Thursday, July 17, 2014

Season 4, Episode 5: Monster Movie

"Real is being born this way.  Different.  'Real' is having your dad call you 'monster' -- it's the first time you hear the word - and he tries to beat you to death with a shovel.  Everywhere I ran, everywhere I tried to hide.  People found me, dagged me, called me 'freak', called me 'monster'.  Then I found them.  The great monsters.  In their movies, they were strong.  They were feared.  They were beautiful.  And now I am like them. Commanding.  Terrifying.
I know a lot of people really like this episode, but even on a second viewing, I was meh on it.  I actually fell asleep while watching it on the plane - I had to go back and rewatch another twenty minutes.  Whoops.

Anyway.  Here's some thoughts.

  • The black and white was actually kind of distracting.  While I liked it for the old movie scenes, the use of black and white in the rest of the episode just distracted me.
  • I did like the old school monster movie-esque opening though.
  • And Dean's pun about it being a "straightforward black and white case."
  • I appreciated the dialogue about Sam going to see the new Raiders movie without Sam, and the matter of fact way that Sam told him "you were in Hell."
  • Sam and Dean's faces when Ed imitated the Dracula were awesome.
  • Is it mean of me to say that I just didn't find Jamie to be all that cute?
  • OK, I appreciate Dean's comments that he didn't have any old hunting scars after he came back from Hell . . . but what about the giant hand branded into his shoulder???
  • The girlfriend of the werewolf victim really didn't seem to care very much that he was killed.  The night before.  While they were in the car together.  What?
  • Dean totally pulled off the beer foam mustache.
  • Love the way Dean tells Lucy "Yeah!  Stay for a drink!"
  • Did the Dracula really change Dean out of his suit and put him in that Frankenstein costume?
  • On that note, was the shapeshifter actually a guy or a girl?  
  • The scene with the pizza guy was great.  Supernatural does scenes with pizza men pretty well ;)
  • "Son of a bitch" count: 2

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