Liam Bates
Bio
Painful to write, painful to read.
Stories (4/0)
Rope
'I'm at the end of my rope'she saysand I'm inclinedto believe her.I can't help but bring to mindimages of noosesand career criminalsof bygone eras,their pasts at last caughtup with them,all that running over,the crowd that's gatheredto witness their executionsurprisedby their calm demeanour,surprised by theircomplete lackof agitation.But is it reallysuch a shock,that these characterslook upon their deathas they'd look uponany other incident,any other inevitabilityof life.
By Liam Bates7 years ago in Poets
Get Out: A Different Review
When I first saw the trailer for this film, what must have been several months ago, as the result of what I seem to recall was quite an insistent online marketing campaign, I was decidedly unimpressed. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm not a huge fan of horror films and, although Get Out's trailer presented at least a hint of something novel, the general impression I took away was one of the formulaic. It wasn't until just recently that I decided after all to give the film a chance, based upon the glowing reviews I'd seen across the web and the sense that this was more than just another horror centred around jump scares, gross outs, and a discordant soundtrack.
By Liam Bates7 years ago in Geeks
Tour Guide
Find me on the peripheryof that central square,where pigeons swarmfor scraps of food andlarge, air-conditionedbuses from the airportdump their squinting andsweating passengersinto the hot, yellow light.I'm trying to carve out a nicheas a depressed tour guide:entirely unenthusiasticand tiredly cynicalabout my unvarying circuitof the city.'There's anotherchurch ortemple orshop orbar or...
By Liam Bates7 years ago in Poets