Over the weekend, I tried to watch The Grey, but in the first 10 minutes a wolf gets shot, and I had to turn it off because wolves are my friends.
Then I tried to watch Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies. But it was too unbelievable. Teddy Roosevelt was in it, and he wasn’t even born until after the Civil War. The unbelievability had nothing to do with the zombies.
After that, I switched to My Cousin Vinny. I learned that “dead-on-balls accurate” is an industry term, and when talking about your biological clock, it makes more of an impact if you stomp your feet.
Finally, I decided to watch The Chernobyl Diaries. I was disappointed, but I did learn a few things about extreme tourism.
For example…Always look behind you.
Extreme Tourism means you will be…
- Mauled by a radioactive bear.
- Bitten by a radioactive fish.
- Attacked by wild dogs.
- Attacked by Russian mutant cannibals.
And then you’ll die. So when it comes to extreme tourism, just say, “No.”
January 16th, 2013 at 8:43 am
Ha! My Cousin Vinnie is a classic. “The two yutes . . . the two what?”
“My biological clock is TICKING (STOMP) LIKE (STOMP) THIS (STOMP).”
January 17th, 2013 at 2:49 pm
“Whhhhhhat… is a yute?”
January 16th, 2013 at 8:49 am
Oooh, I’ve wanted to see The Chernobyl Diaries, glad to know it was eh. lol. My Cousin Vinny is the BEST!
January 16th, 2013 at 8:50 am
I think it’s safe to say…just don’t go to Russia.
January 16th, 2013 at 9:34 am
What some people do for “fun” is sometimes beyond me. My eyes have wobbled across the “Chernobyl Diaries” fim, but I’m not a fan of radiaton so I thought I’d give it a miss
January 16th, 2013 at 9:37 am
Ah, one of those weekends,Thank goodness for “My Cousin Vinny”
January 16th, 2013 at 9:41 am
I watched The Grey a few weeks back, but found it a great deal unrealistic. There were a few good one-liners, though.
January 16th, 2013 at 9:54 am
Maybe it’s time to watch, oh, I don’t know, Julie and Julia? (Ha. Did you see it yet? I just watched it. Great movie for bloggers!)
Don’t even get me started on The Grey.
January 17th, 2013 at 8:35 am
Ha. About the scariest movie I can watch is Shrek.
January 16th, 2013 at 10:12 am
I would like to start a guided tour series of extreme libraries, but I can’t find a cutting edge goth librarian to lead them.
Nor do I have any idea what the tour would entail…
January 16th, 2013 at 10:52 am
Thoughtzarella, does Extreme Tourism include wearing at least one fanny pack, toting a backpack full of your Canon Rebel XT with six different lenses and a UV filter, constantly consulting your laminated maps, checking your multi-lingual dictionary and asking everyone around if anyone speaks English? Is there an RV and/or Panama Jack hat involved?
January 16th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
I really liked the grey and the wolves looked so fake it didn’t worry me. I don’t like radiation though, no tourism for me.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:53 pm
I loved “My Cousin Vinnie”, but the others? Not so much…
January 16th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
Russia is such a cold country. Who needs to visit? I’m being practical not scared…
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
January 16th, 2013 at 7:50 pm
And this is the danger of Netflix. (I”m assuming you were watching on Netflix?) 12 billion movies, and most of them are awful.
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter was a lot better than the zombie one. Not that that’s saying much. But there is this one gloriously stupid scene where they’re jumping from horse to horse in a stampede as they fight, and that pretty much makes the whole movie worth it.
January 17th, 2013 at 5:52 am
I hate it when I get bitten by a radioactive animal and don’t get any superpowers.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:52 pm
The Wolves are my friends too. But I am having trouble getting then to play nice with the foxes:)
Great blog post. I like your voice.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:54 pm
I am pretty sure the only way to get to Russian is by steamer. At least that’s what I learned from movies.
Plus The Wolves are my friends too. But I am having trouble getting then to play nice with the foxes:)
Great blog post. I like your voice.
January 18th, 2013 at 8:16 am
Goldfish creep me out. I bet *they’re* radioactive!
January 18th, 2013 at 10:24 pm
I read the Abe Lincoln book, but the vampires were far, far less interesting than the genuine facts about his life. I’ll probably still try watching the movie someday.
Is it wrong that I’ve still got a hankerin’ to see Chernobyl Diaries? ‘Cause I do. Even so.
January 20th, 2013 at 11:02 am
My boyfriend loved The Grey. I hated it. He said something about it being a man’s movie (bullshit), like Jack London (I love Jack London so more bullshit) and I wouldn’t understand (BULL.SHIT.). So, yeah.
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January 20th, 2013 at 11:52 pm
Ooo, I couldn’t watch The Grey either. If anything bad happens to an animal in a movie, I’m out.
January 28th, 2013 at 7:10 pm
Thank you for confirming my resistance to seeing The Grey. I love my Cousin Vinnie, wolves not being shot is just one of the many great things about it.