I think I can say conclusively that it is the WORST movie to see while pregnant.
Mine was Trainspotting. ::shudders::
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Amy - Feb 06, 2012 9:53:22 am PST #17978 of 30000
Because books.
Kate P. - Feb 06, 2012 9:58:39 am PST #17979 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Mine was Trainspotting. ::shudders::
Oh god.
Yeah, I'll be giving this one a miss, then.
le nubian - Feb 06, 2012 9:58:54 am PST #17980 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
damn. now I don't want to see that movie. Sounds like torture.
smonster - Feb 06, 2012 10:55:24 am PST #17981 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
ita !, I wish you were local. I'm not sure who's going to see This Means War with me. Nora, maybe?
JZ - Feb 06, 2012 1:52:58 pm PST #17982 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I think I can say conclusively that it is the WORST movie to see while pregnant.
I borrowed Grave of the Fireflies from someone, held onto it for a couple of weeks without daring to actually put it in the DVD player, and finally returned it unwatched.
And for reading matter I strongly, strongly advise against even going near Nevil Shute's On The Beach (never saw the movie so don't know how it compares, but if it's even remotely faithful to the book it too is a big giant AVOID AVOID AVOID) and Roald Dahl's short story "Royal Jelly."
The Dahl isn't so much despairing as unbelievably creepy and disturbing and likely to unsettle you right out of your skin. Reading it while breastfeeding (i.e., actually sitting there with the thing propped up on a pillow next to me in bed while Matilda nursed) was a truly, truly terrible decision. DON'T DO IT.
Connie Neil - Feb 06, 2012 1:54:07 pm PST #17983 of 30000
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Grave of the Fireflies
Oh, god, I couldn't finish watching that.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2012 2:39:12 pm PST #17984 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did finish watching that. For some reason, I can reasonably handle the pain of war movies with few soldiers at war in them. In fact, I really like POW movies.
It was terribly sad, though, pulling no punches. And I've gone and bummed myself back out by reading the wikipedia entry.
billytea - Feb 06, 2012 2:58:11 pm PST #17985 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
And for reading matter I strongly, strongly advise against even going near Nevil Shute's On The Beach (never saw the movie so don't know how it compares, but if it's even remotely faithful to the book it too is a big giant AVOID AVOID AVOID) and Roald Dahl's short story "Royal Jelly."
Oh! I agree that On the Beach is not comforting pregnancy fare, but I spent most of the book thinking "This is set in Melbourne! Oh, I know that place! That one too!" I probably wasn't supposed to enjoy it as much as I did.
JZ - Feb 06, 2012 3:29:40 pm PST #17986 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, billytea, you adorable freak.
Speaking of which, Matilda and I saw the prettiest snake ever on Saturday, a rosy boa, all curled up napping under a sun lamp. They're amazingly lovely and they don't bite and they give birth!
The Buffistas really need a word for that moment at a natural history museum or a zoo or a wildlife preserve when you have an overwhelming attack of either, "Oh, I wish billytea was here!" or "Wait till I get home and post about this to billytea!" I had a billy? A billysquee? I bt'd? We need something.
Polter-Cow - Feb 06, 2012 3:31:22 pm PST #17987 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A billysquee?
I think we have a winner.