Over the last couple days, I have been reading the story about a student from Japan who visited Niagara Falls. She climbed over a railing to get her picture taken, and when she tried to climb back, she lost her balance and fell into the Niagara River, and then she got swept over Niagara Falls.
It is a tragic story indeed, but I don’t exactly feel compassion for her. The reason why I don’t feel compassion for her was because she hopped the barrier in order to get a picture. The barrier between the water and land isn’t there for style; it is there for safety reasons and to prevent people from falling into the water. Everyone understands this. If you hopped the barrier in order to get a picture or any other reason, you’ve effectively waived your safety rights and anything that happens to you while over the barrier at Niagara Falls is not the responsibility of anyone but yourself. I don’t understand how anyone could be so stupid, but this story is still tragic nonetheless.
Last weekend, I got suckered into seeing Final Destination 5 by my cousin. It is also worth noting that I also got suckered into watching Final Destination 4 by that same cousin. So we went to see Final Destination 5, and if you’ve seen 1 through 4, this was pretty much no different. It had your typical gore, had a couple entertaining bits as well, but for the most part it was a forgettable movie. It was exactly what I expected.
Going to see that movie lead me to another thought, I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to horror movies. What I mean is, I like to watch horror movies that actually make me feel scared and terrified, with suspense and will haunt me in my dreams. Nowadays, a lot of these mainstream horror movies are all about gore and how disgusted they can make the audience feel. I’m no expert on horror movies, but I think that nowadays, the benchmark on the mainstream horror movies made these days is blood and gore, and not the sense of proper fear that made horror movies popular in the first place. That’s how I see it at least.
That’s all I got to say. I would usually have more to say, but my head is in the clouds right now.
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