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Mayo Clinic and QUARANTINE
Oct. 22nd, 2008 09:37 amSitting at a Mayo Clinic public terminal, waiting for Sara to do a sweat test.
They drew something like 30 vials of blood about half an hour ago and before that they scraped her skin for allergies and to make sure that all of her immunizations, et al, are still functioning.
She had to do some heavy exercise stuff yesterday and with lots of walking around this massive complex her legs are killing her today, particularly one knee.
We decided to see a scary movie last night--we had to discount W. because Sara's stepfather wants to see it with Edwina, Sara's mom, who is here with us--so we ventured to the very-fucking-edge of town to a nearly empty theatre to watch Quarantine.
I don't mind horror movies with stupid plots. I really enjoy horror movies with great plots, but sometimes a crappy one can be fine.
This one, though? I wanted to poke every character in the eye at one point or another. They all behaved as though they were retarded 8 year-olds, the movie was riddled with vaguely-racist cliches, and...just...
Yeah, it had some absolutely terrifically scary bits but ultimately, no. It collapsed under the weight of acting that alternated between really good and terrible, camerawork that made me feel sick--and I was totally fine with Cloverfield--and the vast stupidity of the characters.
I can only be so scared if I can't believe that the people in the movie could possibly be functioning members of society.
Anyway, I'm off to read more of Devil in the White City and maybe do some shitty drawings.
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They drew something like 30 vials of blood about half an hour ago and before that they scraped her skin for allergies and to make sure that all of her immunizations, et al, are still functioning.
She had to do some heavy exercise stuff yesterday and with lots of walking around this massive complex her legs are killing her today, particularly one knee.
We decided to see a scary movie last night--we had to discount W. because Sara's stepfather wants to see it with Edwina, Sara's mom, who is here with us--so we ventured to the very-fucking-edge of town to a nearly empty theatre to watch Quarantine.
I don't mind horror movies with stupid plots. I really enjoy horror movies with great plots, but sometimes a crappy one can be fine.
This one, though? I wanted to poke every character in the eye at one point or another. They all behaved as though they were retarded 8 year-olds, the movie was riddled with vaguely-racist cliches, and...just...
Yeah, it had some absolutely terrifically scary bits but ultimately, no. It collapsed under the weight of acting that alternated between really good and terrible, camerawork that made me feel sick--and I was totally fine with Cloverfield--and the vast stupidity of the characters.
I can only be so scared if I can't believe that the people in the movie could possibly be functioning members of society.
Anyway, I'm off to read more of Devil in the White City and maybe do some shitty drawings.
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