i want to be a backpacker!

the movie Turistas isnt that bad. at least not as bad as Pathfinder (see blog entry below...that movie really sucked, im sorry for those who really liked it but like i said to my blockmate, watching youtube videos are more enjoyable). I would have said its an average thriller movie, but its not really scary. so, i guess its just a so and so movie which one can watch (or preferably rent) when there's nothing left to watch. maybe the reason it didnt suck like the Pathfinder is because, well, its still a good movie. the only problem is that its a thriller, but its not scary. so, it failed on its supposed genre but its not something i would say unbearable to watch.

so is Pathfinder unbearable? heck no, its just a complete waste of time. i even managed to finish it hoping to see more of the hot indian girl (aside from hoping it will get better in the end, a fuckin twist perhaps!). i mean, the film already sucked but it would have sucked a million times more if there wasnt a hottie in sight! if im not mistaken, the hot indian was Moon Bloodgood (this is her screen name, not the character's name. come to think of it, aside from the characters of the movie were fuckin underdeveloped, they never had names. well, they had names but they were never really used. i dont think a name of a character was ever repeated more than three times, if not two. maybe i just stopped paying attention).

anyway, back to Turistas, so its not scary, why bother watch it? i dont know. maybe i thought it wasnt that bad because it involved backpackers. i really would like to be a backpacker one of these days (if i had the money and time). right now, i cant be backpacker primarily because i dont have the money. i dont work, so where the hell am i going to get some money? and if i do someday find myself employed, i wont have the time! ok, thats just speculation. anyway, while watching Turistas, i thought, how come i dont get to have that kind of memorable vacations? like, getting stranded in a place and have someone hunt you down, and probably kill you. its exciting right (well if you're some psycho...wait...i am!)? now that would just beat the boredom out of your usual out of towns. just think about it. you're with a group of friends, and then you get stranded in this unknown village (dont worry, this isnt a spoiler). and then the next thing you know, you're in a cat and mouse game and you have to think fast on how to escape the psycho cat (or cats). and not only that, its not only saving your ass, but saving the asses of all of your friends (unless, your evil side kicks in, and you decide to save only some, the better friends, but you know that in the movies, the karma police will come and get you, and you would be dead by the end of the movie). the best part of course is you get to live to tell it to your other friends (not to your family, they'll just have another reason for you not to hang out with your friends).

maybe that's why i didnt find Turistas that bad, i have a thing for backpackers running for their lives.