No More Gore

I know my better half gets tired of my constant onslaught of horror movies to our Netflix queue. She'll watch them, but it's only to appease me. She would rather not watch any movie that isn't foreign, or didn't win some kind of award.

After last night, she might be about to win the movie battle more often. The selection, "Saw: The Final Chapter" made me realize something: I can no longer stomach watching gore. At the first gory scene I simply closed my eyes, but kept my head aimed towards the TV so she wouldn't see me wimping out. But by scenes two, three, four, there was just no hiding it.

I really don't understand what has changed over the years. I used to live for that kind of stuff, the more blood and guts the better. People would often say, "I don't understand how you watch that stuff", and I would beam with pride and explain to them that I truly enjoyed it. Well, no more.

That said, I won't be giving up all horror movies. But the blood and guts are out of my world, and more foreign award winners will enter. Maybe I will learn valuable lessons from them? Maybe I will see something live changing? Maybe I will learn to speak other languages via subtitles? Ok, doubtful, but we shall see.