burnt orange lipstick

[certainthings]

burnt orange lipstick is the book I started reading last night. It's a collection of short stories. I finished the one story and I really did not care for it at all. Mostly because I didn't understand it at all. I guess it's like Brian Regan said, "Reading is hard." :p

Anyway. Here's a bit from the story:

There was a movie on the bus. In the movie, a handsome young man runs over a puppy with his motorcycle. He nurses the puppy to health and the dog becomes his faithful companion. A band of hoodlums who work for the government find the man and torture him to death. By an act of luck, the whole thing is caught on tape, but the tape is lost during a bungled investigation. The dog has dreams and the dog's dreams are beautiful. Dog and owner run through colorful flower-filled landscapes. The dog kills each of his owner's murderers. Each time he finishes he brings a wreath of flowers to his owner's grave and dreams another dream.
In the end, the dog finds the video tape and brings it to the police.

01. How awful does that "movie" sound?
02. Do you think the dog hid the tape in the first place? (yes, I know it says "bungled investigation" but still)
03. If you had to name this movie what would you call it?

Comments

[uglyduckling-me.livejournal.com]

ngl, that kinda sounds like a badass movie. although kind of awful because awwww :(
(lol I pictured a dog like either Sadie or Harley for some reason)

the dog might've hid the tape. seems like a smart dog.

I'd call it "Lassie 2: Electric Buggaloo"

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Really? Huh, maybe it'd be better on screen than it sounds written but I think it sounds pretty damn bad.
I was picturing a dog like The Littlest Hobo who was a german shepard so yeah, kind of like Harley or Sadie as well. :)

A smart dog and a vengeful dog.

Hahahahahaha.

[uglyduckling-me.livejournal.com]

I imagine it to be a made-for-tv movie. Like something that would appear on the Chiller Channel (I watched Sandy's random horror movie "Dead Winter" the other day.)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I actually enjoyed her in that.

[uglyduckling-me.livejournal.com]

I only saw the first and last 10 minutes, so idk if I liked it. but it looked interesting! also, I love her.

[laurondo.livejournal.com]

The dog has dreams and the dog's dreams are beautiful. Dog and owner run through colorful flower-filled landscapes. The dog kills each of his owner's murderers. Each time he finishes he brings a wreath of flowers to his owner's grave and dreams another dream.

...lol.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

It sounds so bad and cheesey.

[openmydoors.livejournal.com]

01. Pretty damn terrible. I think I'd be a wincing machine if I were to watch said movie.

02. Yes.

03. There Was A Movie On The Bus.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

01. Do you think you'd be able to make it through the whole movie?

02. The dog seems pretty bad and bad ass.

03. Hah!

[openmydoors.livejournal.com]

I'd probably stop at the torturing part, I think. I don't have the stomach for that kind of stuff - makes me wonder sometimes how I watch Supernatural.

[meltingconfetti.livejournal.com]

I think I'd call it Scurryfunge. :)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. That's an interesting name.

[meltingconfetti.livejournal.com]

It's a real word. :) It means 'a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbor and the time she knocks on the door'.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Really? That's not what I would've ever guessed had someone said to me, 'Hey, guess what this word means.'

[later-tuesday.livejournal.com]

I would call that movie Stonehenge Apocalypse 2:The one without Misha Collins and an even less sensical plot so don't bother.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hah!

[muses-circle.livejournal.com]

If you had to name this movie what would you call it?

Cujo 2: The Day of Reckoning

In all seriousness, though, what kind of messed up story is that? LOL 4EVER

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I like that name.

I really don't know.

[agt-league.livejournal.com]

By an act of luck, the whole thing is caught on tape, but the tape is lost during a bungled investigation. The dog has dreams and the dog's dreams are beautiful.

I just... don't understand. How the hell did they get from "tape is lost" to "dog is dreaming"?? D:

01. Really fucking awful.
02. No idea.
03. No idea. /is unimaginative

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. I dunno, I guess it's a reall badly edited movie?

I dunno, I think 'No Idea' would probably be a very apt name for the movie.

[agt-league.livejournal.com]

This movie is more confusing than Inception! LOL.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha.