grapple and the grimace

Posted in Film by Ashley : July 14, 2005

Yes again with the dentist. Hopefully just one more visit and then never another thing with this one tooth. The all-day feeling like someone is pressing on my tooth is getting a bit annoying. All in all though, it has really been an alright bit of dental experience. Only bothersome due to feelings of betraying my teeth and a discomfort over how much money this may end up costing. Well, all should be just fine.

My movie ponderings are leading me to thinking that maybe the time has come to get rid of the j-horror that I’ve got. Honestly, I just don’t find it entertaining. Not all, mind you… I do like Uzumaki, Evil Dead Trap, the maligned Junk and (as you loyal readers will no doubt remember) One Missed Call. But I tried to watch Dark Water last night. I couldn’t really keep my mind on it but, from what I did see, it reminded me of the others I have of similar ilk: Ju-on, Kairo, Kourei and Tomie. A Little too much on the atmosphere, from dull and boring, to unsettlingly creepy to dull and boring. I mean, I can deal with the boring if there’s a good payoff and/or the boring is pleasing to the eye… But if the boring is just boring and then the payoff is creepy enough that I don’t really want to watch it, that doesn’t make for a very entertaining movie experience… For me.

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