Fantasy Film Festival: Alone on the couch and loving it
Yesterday we at CH covered movies to make your blood turn to syrup, but there’s just no way to keep that up. Today it’s time for the other side of the coin: movies to prove, once and for all, how great it is to be single:
War of the Roses: Your marriage is falling apart; may as well throw a custody battle for the house into the mix, right? The granddaddy of all unromantic movies, apparently.
Closer: A painstaking, unflinching look at infidelity among two couples. Depressing, but good.
Eraserhead: David Lynch circa 1977; love as horror film. Bonus points to anyone who can get through it without nightmares (alien baby alert!).
Fatal Attraction: Note to self: keep pets away from Glenn Close. Ew.
American Beauty: Failing marriages, an unhealthy fixation on Mena Suvari, videos of plastic bags; just the thing to make sole control of the remote look suddenly attractive.
Unfaithful: Things here just…don’t end well. Trust me.
Heathers: Pine- and sap-free, guaranteed. “What’s your damage, Heather?”
Don’t we all feel a little bit better? Or is that a little bit bitter? Happy Valentine’s week from CHHQ. Or not. Whatever you prefer.
Valentine’s Day, unromantic movies
February 9th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Down with Valentine’s Day! Bah! Excellent film choices.