Thrills! Intrigue! Suspense! Mystery!
The Neverending Story (at age 7)
The Matrix
ER
Law and Order
Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone
and most recently...
Lord of the Rings
I've never been good at watching any sort of suspenseful, scary or violent movie. Mark knew this, but only now, is he realizing the extent to which I am affected ... or the extent to which I let myself be affected. It's not very pretty. I close my eyes. My heart races. I get hot flashes and then the chills. And, if it's too close to bedtime, nightmares.
I've said I can't help it. But I can. I have with many other things - like living, for instance. Living is risky. There's driving, eating, riding a bike, sex, listening to the news. Dangerous stuff! And I've never been much of a voluntary risk taker or thrill seeker. That is definitely an arena where I've had to push my boundaries.
And it may be time for me to push them far enough to include ... (insert dark, moody music here) ... scary movies. Because, Mark quite likes scary movies, and, yes, some of the are good stories. Like the Lord of the Rings, for instance. I was so scared by the first one, though, I've never watched the last two. I didn't particularily enjoy the orcs in my dreams. But we're watching them now, in hour installments. We're still only on the first movie (extended version).
Mark hates the idea of watching the ending first, which, on occasion, really does cut the suspense for me and allow me to enjoy the movie with a fairly moderate adrenalin level. Not watching them is less of an option. So, any other advice on how to enjoy scary movies? Don't keep me in suspense here!
The Matrix
ER
Law and Order
Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone
and most recently...
Lord of the Rings
I've never been good at watching any sort of suspenseful, scary or violent movie. Mark knew this, but only now, is he realizing the extent to which I am affected ... or the extent to which I let myself be affected. It's not very pretty. I close my eyes. My heart races. I get hot flashes and then the chills. And, if it's too close to bedtime, nightmares.
I've said I can't help it. But I can. I have with many other things - like living, for instance. Living is risky. There's driving, eating, riding a bike, sex, listening to the news. Dangerous stuff! And I've never been much of a voluntary risk taker or thrill seeker. That is definitely an arena where I've had to push my boundaries.
And it may be time for me to push them far enough to include ... (insert dark, moody music here) ... scary movies. Because, Mark quite likes scary movies, and, yes, some of the are good stories. Like the Lord of the Rings, for instance. I was so scared by the first one, though, I've never watched the last two. I didn't particularily enjoy the orcs in my dreams. But we're watching them now, in hour installments. We're still only on the first movie (extended version).
Mark hates the idea of watching the ending first, which, on occasion, really does cut the suspense for me and allow me to enjoy the movie with a fairly moderate adrenalin level. Not watching them is less of an option. So, any other advice on how to enjoy scary movies? Don't keep me in suspense here!
3 Comments:
Look away briefly from the TV to remind you it isn't real.
Wonder about what the blooper reel shows in that particular scene.
Self-hypnosis.
Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" was the scariest movie I've seen, so you might want to build up to that slowly.
Watching the ending(s) of the Fellowship would probably take over an hour. They're like five endings; it just keeps going and going...!
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