I have no idea whether or not Drowsiness (playing this Sunday at the Seattle Polish Film Festival) is a good movie, and I have previously quite enjoyed myself at the SPFF. HOWEVER, no block of text has ever made me want to stay home and watch HBO’s True Blood* quite so effectively as this synopsis of Drowsiness:
There are people who constantly dwell in a state of emotional lethargy. They live in catastrophic relationships and, instead of making a change in their lives, they passively fade away into spiritual emptiness. Despite the fact that they cannot take it any longer, none of the characters in this film have the courage to change their lives.
Sorry, what were you saying? I just drowned. On purpose.
*And HBO’s True Blood is a profoundly trashy and ridiculous show. (Seriously, Jason Stackhouse, are you earth’s most suggestible human? Am I really going to have to deal with Jessica for an entire fucking season? Lafayette, what are you doing later and do you want to hang out? And also, MUST WE WATCH A TEN MINUTE SEGMENT OF SOOKIE EATING PIE AND CRYING AND WHY IS SHE CONSTANTLY WEARING A DELICATE YET CLEARLY UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHTIE!? Sike**, I love you anyway, HBO’s True Blood, and thanks for putting Frank Sobotka on my TV again.)
**I don’t give a shit how many times you people internet-yell at me about this. I think “sike” is funnier than “psych,” and I’m only saying it to be funny anyway, and do I have to explain the joke?
That synopsis is sending a very clear message that no one with any taste or sense should see that movie.
That or it’s a really bad translation from the Polish.
i totally agree with lindy about sike vs. psych
Watching people passively fade away into spiritual emptiness is the reason movin’ pictures was invented.
Stay and watch True blood. That show is amazing. I also heart Lafayette so much. Maybe we can use him like a timeshare? I call 1st week in August.
Please jus’ go watch Dr. Strangelove already.
@5: I have seen it. Just not in a long time. The end.
They made a film about ECB’s “life”?… Wow. I’m staying away too. (Though I am curious to see how they explain her jacking that bottle of ripple from QFC…)
sike is so lame it made me throw up on fnrf.
I’ve always thought of it as “syke” – spelled like dyke.
It’s derived from the Greek “psych” for mind, consciousness, etc, and means “I fooled you,” or “I played with your head,” or “I mind fucked you.” How can it not be p-s-y-c-h then? Phonetically, fine, “sike” but use that and I’ll believe you know nothing about words.
Also, I never read beyond the first *
Is she aging backwards?
Only when Brad Pitt shows up, @12.
You guys can have Lafayette, wait until season 2 when Eric really gets good. I called him first.
1. Bill Compton looks like Nipper.
2. That pie segment was excruciating. I kept wanting her to vomit on the pretty dress (misery vomit, not bulimic vomit).
3. I will refrain from commenting on the psych/sike distinction.
4. Footnotes within footnotes rock.
I have never seen this show, but now I want to, because a) I love trashy television and b) Lindy has given it exactly the sort of endorsement I need.
Also, ditto on the footnotes within footnotes, Jesse Vernon.
@10: Yes. I understand that. But I am not using it sincerely; I am doing a sarcastic impression of a teenager in 1994. Which is why “sike” is funnier to me. FUNNIER BECAUSE IT IS WRONG. DOES THIS MAKE SENSE YET? WRONG ON PURPOSE. JOKES. Jokes.
See also @11. I get it and it’s a little funny.
True Blood is quite enjoyable and I do expect Eric to become even hotter in the future, but I must say the fangs on that show are very disappointing. C’mon, props people. Buffy, et al. figured out how to make fangs look sexy ages ago. Why do the ones on your vampires make them look like they’re playing dressup with 99-cent-store purchases?