saw The Happening the other nite with a couple of friends. it wasn't a spectacular movie by any account but it's had a strange effect on me. now, everywhere i go, i see people and think, THIS is a prime opportunity for this person to kill themselves. of course it never happens (life is hardly an M. Night Shamalyan movie) but i've begun to take notice of the chances that COULD be taken to take one's own life. and although i've always considered myself more homicidal than suicidal, i have found myself looking at situations thinking, "wow, i could off myself right now if i got infected with The Happening bug."
there was a fascinating documentary that came out last year called The Bridge. it was about all the people who deliberately go to the golden gate bridge in san francisco to kill themselves. being a lazy person, i can't imagine traveling somewhere just to off myself. it just seems like a lot of work.
likewise, the murder/suicide combination also doesn't make sense. the nut case who went on a stabbing spree is akihabara (and all the subsequent iditos who followed suit in the following weeks) said he was going to turn the knife on himself. well, why don't you just go do that in the first place rather than being an asshole and killing total strangers? people like that make me want to beat the living snot out of them.
i don't remember where i was going with this.
1 comment:
well, now you've done it! you've ruined the movie for me. but now that i know it's about people becoming suicidal, it actually makes me want to watch the movie. thanks for the heads up!
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