Last weekend, Adam & I went to see Cloverfield ( the movie ). I was looking forward to seeing it because I like movies with plenty of wanton destruction , mayhem and generalized badness. Throw in a monster that whups the fire out of a major city, has copious minions that are all about attacking and terrorizing the locals that weren't smart enough to get out of town, large military operations with big explosions and scads of people in sheer panic and I am all about it. Next thing you know, I am plopping down 5 bucks ( matinee ), getting a bucket full of popcorn along with a 44 ounce bladder-buster full of my favorite fizzy-pop and rooting on the bad guys or the bad things in this case.
Then I did it. I actually did it and I almost ashamed to say it. I got sick while watching the movie. Not like throw up sick but that's probably because I kept my eyes closed during the last two-thirds of the movie. To beat it all, I don't get motion sick except for the time that I rode on Delirium at Kings Island. And even then I didn't get sick, just kind of woozy in a grown man sort of way.
The entire movie is filmed from the standpoint of a guy that is using a camcorder to record the day's events so it is jittery, spends about 25% of the time about 10 degrees off of plumb.
That being said... THIS MOVIE ROCKS! I can hardly wait to go see it again! Especially since I missed the crucial last scene in the movie because I was whimpering in my seat trying to figure out how to not look or appear sick as I was stumbling out of the theater.
Now I may have to get all doped up on Bonine, put on my Sea Bands, maybe put a clothespin on each ear but, cover me boys, I am going back in.
4 comments:
Oh huh-uh.......you need to use the "patch" and some phenegren...what a lovely combo that is!
Welcome to the "had to shut my eyes, didn't get to see most of the movie" club! I've been a member for years!!!
I got your back, brother. We'll hop you up on Bonine and grab that monster by the tail.
Rick... please forgive me... but that is hilarious! :)
I got sick at a movie once... I was late to the movie POINT BREAK... with Keanuea Reeves... and had to sit on the front row. I tried to blame it on the Queso Dip I ate... or it could have been that fruity blue thing I drank... who knows... ?????
But all those waves...I was S-I-C-K!
Best advice I can give you... I'd go with the patch and the phenergren... and give it a shot. :)
You are still my hero Rick!
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