I kind of liked that scene. It's sort of fucked up, but it gets the point across that the ooze doesnt just make him emo and bitchy, but there's the extreme hubris aspect as well (and from what they taught me in high school, it's always the hubris that's the downfall of the hero). The whole film is sort of surreal, and I think this scene is just in the style... Though I agree that it's kind of difficult to get past the fact that it looks dumb.