Of Love Stories and Horror Movies

Am I the only person that can see that there is not much difference between a horror movie and a love story?

The last couple of weeks I have been leaving the movie decisions up to the guy at the video store, cause quite frankly - I haven't been in the right frame of mind to choose a movie. Also, we disagree I say that there is no such thing as undying, devoted love between a man and a woman, he maintains that there is and wanted to prove his point by movie...

Hiring a good movie is deciding what to do with your time. It is an important decision: if you hire a great movie you feel like your life has been enriched by watching it or you might've even been able to grab a life lesson or two from it. When you hire a bad movie, well, you end up being pissed off for wasting almost two hours of your life watching the piece of shit.

So movies I've seen this past month, thanks to the video store guy:

If Only: What a shitty movie, you get so entralled with the characters and then, just when you think you know where you're at in the movie, they change the ending and you end up sniffing alone over your box of tissues in the corner.

Prime: Likewise for this one. Only thing that's different is in this one, the two main characters overcome ALL the obsticles that they're faced with and then decide they love each other too much to be together... Good watch though, Guy = 23; Girl = 37; he's Jewish, she's not, his mother is her therapist. Well worth it, shitty ending notwithstanding.

Tristan and Isolde: Romeo and Juliet meets Lancelot and Guinneviere

Zaphera: Boardgame gone bad, Jumanji in space.

Racing Stripes: Brilliant; Ebony & Ivory (lalalala)...!

Jumanji: Boardgame gone bad, includes lots of wild animals.

Eight Below: True story about a guy's love for his sledding dogs. Worth a watch, even if you're not all that into dogs, and if you're not into dogs, what are you doing reading my blog? I am a doglover of note and will sniff out any non-doggie-diggers out there!!

One's in red were chosen by kids.

So, my theory is this: in horror movies you KNOW a couple of people are gonna end up on the recieving end of a {insert word here i.e. knife, hockey stick, gun, possession} and in a love story, someone inevidably gets hurt. I'd much rather be hacked to death than get hurt again!

This post then is especially for the guy at the video store: thanks for the choice in movies, but, as per our conversations during the trips to the store: I still think I'm right, none of the movies ended 'happily' nor did they in any way inspire me to want to be in that position again, so you just proved my point; the only certainty in life is death and I'd rather be dead than in love again...

As for the kids, I love watching movies with them: it is as entertaining to watch their reactions to the movies as it is to watch the actual films themselves. Once again, they win the prize for showing that SOME loves are worth it; all the mom's and pet owners out there will know what I mean :o)