I hve this unnatural tendency to laugh uncontrollably when people get injured or killed in action films.
It's really starting to become a
problem. I mean sure, in the privacy of your own lounge room
watching a video, of course there's no one to hear your mirthful glee
as someone on the screen has their intestines ripped out through
their navels. But in a cinema it's a different story. People give me
the most unusual looks in there.
I suppose it's not surprising, they
no doubt think I'm a serial killer in the making.
I'm not a total monster though. It's
not like I sat through Beaches or Steel Magnolias giggling my head
off. It's just the action/adventure ones that do it to me. Oh, and
the horrors, they're also a scream (pun intended)! Honestly, I
really do think we're supposed to laugh at them.
I'm not really concerned about the
attention I get from the other cinema patrons, though. It's my
friends I'm worried about. It must be difficult to go to the movies
with someone who has a habit of breaking into uncontrollable laughter just because
someone was is decapitated onscreen.
But come on, lets all be honest with
ourselves. Aren't you all just little bit
thrilled when someone bites it in the movies? I think it's that
whole living vicariously thing that does it to us. We can't exactly
go around killing peole who piss us off, so seeing it
on the big screen can be kind of cathartic.
And really, is
bloodlust really such a bad thing as long as it's kept in the movie
theatre?
Well, they do go over the top in a lot of movies, so I agree that sometimes they are supposed to be funny. At least I hope they know how OTT they are.
ReplyDeleteI can't watch that stuff, though. Give me lots of smut, but no violence please!
I'm not sure why I react that way, but I definitely shock and embarrass anyone I go to the movies with.
DeleteI hear ya. Sometimes I imagine the most annoying person I know on the receiving end of the hero's gun, sword, or bare hands and it gives me instant gratification.
ReplyDeleteLOL! How passive/agressively bloodthirsty of you!
DeleteI never laugh at the good guys that bite the dust (usually my eyes are covered by my hands at that point) but I delight when the bad guy dies. I am not sure that I would be bothered by your laughter though. I would rather listen to you laugh that listen to the chatter of people behind me talking about their kids.
ReplyDeleteI never laugh at the good guy dying either, but luckily there usually aren't many of them in horrors, and they're never the ones getting hacked.
DeleteWith 4 sons I think I have become immune to all things containing blood guts and gore.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine! I expect it's the genre of choice for your house on movie night.
DeleteWho doesn't enjoy a good decapitation?
ReplyDeleteI expect the person being decapitated isn't too pleased, but other than that no one!
DeleteI usually laugh uncontrollably also. I may be even more demented though as such things in movies seem to make me hungry!? What is with that?
ReplyDeleteHungry? Well, that's a new one on me! And you don't want to get hungry at the movie theatre, they charge a fortune for their food!
DeleteBrendan was a hottie!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy son laughs when he's nervous.
He was hot, wasn't he. I always did love him, but I saw a photo of him the other day and he's not aging well, poor pet.
DeleteI'm such a chicken! I can't watch horror movies at all!
ReplyDeleteReally, I love them! There's nothing like the adrenalin rush of watching a horror.
DeleteI'm sort of the same way with video games. And I can't be the only one who sometimes purposely kills myself in horrible (and hilarious) ways.
ReplyDeleteI used to do that in World of Warcraft. We used to jump off the side of The Outlands just to see what would happen.
DeleteLOL this made me laugh. I suppose if it's kept in theater it's not such a bad thing haha.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Fictional bloodshed is hilarious, but real ... not so much.
DeleteI usually hide my eyes during the blood and guts part, but i get a big bang out of all the screams! :) I can't tell if it's nervous laughter, or the maniacal kind. And Brendan Fraser was a hottie indeed. He has a cool name too.. i still like it, though i've since found out the name Brendan means.. 'one with smelly hair'. lol
ReplyDeleteI think the reason we like the screaming is because people don't usually scream like that in real life. We get to live vicariously through them.
DeleteI do the same thing. What, it's funny. And oooh, The Mummy Returns... Mummy, where Brendan's all yummy.. Sorry, lost it for a while.
ReplyDeleteLOL! He was gorgeous in it, wasn't he. All devil may care attitude and torn shirts.
