1408 and other suck fests

So I recently went to see 1408 with my main squeeze and I did not dig it. I wasn't planning on seeing this one, as it had a truly sucky trailer, but it got good reviews and a friend recommended it. It did inspire me to think of the most distracting movie hairstyles:

#1: Andrew McCarthy's wig at the end of Pretty in Pink-- As if I needed more excuses to hate his guts and to think that he was unworthy of Andie.

#2: John Cusack in High Fidelity--The hair was yet another frustrating aspect of a movie that could have been incredible, but simply ended up just being kinda good.

#3: Crappy sci-fi movies-- Think about a movie that wants to look futuristic, then think about the hairstyles. Yikes... Some that come to mind are The Fifth Element, Back to the Future: Part 2...

#4: Toby Maguire in Spider Man 3-- His emo hair (bangs down, covering his pouty, eyeliner-heavy stare) made me want to slap someone and go watch Evil Dead to feel better about Sam Raimi.

#5: John Cusack in 1408-- Why, John Cusack, why?

Anyway, I think the best way to describe 1408 is by saying it is tedious. It has some spooky moments, but the whole movie drags. And the false ending was super-sucky. However, I did like that Samuel L. got a chance to utter his favorite profanity in this otherwise-tame movie.

This weekend I also went to a murder mystery dinner and realized that at some point I have become pretty freaking anti-social. I lack the ability to make meaningless small talk. I'm gonna have to work on that. Anyway, I think I'm gonna go drink another Coke and burn my way through some more of the fifth Harry Potter number. Less than twenty days away! I'm so excited!