Let's Not Meet

[singedsun]

I'm watching this horror movie on Amazon Prime right now called Let's Not Meet and it is truly bad and not in a funny or unique kind of way. First of all, it's telling like three stories simultaneous in a way that doesn't explain anything, I think it's supposed to be a camp slasher since one of the two stories focuses around a group of 20-somethings out camping. But it's all very badly acted and badly lit and badly paced. It's not good and I almosted considered DNFing it, but I'm curious enough to see how they tie these two stories together. But at the halfway mark I can't say that I'm expecting any great turnaround.

Finished reading Harrow the Ninth this week. After several days I'm still not sure how I feel about it, or who the main character will be in the third book. The writing was strong but the pacing was slow and the climax felt confusing. But I still love the world and the characters in it so it was worth to keep going. I'm definitely curious about what that last book has in store.

I also finished Let's Pretend This Never Happened the memoir from Jenny Lawson (The Blogess) that came out several years ago. I don't read her blog very often, so I knew pretty much nothing going in. This book was WAAAAAY back in my digital library so I've had it for awhile, I think maybe I got it for free at some point but I honestly don't remember. I did enjoy reading it though. It was a pretty funny, engaging and fast read though. I think she has another book, so at some point I'd like to pick that one up too.

Tomorrow I think I need to sit down and do my Yuletide nominations because I honestly haven't thought about what I want to write like... at all. I haven't read any movies lately that I feel warrant asking for fic about -- I might try to lean on some fast five minute type fandoms, like music videos or something.

If you're doing Yuletide this year, what are you nominating? I'm totally up for suggestions, or to give one of my nom spots to someone who needs one more.

Comments

[dolorosa_12]

I've finally got myself into gear and nominated for Yuletide — two perennial nominations/requests of mine (tiny book fandoms for which I hold out eternal hope that someday I'll get a gift) and one new favourite fandom of this year.

I'm keeping a watchfuly eye on the nominations spreadsheet, as there are a handful of old Yuletide favourite fandoms that I expect to see every year, and so far none of them appear to have been nominated. If you do genuinely feel you have a free nomination spot, I have some suggestions, but it's not urgent, so no worries if you come up with three fandoms you want to nominated.

[singedsun]

Currently, I have one spot left since I know some of my old standards are already in the list. I'm pondering others, but if you have a recommendation, I'll take it!

[dolorosa_12]

If you've got other options that you're thinking of nominating on your own behalf, please don't feel as if you need to waste a nomination slot on me. I'm worried that The Dark Is Rising sequence isn't going to end up in the tagset, and I'd be sad to see a Yuletide go by with it missing (although I'm astonished no one has nominated it so far). Please don't feel you have to nominate it, but if you do have a slot free, I'd love to have it included, with the characters Will Stanton, Merriman Lyon, The Black Rider, and The Lady.

[singedsun]

Done and done. I didn't get any notice that anyone already been requested either.

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.

[glassfinger]

Aie caramba, I can not watch horror films! I'm too disturbed by them. Perhaps if this is as badly done as you say, I could take it, and sit and chortle, but when such a film is well done, I have to avoid it. A big softy, me.

[singedsun]

It's really not worth watching. It's bad.

However. if you do want something that's kind of fun and a good laugh while being a partial horror movie. I highly recommend Moose: the Movie (streaming on Amazon Prive). It's a horror comedy spoof about a demon moose. There is a tiny bit of VERY extra blood, but it's not actually gory and most of the action is off-screen. It's a low budget film but there's a lot of shots of the Alaskan wilderness which is BEAUTIFUL. It's full of wacky characters and it's a far better watch than any of the trash horror I usually watch.