Hostel?

[LukenDC]

That's why I liked the movie Signs, it was very subtle but very effective. IMO

Signs really disturbed me. It brought back a lot of emotions from the 9/11 attacks.

 

[mommaU4]

Signs really disturbed me. It brought back a lot of emotions from the 9/11 attacks.

Really? The 9/11 attacks? How so?

BTW, are we talking about the same movie? The one I meant is the one with Mel Gibson and the aliens by M. Night Shamalayn(sp?). Isn't that called Signs?

 

[LukenDC]

Yep, Momma, we are talking about the same movie. Signs was about an alien invasion and how peaceful everyday life was suddenly amd unexpectedly threatened. In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in Washington, it certainly seemed that life had changed for good. There was a profound fear of more attacks and an a general sense of anxiety in the city. The unknown was frightening and for a while it seemed as if we were under siege.

Now you must understand that I live three blocks from the White House. I woke up on 9/12 to the sound of armored vehicles on the street outside my window and for a week there was a highly visible National Guard presence in downtown Washington. Fighter jets patroled the skies over Washington for a couple of months. Streets were closed and rerouted. The 9/11 attacks were traumatic for the whole country, but they really did change life in Washington and New York.

 

[mommaU4]

LukenDC:
Okay, I understand what you mean now. I can see how that would bring up certain feelings for you. Very scary indeed. Worse than any "slasher" movie could ever hope to be.....

 

[mouseclick1]

While Pulp Fiction happens to be one of my favorite movies, you couldn't pay me enough to sit through Hostel. I don't like scary/gory movies - add in torture scenes, and I would be freaked out for weeks! (I still close my eyes in some of the Pulp Fiction scenes!)