in my sleep right now. what a shame. come visit. we have many couches and a hallway bed...and we like to be quiet and attentive during movies

[shadowcat2012]

I shall soon enough. But why would I try and smother you in your sleep Daniel? You wouldn't have the audacity (or the bad taste) to hate on Hot Fuzz while holding the Wild Hogs DVD you just rented in your hand. I think the part of your brain that makes you a filmmaker prevents you from even touching any non-disco-Travolta-related media. It's an allergy.

[d_inkblot]

See, the funny thing about Wild Hogs is that last year, when the trailer came out, I remember sitting in the media basement with Ben, Sam and Mike and we watched the trailer and just looked at each other and said "we have to see this, it's looks so bad that it could be great." And we always like to go to films about four friends so we can cast ourselves in the roles.

But don't worry, opening day rolled around and the reviews were so bad that we just decided not to go...but we were close....we were close

[lowd]

oh boo-hoo. my daddy doesn't like the same movies i do, the world is overrr...try having your artwork be called "doodles" for 17 fucken years until someone gives you an award for it and then you're upgraded to making the christmas cards. bite me scene-ster.

and i never said i disliked pan's labyrinth. i liked it a lot. i just criticized for not having a single happy moment. it's all "look at the sad girl. let's think of ways to continuously fuck her over until she's ultimately shot dead."

[vitupera]

Oh, thank god. If you had actually hated Pan's Labyrinth, it would've broken my heart.

[shadowcat2012]

No Danielle, the problem is not the "different" taste. It's the bad taste. The awful taste. Dad actually rented Wild Hogs.

Anything with remotely British humor or lack of explosions is just "Where's the movie?". This would be like you taking them to an art museum and then Dad going, "Where's the boobs?" and only decideing to look at pictures with naked chicks and commenting the whole time...all while Mom is going "Why did they wear their hair like that? Who is that person? Why do they have a portrait? How come I don't have a portrait? Danielle, you should make me a portrait! How come that one looks bad? I could draw that. That's stupid. I should be an art-ist. Be a lawyer." And then she and Dad make out and you have to scorch another memory from your brain. You know EXACTly what I'm talking about.