While flicking through the channels late two nights ago I came across a film that was airing due to the bombardment of 'seasonal' film screening on Channel 4. I'd not especially come across this film before, nor had I heard much about it. The horror thriller genre isn't really one in which I enjoy insinuating into. Despite my attempt to find the entertainment in watching a film that can scare you to your very core. I can't. Haven't. And doubt I ever will, to be truthful.
So anyway I tuned in quite near to the start, not terribly certain how much I had missed and it made perfect sense none-the-less so I wasn't particularly worried. At first I was drawn in by trying to work out who the girl named 'Kim' was played by, it struck me only about 5 minutes from the end in an 'Oh,-she-was-from-Kidulthood-and-Dead-Set!'-moment (surprisingly I really enjoyed Dead Set, I was compelled to watch as my English teacher had thrust a love of all things Charlie Brooker upon me. Perhaps one of the only horror's that I've enjoyed, the interesting character development and the fantastic cameo's made the whole show really worth while - Davina McCall standing out in excellence!) my brain was also aching to find out who one of the male characters reminded me of - turns out... no-one? I couldn't work it out, I've since researched him to check he wasn't from anything I've seen, but nothing odd? - so I was enjoying watching these childish teenagers embark on their yacht. The show seemingly aimed itself towards the same audience as those of American 'teen' flicks such as American Pie. This seemed apparent by showing the same sort of 'care free sleep with whoever' lifestyle people in their early twenties apparently have.
So I was happily just watching away waiting for the storyline to kick in, which I had no idea what was about if I'm totally honest I'd not heard of this disgusting 'Donkey Punch' sexual act before... So that happened in the film, which was all a bit fast and extremely unbelievable (and quite gross too) and the storyline jumped to a go. The first 20 minutes of the film will all the dirty sex talk and the subsequent sex seemed to kind of have a
meaning when but into conjuction with that of the storyline catalyst, and I was torn between my disire to turn of the programme and sleep or watch and discover what happened to these reasonably beleivable characters. I chose to watch, and I'm glad I did. The film was simply fantastic! - In an odd kind of 'i'm-gonna-be-disturbed-forever' kind of way. But the characters ways of coping with the fact that one of their peers (and sibling of one, which did indeed make the first 20 minutes all the worse) had murdered someone in a sick sexual voilence act was brilliantly portrayed, and I think written too - and shot! There were many of the desolate shots of the yacht out in an open and lonely sea. I just thought the film was so interesting to watch, the way the characters changed so much in relation to death, and their fear of guilt and fear of jail (which says alot for the goverment system in the UK. I'm not sure if anyone else following my blog has seen this film, cause I would be intrested to find out what the rest of you thought about this film!
So I was happily just watching away waiting for the storyline to kick in, which I had no idea what was about if I'm totally honest I'd not heard of this disgusting 'Donkey Punch' sexual act before... So that happened in the film, which was all a bit fast and extremely unbelievable (and quite gross too) and the storyline jumped to a go. The first 20 minutes of the film will all the dirty sex talk and the subsequent sex seemed to kind of have a
meaning when but into conjuction with that of the storyline catalyst, and I was torn between my disire to turn of the programme and sleep or watch and discover what happened to these reasonably beleivable characters. I chose to watch, and I'm glad I did. The film was simply fantastic! - In an odd kind of 'i'm-gonna-be-disturbed-forever' kind of way. But the characters ways of coping with the fact that one of their peers (and sibling of one, which did indeed make the first 20 minutes all the worse) had murdered someone in a sick sexual voilence act was brilliantly portrayed, and I think written too - and shot! There were many of the desolate shots of the yacht out in an open and lonely sea. I just thought the film was so interesting to watch, the way the characters changed so much in relation to death, and their fear of guilt and fear of jail (which says alot for the goverment system in the UK. I'm not sure if anyone else following my blog has seen this film, cause I would be intrested to find out what the rest of you thought about this film!
Hmm... Having read the synopsis and reviews on IMDB, I can't say it would be something I'd hire out. Perhaps I'd give it 10 minutes if I were to stumble across it on TV though. That aside, I'm glad you are blogging about extra research (even if it doesn't start out as research).