Torturific

yeeshk
its like buses (apparently - never really noticed this myself) but I see loads of movies with barely any/pretty painless torture in and then two come along at once. (Im not including Horror porn like Saw or Hostel because Im just not into that sort of thing)
The first is of course Casino Royale and the leg crossingly uncomfortable scene in that, which Chris claims as his second nastiest torture scene after one involving (according to the web) a nail remover (think fingernails). Ow
But Bond takes it like a man, well sort of, he's tough throughout which is all we could expect of him.
The funny thing is I've seen stuff on TV too - I was watching something this morning which is what got me thinking about this and the bad guys are electrocuting the good guys, but all the way through these scenes (Bond too) I'm thinking "I could handle that. Pfft I wouldnt crack."

I saw Pans Labyrinth yesterday. You see very little in the way of actual torture happening, but the bad guy in it is so very very very very very very upsetting that I cannot be completely sure of that because I had my eyes closed like a little girl.
It gets set up early on that he's not a nice guy (which he does very efficiently with the bottom of a wine bottle and a mans face, in squishy/crunchy detail). So by the time it gets to him capturing wounded rebels I'm pretty much telling them to shoot themselves, to avoid what he then does with a tiny hammer, a small pair of pliers and a little screwdriver. Nail remover my arse - the setup for that scene almost had me telling him everything I knew and I was only watching. Henceforth when faced with that kind of torture I shall be foregoing Captain Doug bravardo in favour of (Science Communication) Rosies approach - "What would you like to know?" "Is there anything else I can tell you?" "Can I get you cup of tea?"

Its a strange contrast from the world of action heroes where goodies take bullets and poisonings in their stride and a decent punch to a baddie can kill. In Pans Labyrinth they go round shooting the dead just to make sure, and Bad guys can take repeated stabbings, a half Joker-ing (if you saw the film you'd understand) and poison and are still on their feet.

It was a fantastic film - torture included. Pretty and Scary and very very Sad. Theres a lullaby in there so pretty i was humming it all the way home (humming coz i dont know the words). Im glad to have something other than You know my name stuck in my head
Oh and its all in Spainsh so theres subtitles. - I have nothing against them, I just wanted to prepare you.

If you like Strings (Chris Im looking at you) go see it. If you havnt seen Strings go see it, then go get Strings and see that too.

And if anyone goes in expecting to see David Bowie in a unitard, ill never speak to you again.