Saturday, June 18, 2016 "Conjuring."

Saturday, June 18, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Pretty U - Seventeen

       So, I'm not sure if this Anime Expo hype is good or not. Or, whether it's affecting me too much or not, because, this whole day, okay well, half the day was essentially movie adventures with DrewN, the other half was me discussing cosplay ideas with my cousin. Yeah.

        If there was ever a time where I need to remind myself of any experiences with rebellion or the like, I could just think of today, where I essentially juked my way through to see an R rated movie, i.e, "The Conjuring 2." So I got to the opening plaza of the mall. DrewN arrived, I had already looked at the movie times, "Now You See Me 2" was the only other movie that was the same time as The Conjuring, and fortunately it was in the same theater wing as the 1:00 PM showing of The Conjuring, so, that worked out.

        DrewN had no trouble getting his ticket because apparently, he already has his driver's license, aka, ID. I am old enough but, I have no ID. I took what I learned from my past experiences of sneaking into R rated films (a whopping 2 times) and got the Now You See Me ticket. DrewN and I walked to the ticket-checker person, she says "The Conjuring, theater 14 to your left." For me, "Now You See Me, theater 19, to your right." Now, it did seem problematic (each theater wing is then split into 2 more direction, there's like a T-intersection for both the wings), which it was, but we just calmly, casually walked to the side for The Conjuring.

        Worst case scenario, they catch me and throw me out for, trying to sneak in. Second worst case scenario, they catch me and I gotta go watch fucking, Now You See Me 2 for 90 minutes. It was the second worst scenario. As DrewN and I were walking, we both hear "Hey! Can somebody get that guy, he's going to the wrong theater. The uh, the guy in the blue" or some shit like that, close enough. Now, I think it was the lighting, umm, because I was wearing a black shirt and green pants, so, the lighting probably made my shirt look blue. And, that also let me know that the ticket-checker person had not that great eyesight.

        So in my mind, I was basically that Spongegar meme, but physically, I remained calm. I knew she was talking about me, there was an employee near me at a concession near the intersection that was about to do something, like, respond to the situation and trying to decipher who the fuck was wearing blue. I acted quickly and looked to each theater sign as if I was confused, but headed toward the right side. I then went into the theater for Now You See Me, looking back slightly to see if that person was still alert to the situation. I went in, physically went in to calm the attention, seated myself down, acting calm, casual. I stayed there for about 30 seconds before I calmly walked out, as if I had to go the restroom, which I sorta did after experiencing all this.

        I walked out, being on high alert although appearing calm, and happen to run into Ad, heh. He was working here today, at the theaters. Umm, he offered me free popcorn but, I was on a mission and didn't want to draw any more attention to myself. He went back to work, I went into the restroom, actually went to the restroom, took my dandy time, and went out the door. Calmly. I lowered my head, had my phone out, and looked as if I was just casually on my phone. I hugged close to the left side wall because that was more towards the ticket-checker's blindspot, based on her positioning.

        As soon as I turned that corner, boom I was home-free. I caught a glimpse of what was behind me, which was nothing because I can't remember and it was a blur. I think she saw me but didn't mind because she either didn't give a shit due to how hard I'm trying to sneak into an R rated movie, or, because she maybe asked Ad to keep an eye on me and he told her I'm a cool dude or, noticed I was friends with him or some shit. Or, she didn't see me. I'm hoping that was the case.

        But anyways, they didn't send anybody to search for me, I wasn't called out after the movie or whatever, it was smooth-sailing. That and because I don't think anybody would have the patience for that shit because The Conjuring 2 is apparently 2 fucking hours long, heh. Jesus, I thought it was just a 90 minute flick. Nope, 2 hours, 14 minutes. So, I had previously watched about 30 seconds of the trailer for it, which is pretty long, 2 minutes or something. And uh, that was it. I didn't know what it was about, I didn't watch the first, nor did I watch Annabelle, it was a whole surprise. Also, mild spoilers in the next few paragraphs.

        It started out previously ominously, for I had no idea what to expect. It was spooky, and then, it got funny. Real quick. I'm talking, the whole theater laughing because the paranormal gags were either bootleg, or fucking bootleg. For example, a chair moves on its own, in front of police officers and the family. Pretty fucking funny due to the absurdity of it. Some more scenes involving paranormal furniture movement. Bootleg, and funny. Right now it's a comedy, and then it turns to spookiness again, especially the nun. That painting like, really? Apparently Ed Warren is a really good painter.

        From then on, it was a rollercoaster between action, drama, comedy, romance, action, drama, comedy, horror, romance, action. Lots of action for a horror film, one involving ghosts and investigators at that. It felt more of a drama than anything with the connection between Ed and Lorraine, like, there's this small conflict that their love is jeopardized by paranormal investigations, or how Ed might die if he keeps doing this. Whatever. I think it's because I'm so used to found-footage type horror, I just recently watched "The Visit" and that sorta first-person. So, with third-person point of view, it makes it all seem a lot different.

        A lot more action-packed, rather than watching tables move inches per hour like in Paranormal Activity, heh. In The Conjuring 2, furniture goes flying, lightning strikes, everything. Also, ghost materializing, and not in the bad, bad jumpscare way, thankfully. Most of the jump-scares are either like, door slams, or, involve an old man which for me, is not that scary. And fortunately, there weren' that many jump-scares. Uhhh, as for the movie as a whole, it was a combination of The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, aaand The Exorcist. I was like "Am I watching The Conjuring 2, or The Exorcist remake?" Not on the level of The Exorcist though.

        Anyways, it's just a wild ride of drama, action, comedy, romance (was literally part romantic comedy, not even kidding), and horror. 2 hour long ride too, holy shit. It had its bootleg parts, it had its nice parts, I'd watch it again definitely. I'd compare it to a really nice book, based on, I don't know, I guess the pictures and setting. There's a lot of different shades of dark colors, grays, resembles The Babadook a bit with the twisty-turning camera angles. 7/10, although I was expecting it to be a lot, lot scarier. I count something as really scary if I have to turn away from the screen. I actually had my eyes open the whole time, unfortunately.

        As for the situations at home, uhh, I discussed cosplay with my cousin, finished putting on the buttons to the side of one arm of my jacket (because I only have 4 buttons and it appears that the character I'm cosplaying as had 4 on each side or so), and called it done. Just need to paint the inside of the mask, and I'm good. For the cosplays, I was thinking of doing one more. I tried suggesting simple, not too difficult characters to cosplay for my cousin and I, like, Assassination Classroom for one. Still working on it.

        Also working on my wishlist for what I hope to find at Anime Expo, one being that squeaky toy with the popping tongue. The "Oshaberi Doubutsu Talking Animal Ball" thing. $10 on Amazon, but it ships from Japan. If I can find it there, hey, no need to wait for the shipping. And, no shipping. Also, trying to fit a schedule of what to do there. We're hoping our cousin, the one who's, let's see, uhhh, you know, the who's 8 years older than me, can drive us. He probably has already made plans with his buddies on where to go for the convention, sooo, yeah. But, luckily, I found an Uber code that allows people one free ride. With me, him, and his brother, we get 3 rides to Anime Expo. And using my mom's phones, 4 rides.

        But most likely not needed because our cousin will most likely just take us there, and, let us roam free since we're old enough now. So, basically what I just said was for shit, heh. Umm, the scheduling I was talking about was for the times for the cosplay gatherings for each day. I wanna see A LOT of gatherings, and hopefully participate in the Persona one. So like I said, the hype, it's consuming me a bit. Just a bit. Alright, it's 11:39 PM, see ya.