Ried Rants

What is it with movie makers and writers these days?  I can’t tell you the number of movies I have seen where some poor slob is throwing up in the first 10 minutes of the movie.  They are either upchucking because they are grossed out, scared or just plain drunk of their ass. 

When did this become entertainment? I would really like to know.  I am wondering what big wig sat in their office and thought to themselves, “Hey it would be a great idea to focus on actors tossing their cookies as a mainstay in the first 15 minutes of the film.  I will give life to the character.” 

You get food type vomit, water type vomit and you even get the crazy Regan type vomit from the Exorcist.  Now that movie is a classic.  Scared the piss out of me but what great make up technique and what a thriller.

You know I can recall when the regurgitation was only implied.  You might see a character turn their head and make some noises that resembled the voiding of all stomach matter.  But you NEVER saw it.  Sometimes it is unnecessary to actually see the thing to know the thing is there.  One of the great movie making talents is to get your point across by implication instead of outwardly throwing it in the viewers face…in 3D that would be a literal in you face.

The high point of movie making has become linked to shock value instead of quality and storyline.  It bad enough that they are remaking every movie in creation now, even the bad ones, but come on people you have gone to a lot of trouble to learn how to entertain.  Let’s get beyond the shock value of vomit and move on.