Demon Under Glass
Jan. 31st, 2008 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zelempaO-kay! Something to cross off my list of things to do!
I put some solid work in tonight and finally, finally finished watching Demon Under Glass. I have been at it since, like, October. I just couldn't watch for longer than about five minutes at a time.
What I'm trying to tell you, I guess, is that that's why the recap is so incredibly detailed.
DEMON UNDER GLASS "In a featureless black box room, the three doctors watch through a one-way mirror into the super-secure-totally-look-we-boringly-showed-all-these-security-measures room where the SWAT guys are installing Marcus's casket. Subcommander Tal tells [Blair] that inside is a 'creature of pure [mumble]' (malevolence? evil? metal?) Blair guesses 'Lawn gnome?' Dirty look: 'Vampire.' Blair's incredulous. Tal: 'Do you know any human being that can be repeatedly shot, clubbed, shoved into a box, and still have the strength to resist?' Well, Blair does, yeah."
NB: I do not want you to watch this movie. I can't stress that enough. I don't even really recommend that you read the recap, but must needs when the devil drives. Godspeed.
I put some solid work in tonight and finally, finally finished watching Demon Under Glass. I have been at it since, like, October. I just couldn't watch for longer than about five minutes at a time.
What I'm trying to tell you, I guess, is that that's why the recap is so incredibly detailed.
DEMON UNDER GLASS "In a featureless black box room, the three doctors watch through a one-way mirror into the super-secure-totally-look-we-boringly-showed-all-these-security-measures room where the SWAT guys are installing Marcus's casket. Subcommander Tal tells [Blair] that inside is a 'creature of pure [mumble]' (malevolence? evil? metal?) Blair guesses 'Lawn gnome?' Dirty look: 'Vampire.' Blair's incredulous. Tal: 'Do you know any human being that can be repeatedly shot, clubbed, shoved into a box, and still have the strength to resist?' Well, Blair does, yeah."
NB: I do not want you to watch this movie. I can't stress that enough. I don't even really recommend that you read the recap, but must needs when the devil drives. Godspeed.
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on 2008-02-01 04:50 am (UTC)The story itself wasn't that bad, I guess, on paper; I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and the fact that it didn't--I can't decide if that's good writing (because unpredictable) or bad (because boring). Then, of course, the whole thing was quite poorly executed.
So. Slow. My GOD. THE SLOW.
You hit the nail on the head when you talked about the discomforting factor, harsh lighting etc., and they also weirdly capture the feeling of being a patient or a test subject--the sort of sterile-yet-grimy dehumanization. It's a good movie to watch if I ever want to recapture the experience of participating in a sleep study.
Watching GM was sort of painful, too, even though he was by far the best thing going. His talent and effort (heartbreaking effort!) made him completely out of place. And I never really got over the offness. Bad/nonexistent lighting, makeup, postproduction etc. rendering his goofy-yet-beautiful features just goofy. His hair being short. I need to go watch TS and unwind.