This week we talk about a topic that's been bugging us. The 3x3 starts at 24:05. But first, we watched a few movies. Basic Instinct at 2:00, Booksmart at 10:05, The Wedding Guest at 16:08, and Light of My Life at 17:15..
I stand by my pick and present the following evidence as my appeal. I will concede that the things that wiggle around under Amy Seimetz’s skin are probably annelids, but the thing that goes in her drink is totally an insect larva.
Nope, nope. Think about it. All Robert Patrick’s acting: his face, his running, his lack of affect. Emulating a floor pattern doesn’t scare me. Proof: Kristanna Loken in T3 has even more CG and isn’t scary at all.
Not funny so much as cute in a Lion King reboot way. Although I will give you Jarjar Binks’ tongue antics.
Actually, there’s a lot of decent scary/unnerving CG in that. Exception that proves the etc. I guess Samarra’s jump-cut in The Ring’s also good. And The Grudge.
I’d just seen It for the first time before we recorded, which seemed to crystallize my cynical theory. Maybe I should rephrase to “The least scary clown is inherently scarier than the scariest CG.”
But if you consider the scariest scenes in all movies, no CG graces the top of the list. It’s usually a freaky human with clippers.
'K, new theory from my grandpa: only black and white movies can be erotic.