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I have never seen Old Yeller, Red Ferns or Yearling...for all the reasons mentioned.
Same here. I don't feel I need to put myself through that, for movies that I probably won't be that interested in anyway.
Besides, if I feel that I need to watch a movie and cry, I've got loads of other choices. Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Lilo and Stitch ...
(I LOVE Big Fish. It's one of my favorite movies ever. But I don't watch it very often, because it turns me into a weepy mess.)
Lilo and Stitch is a safe cry-trigger because it ends well. So I can wallow in emotion knowing I'll get to snicker and smile as I leave the theater, instead of in a melancholy haze. I don't drink enough absinthe to properly appreciate melancholy hazes.
Lilo and Stitch is a safe cry-trigger because it ends well. So I can wallow in emotion knowing I'll get to snicker and smile as I leave the theater, instead of in a melancholy haze.
Yep, same for me. And the same goes for Big Fish.
I don't drink enough absinthe to properly appreciate melancholy hazes.
I suppose I do, but I still don't really appreciate melancholy hazes.
Confession: Bolt made me weepy. I knew I was being manipulated, damn it, and I still got weepy.
But The Boy did, too, so it was okay.
Lilo & Stitch, on my list of all time favorites.
So, what Oscar-ish movie should I see tomorrow? Benjamin Button? Doubt? Revolutionary Road? Something else?
I really like the stage show of Doubt, and they seems to be cleaving closely to it. It is not, however, happy-fun or terribly uplifting.
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I thought Doubt was quite good but not great. With the movies that are out right now I think you can do better.
Oh, hah. After seeing Doubt my sister and I were talking and she was all "I really was more in the mood for feel-good kind of thing, you know, like Milk."
Me: boggle
Her: What? He gets elected right?
Me: Um, yes. And then assasinated.
I would say on balance, Milk and Doubt are about even on upliftingness. Milk has higher highs and lower lows.
Of Jesse's list, I've only seen Doubt and I loved it. I think my ideal production would be this cast, on stage. (The script really benefits from being delivered directly to a live audience. The movie is excellent, but I'm glad I saw the stage version first.)
Benjamin Buttons is, from what I've heard, a great cathartic tear-jerker, whereas Revolutionary Road is just kind of depressing. I still want to see it, if only because DH described the relationship as Pete Campbell/Betty Draper (but not quite as well written).