Wednesday - A Whole Lotta Nines

[ninanevermore]

Today was 09/09/09. It was also my 9th wedding anniversary. I took the day off to spend 9 hours or so in a row with the man I married (between our work schedules, this only happens maybe 9 or 10 times a year, if that). We decided to take in a movie, and ended up watching District 9. It was quite the splatterfest, which got to me (I watched a lot of through my fingers) because gore makes me queasy. Jeff doesn't mind gore, but the hand-held cameras the director used to give the film a documentary feel make him sick to his stomach. We left deciding that we should have seen our second choice instead: 9.

Comments

[martina-d.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary! Glad you got some time together, even if the movie was less than great. Nine years! Awesome! :)

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

The movie was good, just gorey. The acting, story, and all that were fine. It's just that when it came to the shoot 'em up scenes, they went for the overkill with the blood & guts. I prefer they imply someone gets blown to bits, rather than show it. :P

[simplecity2htwn.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary Ma'am.

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sir. :)

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

I heard about this from someone else to, since I wasn't even aware of the 09 thing, which is so nifty! Yep, I am back to commenting, as I got my computer back!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I was wondering if everything was okay with you. :)

[drippedonpaper.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary! Nine years in 09, that is cool:) We'll be 12 yr in Dec.

Sorry you didn't like the movie but I hope the rest of the day went well!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

The movie was good, just a little too graphic. I'm very good at hiding behind my hands for those parts and watching Jeff out of the side of my eye; I can gage by his reaction when the scene changes and it's safe to look again. Marriage, after all, is all about teamwork. :)

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary!
I do not enjoy gore.

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I confess that I miss the old-school art of implying gore without showing it. Cut the camera as the "victim's" face registers what is about to happen, then show the hero flinch. There is more art to doing things that way, and it allows the actors to act and not rely on the FX guys to do all the work. Think Indiana Jones in the scene where the nazi gets hit in the face with the airplane propeller: you don't see it, but Harrison Ford does and you know it's bad from his expression. District 9 could have used some of that subtlety.

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

I think gore and sex should both be implied and not shown on my television.