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100 Things I learned from Cry of the Owl....

posted 14 years ago by bahamadya
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1) It works best when being stalked to STALK back!!
2) Chinese restaurants should manufacture death row fortune cookies, they may be in higher demand than expected.
3) There is same sex "friend sex" that is not classified as "gay."
4)The police enjoy watching people sleep.
5)Three-legged dogs love strangers....and human blood.
6)Taking breaks on a nature hike are absurd unless it's to smoke a cig.
7)Long rhymes are a lot easier to remember than 9/3
8)The back seat of your car is a better place to hide than the front DRIVER's seat.
9)Blueberry pancakes are not really comfort food.
10)Taking a big time promotion makes you MORE like a hobo.
11) Ex-wives enjoy humming on your answering machine even though they no longer hum on you.
12)Naked bodies are often found in Crystal Creek ????? or is it Camp Crystal Lake?
13)Homicide detectives are a lot more lenient on all suspected murderers than expected.
14)Jokes don't seem to go over well during divorce hearings, who knew?

"Let's have a bachelor party with chicks and guns and firetrucks and hookers and drugs and booze!"

[–] And-Raspberries 14 years ago

15. When you're really happy, you'll smile even while you're washing dishes.

[–] juxtapose70 14 years ago

haha PROPS you guys! :D

[–] netgrazer 14 years ago

16. The owl is a symbol of death.

17. Guns, drugs and prostitution are a lot of fun, but after a while they get boring.

18. When you find a stranger lurking around your secluded home in the woods at night, it's best practice to ask them in for coffee, and a cookie for the ride home.

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Rare things happen all the time.

[–] yair_campos 14 years ago

19.- When a person who you have shot has just died in hospital all you have to do is go ahead and kill someone else so that there are no doubts you are a 2-legged danger.

[–] jpowell180 13 years ago

20. - Immediately when your divorce becomes final, your gorgeous ex-wife will want to date you.
21. - Your gorgeous ex-wife will want to frame you for murder because you were a lame husband.
22. - Julia Stiles is always hot, whether it's when she plays Kat dancing drunk on a tabletop, or when she's a bluberry pancake-making semi-loonie ;).
23. - That evil ex-wife that looks a lot like Holly Marie-Combs is hot, but she's not worth it (at least for the long haul).
24. - Her passport WAS in the storage place!
25. - If you want Julia Stiles to be all over you, all you have to do is STALK her! * - disclaimer - don't really do this, it's illegal, inconsiderate, etc.
26. - It takes guts to commit suicide, but blueberry pancakes make it a little easier.

[–] tjtmd 10 years ago

24. - Her passport WAS in the storage place!

The passport was NOT in the storage place (along with the 24 and 1/2 pencils and 3 erasers)
It was in her PURSE!
:)

[–] TheJesusAndMaryChain 12 years ago

When you've barely escaped an attack by a lover's obsessed ex, don't bother calling the police.

When you come home and see someone you want to avoid knocking on your door, don't wait for them to leave, just call it a night and sleep in your car!

A cabinet door barely hanging off a hinge is pretty and should never be fixed!

- Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine

[–] pebbledash 14 years ago

I thought this film was great, very underrated and under appreciated, it's an unusual film with a strange tone, i found it very funny and surreal, I think it's a lot smarter than you realize. Rather than skim the surface perhaps you should look a bit deeper, I believe there's a hidden agenda...I think the film takes a critical stance on the damaging power of romance.

It's not hard to use your technique on any great film, 100 things I learned from The Godfather - put cotton wool in your mouth to try and sound like an authentic gangster and not someone who's just had dental work. 100 things I learned from The Piano - billowy skirts look great in mud. 100 things I learned from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - women are either nasty or dumb, men are loopy but loveable. it's not hard to put a film down - I love One Flew Over but it's misogynistic tendencies let it down a bit, you can find flaw in any great movie if you look hard enough. Why bother with this film if you hate it so much? It's a shame you can't see how good Cry Of The Owl really is.

[–] Bladerunner 14 years ago

I agree. I did a post recently where I commented how some of these are more insightful to the poster than the movie. In other words, their inability to get the movie, or to point out (supposed) inadequacies actually say more about the poster than the movie.

The movie is not supposed to be an exercise in realism. It is actually kind of a surrealistic, nightmare/slice of life. It would be the same as trying to find realism in a movie like Mulholland Dr. Not getting that it is to be mostly psychological illustrates the inadequacies of the viewer, not the filmmaker.

"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

[–] rad1025 12 years ago

You said "I think the film takes a critical stance on the damaging power of romance."

Is that a joke? What does that even mean? A critical stance? Please.
There is nothing brainy about this mess of a film.

[–] strangerdave-2 11 years ago

"Cry of the Owl" being compared to "The Godfather" and "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest"! Enough to make one want to whip up a batch of blueberry pancakes, put on some Louis Armstrong, and....

[–] babs_the_movie_freak 13 years ago

Brilliant! Thanks for the laugh, holy crap - hilarious.

I just finished this movie and had the most amazing experience with it - 1 in the morning, alone watching a movie you have never heard of and know nothing about, uninterrupted. It made me feel sick and it will probably stick with me forever.
Awesome.

'Who?' said the cloud that started to cry.
'Where?' said the thunder without a sound.

[–] head4885 13 years ago

Some people grow whiskers that never become a beard and they never have to shave again and they can look like a young Russian thug emigrant every day for the rest of their lives.

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[–] iggytoole 13 years ago

27- when a guy forces you off a dark road and steps out of the car and you see he is the ex of a girl you are with and he previously wanted to bash your head in, just step out of your car and walk towards him and try to talk to him.

28- When said ex attacks you and you somehow get away alive, don't tell the cops because there is a good chance the murderous ex will not try again to kill you.

29- When your ex-wife and said ex-boyfriend try to placate/kill you, when they end up dead or unconscious and your are the last person standing, reach for the knife that sliced your ex-wife's throat.

30- When you are a director who has no idea how to end a potentially great movie, just end it and try to make it artsy, and someone will call you a genius even though you mailed the ending in.

[–] leopathera 13 years ago

31- When the cops are making your life hell because they are dragging you in and out of the station, showing up at your doorstep late at night and basically harassing you to the extent that you've lost your promotion and friends DON'T call your Lawyer or seek legal council.

[–] pooksilby 13 years ago

There is snow on the ground but the willow tree is in full bloom.
Rake dead leaves even though all the trees are green.
It can be a winter night but a summer day and a fall afternoon all in a 24 hour period.

[–] mich_tim 13 years ago

you are Farkin stupid
none of youre *beep* is funny
unless you want us to laugh at how STUPID you are
then - you are Farkin HIGH-?!-LARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] chilone (17266) 3 years ago

Simmer down, Beavis....

[–] lisalake17-918-459492 13 years ago

LMAO! Simply hilarious! And it's a great summary of how ridiculous this movie is.

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