The Most...
...phallic* disaster movie ever:
The hard Core!
Good, clean, formulaic fun.
The disaster is a bit contrived, and takes lots of awkward scientific explanation of high school physics. I'm willing to tolerate that for a somewhat original disaster movie idea, journeying into the vast unknown (where no man has penetrated before) of the earth's crust, mantle and core. We have no hard empirical evidence of what really lies down there; no one has drilled below 10km into the earth's crust, and certainly not into the virginal mantle. So the speculated conditions were fun to watch, and even though you feel closer to knowing by virtue of watching the movie, in reality you're not.
*The earth (Gai) and her inhabitants are saved through penetration (courtesy of the man-made drilling device). Certainly a film in support of patriarchy.
The hard Core!
Good, clean, formulaic fun.
The disaster is a bit contrived, and takes lots of awkward scientific explanation of high school physics. I'm willing to tolerate that for a somewhat original disaster movie idea, journeying into the vast unknown (where no man has penetrated before) of the earth's crust, mantle and core. We have no hard empirical evidence of what really lies down there; no one has drilled below 10km into the earth's crust, and certainly not into the virginal mantle. So the speculated conditions were fun to watch, and even though you feel closer to knowing by virtue of watching the movie, in reality you're not.
*The earth (Gai) and her inhabitants are saved through penetration (courtesy of the man-made drilling device). Certainly a film in support of patriarchy.
posted by The Borg at
12:13 AM
8 Comments:
Yes, the phallic symbolism was quite strong. Watching the long, hard underground drilling ship thrust into the ocean, it was a bit obvious.
The appearance of sperm whales was also a bit gratuitous.
And it had an all male crew!*
*(Yes, I'm including Hilary Swank)
By
Angus, At
12:52 PM
The ship could only get going when things were hot, down there in the core. But when it came back up, to the cold ocean, it lost it.
By
The Borg, At
3:58 PM
I seem to recall it was about a sixth of its original size when it came back up too. Certainly lost some length. The more I look at it, the dodgier that movie was!
By
Angus, At
7:30 PM
The ship was smaller because it had to ejaculate the end at the core.
By
The Borg, At
8:19 PM
You guys are so dodgy!
By
Emi, At
12:52 AM
Emi, I'm just talking about the movie. If your mind is making things out to be dodgy, then that's something you've got to deal with. ;)
By
Angus, At
11:16 AM
At a wedding reception at Meadowbank someone commented on how phallic the sculptures on the grassy knoll were. The girl next to her said "what's phallic mean?" First girl & I laugh. Must add, both girls are married ladies. A passing waiter told us the sculptures were wine bottles.
By
Anonymous, At
4:35 PM
Bah, Angus. You can't play innocent with me! You, with your 'smorgasbord'. I won't say anything more :P
By
Emi, At
6:34 PM
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