I love stories where there's no heroes to root for. (Or like in the Satanic house film you mentioned, ones where the heroes/leads are transforming into the threat. Nothing scarier. I remember watching the Fly when I was about ten - WTF?! ;) and thinking that becoming a monster was the ultimate nightmare.)
Hee-I used to imagine being the only person left in a world full of monsters and think maybe it would be good to be turned into a monster because then you wouldn't be scared anymore. This did not explain why I obsessed about this idea because it scared me so much.
But yeah, nobody in Crash is really good--maybe the locksmith, but that's it. It's great the way everybody goes off and says something awful at some point. The insurance lady especially--way to cut off someone's medical care because their son is a bigot! (Of course, we don't know if Matt Dillon's story about his dad is true--maybe his dad did complain about losing all his work to affirmative action...)
But it seems that women are usually the ones to inspire men with their wacky way of looking at life, or whatever. A man would probably just come off creepy.
Yeah, I think with guys the equivalent is that the guy is actually *funny* and the other guy is usually a cheater anyway. If he ran out on his girlfriend for 6 months he would not be welcomed back with open arms. Or if he was we'd know the woman was an idiot.
I love stories about female friendships. There's so many about male ones, but much less about female ones, apart from yeah, the inevitable fighting over a man. It's cheesy and lame of me, but I'm really fond of this film with *blush* Lindsey Lohan, called 'Mean Girls'.
I haven't seen that yet--but yeah, I do love movies about girl friendships when it's not about them all getting guys. Sex and the City, for instance, pretends to be about female friendship, but is really about dating. The women only talk about men, with occasional breaks for Very Special Women Issues.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2005-09-15 10:49 pm (UTC)Hee-I used to imagine being the only person left in a world full of monsters and think maybe it would be good to be turned into a monster because then you wouldn't be scared anymore. This did not explain why I obsessed about this idea because it scared me so much.
But yeah, nobody in Crash is really good--maybe the locksmith, but that's it. It's great the way everybody goes off and says something awful at some point. The insurance lady especially--way to cut off someone's medical care because their son is a bigot! (Of course, we don't know if Matt Dillon's story about his dad is true--maybe his dad did complain about losing all his work to affirmative action...)
But it seems that women are usually the ones to inspire men with their wacky way of looking at life, or whatever. A man would probably just come off creepy.
Yeah, I think with guys the equivalent is that the guy is actually *funny* and the other guy is usually a cheater anyway. If he ran out on his girlfriend for 6 months he would not be welcomed back with open arms. Or if he was we'd know the woman was an idiot.
I love stories about female friendships. There's so many about male ones, but much less about female ones, apart from yeah, the inevitable fighting over a man. It's cheesy and lame of me, but I'm really fond of this film with *blush* Lindsey Lohan, called 'Mean Girls'.
I haven't seen that yet--but yeah, I do love movies about girl friendships when it's not about them all getting guys. Sex and the City, for instance, pretends to be about female friendship, but is really about dating. The women only talk about men, with occasional breaks for Very Special Women Issues.