This movie is felony violent. I'm not sure how many gory deaths occur, and I'm not sure a person could count. Beheading, loping off of limbs, disembowelment, it is two solid hours of killing and bloodshed. Yet every time I have the opportunity, I watch it- and it doesn't matter what part of the movie I tune in on, beginning middle or end- because it is essentially all the same...unmitigated, pure, unadulterated brutality.
Tonight Gioconda decided we should go see a funny movie- her choice "Marley and Me".
As I sit here and write this I am utterly and completely emotionally wiped out. Although I'm not going to give away the end...lets just say it is about a family and a dog...a dog who gets OLD...I knew it was coming, and tried to focus my attention on how repulsed I am by Owen Wilson's twisted nose (how the hell is that guy a leading man...name one actress who has a severe facial disfigurement that even compares to this guy's shnoz- its painful to look at- the thing goes beyond deviated septum and I won't even get into his teeth- summer teeth- some are here -some are there. Tommy Lee Jone's face looks like someone put out a fire with an ice pick- and he is considered sexy...REALLY?).
I cried - I cried more at the end of this movie than I did when we buried Joe's ashes. Granted I cry easily-in fact I don't attend funerals, even if it someone I didn't know- because I will cry- and sometimes uncontrollably- yes, something is seriously wrong.
In any event, it occurred to me - that I would rather see hundreds of (adult) people killed, than to see the death of one (even old) animal...and I am using the word animal, as in non-human - which I could limit to non-reptile organisms- I'm ok with a snake, lizard or alligator getting creamed - but it better not have fur or even feathers.
Arguably, the movie "300" has fantastical characters and thus does not seem grounded in reality, yet even in movies in which the violence is realistic I would much rather see the death of a (adult) human - I would rather watch the D-Day scene in "Saving Private Ryan" a thousand times rather than see a dolphin even caught in a fishing net.
Clearly, I over identify with animals - that is a given- and although I do enjoy a good boxing match- I don't consider myself a violent person...I won't break up a fight between the boys - as many times I'm just curious as to who will win- but if the dogs get into a tiff-I'm all over it...without a moments hesitation I'll risk a bite to get them off each other.
I would write more about this- but my eyes are swollen- and I'm so emotionally exhausted - I really need to lay down.
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