The latest netflix movie review (only one more DVD before the anime starts coming! bwahahaha!):
Jacob's Ladder. Late '70s, to mid '80s, I think- given hairstyles, clothing, technology and cars, that's where I'd put it. No idea when it was actually filmed and directed, though. Anyway.

So, see Jacob. See Jacob run. See Jacob's back get effed up. See Jacob fall over screaming having visions of demons with large teeth bursting from girlfriends chest cavity. See Jacob die. See Jacob's ex wife and his dead children visit him in the hospital. See Jacob nearly get hit by car. See Jacob's chiropractor die. See Jacob die again. See Jacob go to chiropractor and get his back fixed. See a couple more disturbing visions. See girlfriend freak out. See Jacob freak out. See ex?wife freak out. See dead children smile. (It must have been early '80s! The dead kid was Macauly Culkin. And he was like, really tiny.) See Vietnam War flashbacks.

Finally hear explanation and go, "Like, whoa." See Jacob die. The end.

My brain hurts*...and I wasn't even properly watching the movie. Ow...It was good, nice acting and whatnot, but damn was it screwy. The plot was a slightly foregone conclusion, but the way it was directed, and the way it was set up was just...oi. Brain hurting. Dad should not be allowed to pick movies for a while because of this. If he were into anime, he'd watch stuff like Lain and actually enjoy it.

Not to say that Lain isn't great and all- but it's damned creepy. And artsy. Very artsy. I'll take my simplistic hack and slash, tits and ass, sword and sorcery run of the mill sort of anime over utter creepiness any day. Hey, it's the simple things in life, okay?

*It should be noted, however, that my brain doesn't hurt nearly as much as it did when it was pointed out to me that Peter Pan is realy about an old woman wanting to be a little boy who wants to marry his/her mother. *pain*