Watched the Oscars over at a friends' place last night. They run this every year, including a tipping comp which I toss my hat in the ring but usually end up with the wooden spoon because I don't know what I'm voting for most of the time.
Anyway, this year, the bit that really disturbed me was The Substance with Demi Moore. After the opening sequence for the Oscars and several of the shorts for it, I went looking for an explanation of what the movie was about. If you don't already know, it's about image, the sense of self, but done in a body horror context, and...well, let's just go with my reaction to the plot: EEK.
( about women and female actresses and aging, discussion of 'the Substance' is under a further cut for body horror )
What's those lines from Pirates of the Caribbean?
It's interesting; I don't use movies to inform me about new ideas about the world. I get that from...everywhere else. Reading articles. Links that people post. People's personal experiences relayed through social media, or blogs, or newsletters...
Movies and books? I want escapism. Fun. Happy heroic stories. And so mostly I'm not interested in the 'serious bizniz' of the Oscars or movies. Too disturbing for my state of being.
But it was nice to go over and watch the show with friends. It's always better doing things with friends.
Anyway, this year, the bit that really disturbed me was The Substance with Demi Moore. After the opening sequence for the Oscars and several of the shorts for it, I went looking for an explanation of what the movie was about. If you don't already know, it's about image, the sense of self, but done in a body horror context, and...well, let's just go with my reaction to the plot: EEK.
( about women and female actresses and aging, discussion of 'the Substance' is under a further cut for body horror )
What's those lines from Pirates of the Caribbean?
Barbossa: The world used to be a bigger place.
Jack Sparrow: The world's still the same. There's just...less in it.
It's interesting; I don't use movies to inform me about new ideas about the world. I get that from...everywhere else. Reading articles. Links that people post. People's personal experiences relayed through social media, or blogs, or newsletters...
Movies and books? I want escapism. Fun. Happy heroic stories. And so mostly I'm not interested in the 'serious bizniz' of the Oscars or movies. Too disturbing for my state of being.
But it was nice to go over and watch the show with friends. It's always better doing things with friends.
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