I'm supposed to see Lost in Translation or School of Rock tomorrow night - I know I'm way behind the cool train, but I've just been so busy sucking down rum n cokes in Old city bars.

Any comments? Go? No go?

My name is Beestie and I must be a wimp.

I took my wife to see it based primarily on the rave reviews here. I've seen Tarantino movies before and don't really mind extraordinary violence in movies if its not too personalized -e.g., anonymous people getting their head's blown off is fine.

BUT, I could not get through the first 20 seconds and left to take in a different movie. I probably could have made it through the scene but then I heard the opening line from the guy (who they hadn't shown yet). I feared the worse as far as what he was going to do and decided not to have that imprint.

I kinda wish I could have stuck it out - I probably would have liked the rest of the movie and depending - maybe even the rest of the scene but I wimped out :(

I'll try to do better next time :)

edited to correct minor grammatical error - content unaffected

Did your wife stay through Kill Bill, or did she accompany you to the less intense film?

Oh no, she bailed also. I guess we're both wimps!

At 14, my father took my to see the Exorcist as soon as it came out and I didn't find it scary or disturbing. Later, in my 20s, I saw the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - scary but no real problems.

After thinking about it for a while, I figured out that its not the violence or the horror but explicit torture scenes that I have trouble with. Especially when the victim is a presumably innocent female. If the scene were, say a military context where a soldier is being tortured to give up secrets (and, therefore is at least partially in control of his fate) then that would be ok - at least there is something to admire - the soldier's dignity and courage. That is still tough, but do-able. Soldier of Orange comes to mind.

Whatever... I'll just wait till the DVD comes out and just skip through what I don't want to watch. I really do want to watch the rest of it.