I've been watching a lot of movies lately. A few weeks ago, I saw The Human Centipede. Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. There wasn't anything I wasn't prepared for. Three people are attached from mouths to butts. The more interesting thing to me is that they used to do this in concentration camps during World War II. They did a lot of scientific experiments there, like injecting dye into eyes to see if they'd change color and sterilizing people with hereditary diseases. These things were definitely horrible, but I find it kind of fascinating that Nazis would kill Jews in all different ways for research. Like, "We may be murdering hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the name of religion, but hey, at least we're being productive.
On the subject of Nazis, I also saw The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It was incredibly sad. I was not expecting Bruno to die. I was thinking that maybe the mother would take him and Gretel away from the father, or maybe the father would find out that Bruno was friends with a Jewish boy and punish him, or even that Shmuel would die and Bruno would start asking questions about why Jews were dying. I have to say, I kind of liked Gretel's character. She was all feminine and nice at the beginning and she played with dolls, but she started going all Nazi-chic towards the middle. She started wearing her hair in double braids and she stripped her dolls naked and threw them in the shed. She's like eleven, and she went total badass in less than a month.Lastly, I saw Letters to Juliet. It really sucked. I think you kind of had to speak Italian to really get it. My favorite part was the end when Charlie said, "I live in London, a gorgeous, vibrant, historic city that I happen to love living in. You live in New York, which is highly overrated... But since the Atlantic Ocean is a bit wide to cross every day, swimming, boating or flying, I suggest we flip for it... And if those terms are unacceptable, leaving London will be a pleasure, as long as you're waiting for me on the other side." There were some really funny quotes throughout the movie, but the whole "Romeo and Juliet"mushy-gushy-love-story-thing isn't really my taste.
