Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Okay seriously, how cursed is London in the cinema?

Have you ever thought about how bloody dark and horrific is London according to EVERY movie that sets it's setting there? Think about it.

Hook: Scary kidnapping by fictitious pirates in the dead of the night.
Sweeney Todd: a freaking murdering barber and all the selling of women and crooked judicial system.
Bednobs and Broomsticks: The scary book master who is willing to kill for the coveted book.
Mary Poppins: All the scary stuff in the alleys at night, the scary and mean looking nannies lined up for the job.
Robin Hood: HELLO!!! All the frightening stuff that happens in the country of Nottingham. How different would London be in that setting?
Phantom of the Opera: um...a murdering man who kills those who trespass or don't comply with his artistic demands. Oh and the fact that a creepy carnival had the deformed child imprisoned for their moneymaking display.
Oliver: A gang of pickpockets who are led by a man who is bullied by a scary, abusive, murdering thief.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The murderous priest who condemns Ichabod's mother and the creepy deaths in London before he's dispatched to Sleepy Hollow.
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: All the bombings in London before the children are shipped out into the country.
Clockwork Orange: A gang of thieving, raping, teenagers terrorizing the otherwise already twisted alter-future of London.
Harry Potter: Everything that ever happens in London is the abusive Muggle stuff.
Jonny English: A mastermind who is planning on stealing the crown.
James Bond: Do I even need to go into all of those?
101 Dalmatians: A crazed woman who arranges to kidnap and skin a hundred puppies!
Reign of Fire: The site where dragons emerge and spread to kill off humanity. Oh and the queen lives there.
Sherlock Holmes: A dark, mysterious, and foggy scene for plenty of murders.
The Great Mouse Detective: The kidnapping of a daughter of an inventor being blackmailed to assist in killing and replacing the queen of England (in the mouse community)
A Christmas Carrol: A mean and bitter landlord who despises humanity and his tenants, who's haunted by scary ghosts throughout the night.
Shaun of the Dead: Zombies spread out and kill everyone.


Now I love all of the movies I mentioned, I'm just saying are there any movies that don't portray London as a terrible, scary, dark, and unfortunate place? Even movies in New York or LA can be backed up by plenty of movies in those same settings without anything fearful.

London...I don't think so!

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