DeleteHmmmm, I guess it depends on the character who gets it. In a slightly related story, I couldn't stop laughing at Untold Stories of the ER yesterday when my son was watching it. The acting is so bad that it is nearly impossible to take the actual facts into account!
ReplyDeleteHeh, I love reenactments too. I especially love it when they get the actual person to do the reenactment! They're never good actors and it always comes across as hilarious.
DeleteThat's odd. I get frightened and sick to my stomach anytime someone says or does something funny in a comedy.
ReplyDeletePerfectly understandable. I needed a cup of tea and a good lie down after watching The Hangover.
DeleteI can't laugh at scenes like that because I'm too busy hiding my eyes.
ReplyDeleteAh, I got over that need a long time ago.
DeleteWhen you get the movie's cock sucking knob head who has pissed you off all movie finally get his knob cut off, fucking hilarious!
ReplyDeleteJustice is sweet!
DeleteThose scenes terrify me. I am always covering up my eyes and say "tell me when it's over."
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LOL! I used to be like that, but I got desensitised over time.
DeleteYOU'RE the reason that the kills get more and more absurd in these horror franchises. Although, I did get odd looks when I watched Let The Right One In and -SPOILERS- they show the little girl vampire's nether region. If you haven't seen it, it's a horror movie with a good plot. Not like anything Brendan Fraser has been in for the last decade.
ReplyDeleteA horror film with a good plot? I don't believe you! You're making that up!
DeleteIt would be interesting to have you take and inkblot test and read those results! :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'm not sure I want to know! Besides, whenever I look at those pictures all I ever see are pelvis bones. Seriously, next time you're looking at one think about it!
DeleteI once read somewhere, that teenagers like horror because it gives them an outlet for there own fears, let there be laughter, but I really don't like the level of violence in movies these days, it's just too gruesome and noisy. Anyway I found you on the A-Z challenge list and loved your title - I can see there a more than a few posts I would like to read on your blog. All the best for the challenge.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've never done the challenge before so this should be interesting. Good luck to you too!
DeleteI think it depends on the movie. Saving Private Ryan? I left the theater shell-shocked and disturbed. Old movies like The Blob, or really old mummy and frankenstein movies (not the blood and guts type), and low budget films where you can actually see the props--yes, absolutely. LOL.
ReplyDeleteOh, absolutely! I'd never dream of giggling my way through Saving Private Ryan ... now, Saving Ryan's Privates was another story altogether. Lots of giggling in that one.
DeleteYou laugh? I cry! Maybe we're both nuts!
ReplyDeleteI suppose laughing and crying are pretty close, they're both extreme emotional reactions.
DeleteOne of the reasons I like the Final Destination movies so much is because the people in it die in such amusing ways... I love to watch it... And laugh maniacally.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Valerie
Ah Valerie, you are definitely my soul twin :D
DeleteWhen I saw "The Grudge" EVERYONE in the theater laughed the entire time. It was utterly bizarre. Since then, I can't help but laugh a little at gruesome scenes.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, I laughed through The Grudge. Also The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, and my absolute favourite Ghost Ship.
DeleteSo... is this why The Godfather 1 & 2 are my favorite movies of all time???
ReplyDeleteJust sayin', Slu
Actually, I think that's just a guy thing. I don't know a single guy who doesn't like The Godfather movies, and I don't know a single woman who understands why.
DeleteHa... maybe so. lol
DeleteI laugh at gruesome movies too - not sure why.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog - I'm your newest follower : )
Welcome!
DeleteI'm more of a close-my-eyes-and-look-the-other-way kind of girl! LOL
ReplyDeleteBrendan Fraser used to be cute... Is that a fact? See how little I know. It's depressing. 'Their intestines ripped out through their navels'... That's quite a visual, Kellie. I'll remember that for the rest of my blue life. Well, okay... I admit I feel so much better when another brainless teen bites the dust. Just don't tell anyone.
ReplyDeleteThe movie Summer School is right up your alley then. When Chainsaw and Dave try to scare off their new teacher, my friend and I were howling with laughter in the back row of the cinema. Oh the looks we were getting from everyone else.
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