Repo Men (aka Repossession Mambo), and such

So, what do I have to say about Repo Men?

The night before:
88: "[It was] one of the few movies that has inspired emotion in me."
00: "Eh, it was alright."

I fall in between these two. I found that, though the story was familiar, I like Forrest Whitaker and Alice Braga. Jude Law- I'm not sure if I like him, but I do see an awful lot of his movies. I think I enjoy his roles when he does science fiction (A.I. Artificial Intelligence).. and not so much when he's just a douche (Closer, Alfie).

If you haven't seen the movie yet and dislike spoilers, well- off you go.

The film is standard "I do a mean job and don't care.. until the turntables have.."

However, there is a healthy overdose of violence. There is minimal bullet action, but plenty of tasing and more stabbing and chopping than I'd ever think medical technicians would ever have to do. Come to think of it, I hope Repo Men is not what 72 had in mind when he enrolled in these med tech classes (id est chopping parts out of people, including friends and relatives).

The ending was a big relief to me: as entertaining as the content of the rising action was, it contained a certain corniness to it. Though the 'sex-scene' was something I could only describe as ridiculous, 88 notes that it sets the bar for sex-scenes at an absurd height for such over-the-top violence-porn, as only Hollywood can present to us.

Overall, I came out of the movie feeling a bit jumpy. It's rare for me to grip my seat during action sequences, but watching people in suits and business attire swing hammers and cleavers at each other took my breath away as no Matrix installment ever could.

As it is rare for me to disagree with Rotten Tomatoes, I feel I must here. RT, I give you another week to raise the aggregate score.. 20% is just too harsh for such a entertaining, albeit slightly formulaic, romp through violence-land. Hey, at least it isn't The Transporter (which somehow got a 53%).

In other news, it is day 9 since I had my last cigarette. While I don't feel the nicotine urge, I feel the psychological symptoms.. (exempli gratia BOREDOM). But using systematic desensitization (read: graduated exposure), I have got up to a point where I can barely go 10mins on a hookah, let alone think about lighting up a delicious.. 27. Well, I was planning on just starting back up on Tuesday after escaping the scorn of my co-workers, but I think I'll keep it up and see where it goes. The power of commitment..

Oh, and I'm freaking hungry all the time now.

Delicious stats (since 3/21):
DVDs bought: 1
27s (or any other cig) smoked: 0
Hookah (30min): 1
Phone dropped: 0
Infiltrates: 2