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[grindmonkeh]

My brother drove up to buy a couch and then take his six year old son to see House of 1000 Corpses on Tuesday, so I went with them. I guess if that makes him the worst father ever then I'm somewhere on the list of bad uncles, though I did have the conscience to cover my nephew's eyes during some of the more gruesome scenes of the film. There were five people in the theater counting us, so empty-theater bonus was in full effect. My brothers and I were raised on post-classic horror movies since dad watched a couple of them every weekend for a solid decade, and House of 1000 Corpses was a supreme ode to the genre. I can't account for my poor tastes in...well...almost everything, but I thought this movie was great and at the same time would recommend it to absolutely no one. This movie admonishes the formula of the modern horror genre film where the characters, scripts, and cinematography seem watermarked with a dancing cartoon frog. Movie critic I am not. House of 1000 Corpses is absofuckinglutely awful and I happen to like that kind of awful. THIS is movie criticism at its greatest (or funniest).

I'm a glutton for punishment I guess, because I went golfing again yesterday, played terribly, AND got rained on. I can't figure out how I've changed the mechanics of my swing, but if this spell doesn't snap then I'm going to have to regress to fundamentals and rebuild. Damn the game.

Yesterday I finished reading By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz. I'm now reading Deaver's The Vanished Man. I have Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere at the ready. Any recommendables from the literary enthusiasts?

Okimon made a GB-Punisher Bobblehead. He needs to Flash that shit out for the full bobblehead effect. It'd fight crime harder than Thomas Jane at his most crime fightingest.

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[suicideking4766.livejournal.com]

um...the head doesn't move

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[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

"He needs to Flash that shit out for the full bobblehead effect."

It needs to.

The proportions are bobble-headish.

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

i really really need to see that movie.
the haunted record rules!

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[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

If you think that you need to see it, then you probably do.

The new Haunted album far exceeded my expectations. I've been listening to it in my truck all weekend. Slayer meets Benediction?



Have you heard any of the supporting acts? I'm considering going.

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[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've heard of the bowels of judas and haste the day, i'm actually in the process of signing HTD to the label I work at. If you go let me know what you think of HTD and Bowels of Judas...

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[ambering.livejournal.com]

I went to see House of 1,000 Corpses last night and the handful of people who were there included a couple with a 5 or 6 year old little boy. When they walked in, everyone in the theater groaned and my date/husband leaned over and said, "Let's be better parents than that, ok?" HAHAHAHA. I don't really have any issues with censoring what my child watches. I was always allowed to see whatever I wanted and I think I turned out alright. (At least that is what I tell myself)

I loved it. I'm sick enough that I got a lot of laughs in throughout the film. (I dont think I'm allowed to call it "a film")
My favorite part of it was Capt Spaulding's character. I walked out feeling like I didnt waste $15, which is my measuring rod for movies. But I dont think I'd go recommending it to anyone, either. I hate it when I like movies that I dont feel comfortable telling other people to see. I felt that way about The Secretary too.

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[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

My nephew definitely wouldn't have gone per my guidance, but (like you) my brother and I turned out just fine and we were exposed to similar movies.

Captain Spaulding was pretty funny. I was either laughing or had a big smile on my face throughout a lot of the film though. Then again, I have a stupid smile and blank stare on my face most of the time.

$15 bucks for ONE movie theater ticket??? Wowch.

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[ambering.livejournal.com]

$15 = me + knucklehead. We always see movies together, and since the money comes from the same account it costs $15 for me to see a movie.