We attempted to finish out horror week with a movie from the 80's starring a very young Jennifer Connely called Phenomena, by director Dario Argento. Brandon has been wanting to see some of his movies for a while, so he thought we would give it a try. This movie inspired the second new rule of the week (after Saturday's "movies in the theater count" rule), known as the Bail Out rule. After 20 minutes I knew I was going to hate it because it was just super annoying, and was so thankful when Brandon said, "Ok, I don't think we can handle this one...time to bail!" It was just so boring and blah, and the weird overdubbing of the dialog for the Italian actors was incredibly distracting.
So, we slotted in Wolfman instead. We agreed it was pretty much what we expected - classic horror style, good cast, good effects. The pacing was a bit slow for me, but overall we enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting the Anthony Hopkins character to turn out to be so creepy, which is something he does quite well, so that was fun. Although it wasn't originally included in horror week, we were very glad we had it on hand to pinch hit! Not quite a home run, but a solid line drive double.
This week is going to be rough if I end up getting on the jury, because I have a project due Friday at work so if I spend all day every day in court through Wednesday I will be spending all evening those days working. We shall see how it goes, but we have sci-fi week on tap to begin Monday! Wish us luck.
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