In which eris takes a bullet for the rest of you....

eris esoteric · #1 07-13-2008, 07:26 PM

OK, so I like me my freakin' whackadoo stuff. I really do. And I'm gonna keep pushin' y'all's envelopes and encouraging y'all to experience some of the better freakin' whackadoo stuff out there.

But occasionally even I run across stuff that makes me eyebrows smoke. There is, in point of fact, stuff out there that is too weird for me. So I am going to turn those not so positive experiences around and get at least some good out of them... I'm going to warn you guys about them.

The most recent item is Tideland, a film by Terry Gilliam based on a novel by Mitch Cullin.

OK, first off, be wary of anything done by Terry Gilliam post-Python. The man's insane, and he makes insane movies. Period. I did not say bad movies, mind you, I said INSANE movies.

And Tideland is not a bad movie. In fact, it's an excellent movie. The cinematography, the acting, the sets it's a facking gorgeous movie.

It's also facking disturbing. It's the story of a young girl fortunately orphaned (I say fortunately because it'll make you weep to think of what this kid would be like if her parents lived long enough to *really* screw her up) who spends a summer living on her own in a derelict house, befriending the only two people in the universe *worse* for her than her parents, and talking to her dolls. It's actually a relief to watch her talking to her dolls, since watching any interactions with any other actual human being in the movie is like playing a rousing game of "chart the inappropriate relationships."

Again, there is not a person on this board who needs to watch this movie. Pippa, this is a SPECIAL warning for you. NO TOUCHIE. Also probably MJ. Not that it will necessarily come up, but I want to make sure you guys *know* to avoid this one.

I watched it so you don't have to.

**theworm**[$] · #2 07-13-2008, 07:46 PM

It sounds painful!

JonSmith · #3 07-13-2008, 08:35 PM

youtube has the trailer for this movie. I can't post the link, 'cause I haven't posted enough. It looks interesting to me. I may have to rent it.

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #4 07-13-2008, 10:02 PM

Eris, I'm pretty hardened to this kind of stuff. Too many awful things in "my" kids' histories - nothing shocks me any more. (The girl fixing her father's works, as mentioned in the review of this movie, is rather commonplace in RL.) But thanks for the head's up on what sounds like an awful movie.

eris esoteric · #5 07-13-2008, 10:54 PM

I kinda figured you wouldn't want to watch a movie like this, considering what you deal with in real life.

And Jon, it's a HARD movie to watch. It's brilliant, but it's awful at the same time.