Movie Night –Acute Depersonalization Disorder

We started writing about the movies we watched (rented) on regular basis this year and then we goofed and rented two odd movies that were actually pretty similar. Here is some background, we usually rent and watch two movies at a time. We pick one that has been advertised a lot in popular media and one that is more artsy and in many cases may have gone straight to DVD or had very little theater play time.

Some time back in in August we stopped at the neighborhood video store and rented two movies Rambo and Numb. Why Rambo? The reason was, hey another Rambo movie with Sylvester Stallone and well we remember something about the first one, not a whole lot, mind you, but enough to say hey lets rent it and see some action! The second movie was called Numb it had a picture of Matthew Perry on the cover all happy, and hey he was the guy from Friends, this has to be good. We did not read the back of the box… Later that night while watching the two shows, we noticed there were similarities between the lead characters in both. We watched Numb first then Rambo, here is our assessment:

OK, Numb tells the story of a guy, who suffers from acute depersonalization disorder kinda like Rambo. He is so alienated from his own life that he makes the chronically depressed look perky well, again, just like Rambo. The guy in Numb lives alone, so does Rambo, and he watches the Golf Channel all day, well OK, Rambo does not watch golf, matter of fact, I don’t think Rambo has a TV. The Numb guy can’t hang on to a relationship, similar to Rambo, and well, he shoplifts in order to get his adrenalin going. OK I think Rambo just blows shit up to get his adrenalin peaked. Numb guy fears that thinking about his dad’s death will bring it to pass, Rambo has some issue with some old general guy. Numb guy loathes his mother. Did Rambo have a mom? Obsessed with the underlying sadness that infuses his wretched existence, the guy in Numb is a man in hell, just like Rambo. Numb guy thinks that he can break the trend of dismally unsatisfying and mutually self-destructive relationships after meeting some chic. Rambo just blows shit up after meeting some bible thumper chic, but in the end stays single and morose.

The effect of these two movies seen together in one night caused us to step back think, is our life so different? Hell Ya! it took a while, but we got back on the wagon and started watching movies again. It may have taken about three months, but were are back! Try these two flicks and let us know what you think.

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