Nauseating Movie Scenes

This past weekend was long, sickly and I don't even recall some portions of it for reasons that I don't care to mention. After being in bed for hours, unable to get up and go on about my business as usual, I didn't even feel like trying to come up with some exhaustive, clever topic for today. So, this week's Monday Movie Meme theme is simple and easy: Regurgitation Nation!

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring scenes where someone is vomiting. The action can be the result of drinking, doing drugs, food poisoning, terminal illness, foul sightings or whatever else causes the movie character (or characters) to have a total gag fest.

Here are my selections for this week's Regurgitation Nation theme. Oh, and I'm skipping the photos for individual movie titles this week because, well, I just don't have the energy to post them right now.

Meet the Parents

The scene where an infant throws up directly in Greg Focker's face while seated at a dinner table is oh-so gross. Since Greg is a nurse, he's probably seen this kinda thing more times than not but it's not so pretty to experience first-hand -- talk about losing your appetite!

Menace II Society

I don't remember if drug dealer and all around hood gangsta Caine had some bad food or what caused him to be sick. What I do remember, however, is the scene where he is in the bathroom throwing up and his friends are outside making fun of him and suggesting that he may have HIV/AIDS. The scene is uber gross because director John Singleton has a medium to close-up shot of Caine with vomit dripping from his mouth while he tries to have a conversation with those nosy friends outside in the hallway.

Poetic Justice

In another John Singleton film, a group of friends who are taking a road trip in a postal mail truck have to pull their vehicle over during an argument with two of the passengers. One woman then scolds her best friend, who is throwing up on the side of the highway, after drinking too much alcohol.

What movie scenes do YOU recall that feature someone vomiting?

The REM of Cinema

My apologies to those who arrived here earlier today, looking for a Monday Movie Meme post. Look no further -- it’s here. Late, of course but still here and inspired by the fact that I had a weird dream last night. I won’t go into details because they might serve as a nice future guest post for Arlee Bird’s A Faraway View blog. So, the theme for this week’s meme is: REM Sleep.

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring scenes that include weird dreams. Basically, the dream should either not make any sense to the viewer, or character for that matter, or it should just be so strange that you can tell this is some stuff that only happens in the movies. Here is my selection (yes, just one...that’s all I have today) for this week’s REM Sleep topic.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Just when you thought that sleepless nights were taxing on your mental and emotional health, such conditions would mean the difference between life and death in this movie. Kristen, Alice and friends would probably kill to be able to develop a bad case of insomnia since Freddy threatens to murder them in their sleep.

The gym scene where Alice’s friend Debbie is working out continues to be one of the most memorable scenes from this movie. Not necessarily because she turns into an insect but it’s the only scene in this movie had me paying more attention to the soundtrack. Gotta love Sinéad O'Connor’s “I Want Your Hands On Me” song!

What’s the last film YOU watched that features strange dreams?

What’s Your Story? - A Monday Movie Meme Sequel

Today, we have a special guest topic for the Monday Movie Meme. It comes courtesy of Marta Szemik, who is a frequent reader of my writings over at the A to Z blog.

Marta’s chosen topic is “books made into movies,” which reminds me of the week that Dale at Smurfin’ the Web had us discussing films that feature books in them. So, I’m recycling the Smurfdok’s title for this week’s Monday Movie Meme theme: What’s Your Story 2?

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movie adaptations of books. The movie does not have to feature books in it but does have to be based on a book. Here are my selections for this week’s What’s Your Story 2 theme.

Watch Out
Steve Balderson’s film about a guy who is obsessed with himself has got to be one of the most bizarre movies I’ve watched in a long time. It contains an interesting mix of comedy, horror, drama and porn. Balderson does the material justice and Matt Riddlehover gives an engaging performance in this movie. It’s based on a novel written by Joseph Suglia.

Desert Flower
Backed by National Geographic, this drama film is the adaptation of an autobiography of the same name. It tells the account of fashion model named Waris Dirie, who escaped from Somalia after being circumcised as a young girl. I haven’t watched the film but I do have the book.

American Splendor
Comic books count as a “book,” right? Although I never had much interest in watching this movie about the comic book author Harvey Pekar, it stands out as a print-to-screen adaptation worth mentioning because, well, I like the cover art!

A Scanner Darkly
I feel like I might as well have watched this film, after all of the magazine interviews and online features that I read about it and director Richard Linklater. The Sci-Fi flick is based on Philip K. Dick’s novel about an undercover cop who gets way in over his head while trying to save the world from a dangerous drug. Yep, you guessed it -- I haven’t read the book either, but I DO adore the cover art and conceptual art in this movie!

What movie adaptations can YOU think of?