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Polishpimping (profile) wrote,
on 10-12-2004 at 9:36am
Subject: What I find depressing....
Michelle and I have gotten into many heated discussions about what a depressing movie really is...

I seldom find death depressing. There is a little thing in reality (and in the lion king) called a circle of life. Things die. In the words of The Great One "everything Dies". To me a movie in which a main charactor (or two) dies, doesn't make that movie depressing it makes it realistic.

My dog, grandfather, parents, friends and everyone else will eventually die. I am not reminded of my frail existance b a movie like "Open Water". Yes people die. It may be sad but not depressing.

To me depressing is movies about broken and forgoten love. If Jim Carry din't get the girl in the end (and begining) of Spotless Mind, I would say that that movie is one of the most depressing I have ever seen. Realizing your love for someone only to have it torn away. That is depressing.

Donnie Darko... That is depressing. Donnie loved that girl, but in the end she will never even know him. For her their love never existed. But it did. I hurt for forgoten love.

It's all like Romeo and Juilet. Some cry because they die. I cry that because of a mistake there love is terminated before each others eyes.

Not really... I don't cry at that movie I was just trying to make a point.

I just find different things depressing is all.

anyway, I just wanted my possition articulated.
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jaganshi

10-12-04 10:03am

I never felt like R+J was a tragedy. Most romances don't really end with the hero and heroine together, but that one did.

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Polishpimping

Re:, 10-12-04 10:31am

Yeah, I do understand that. But there is something to say for tho only reason all the bad stuff happened and the yound lovers dieing just because some guy couldn't deliver a message. Tragic.

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michellestar

10-12-04 10:38am

I think watching the person you dedicated your entire life to in marriage get eaten by sharks while you listen, floating stranded in some sea on your honeymoon, only to commit suicide afterwards....is tragic.

Plus, it's based on true events. The rest of the movies you mentioned are only stories.

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Fanelia

Re:, 10-12-04 11:47am

I agree with Michelle. What freaked me out about Open Water wasn't so much that the guy got eaten by sharks and died, but that his wife, who LOVED him (the point of your entry), had to watch it all take place. I couldn't imagine having to watch helplessly as the one person I swore to love forever is taken away against my will. Yes, he is dying, but as you say, that is not what is tragic.

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TaoMan1121

Re:, 10-12-04 12:10pm

See, I want it to be recognized that Slyvia Plath and Virginia Woolf committing suicide is common knowledge (or at least it should be). However, the "true events" of Open Water (which, mind you, I did kinda wanted to see) are virtually unknown. So, in the words of a good friend of mine:

"THANKS FOR RUINING THE MOVIE!!!

^_^"

Additional kudos to Amanda, for spelling that ending out, in case there was any doubt of who, what, and when. :-P

Since I'm here, I'll put my 2 cents in: What I find depressing in a movie is when I have to pay full price to see it. Hehe.

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Fanelia

Re: Re:, 10-12-04 12:21pm

Just doin' what I do best Jason. :-P

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Polishpimping

Re: Re:, 10-12-04 3:45pm

Open Water is based on true events... it's not real. The wife probably didn't see what she saw. Plus I wasn't exactly sure the director showed their love in a way which I can believe.

I don't think they were "in love" in the bohemian sence of the word. Either way... Jaws was based on actual events but that doesn't make me lump that movie as depressing.

And Jason... this movie is like Titanic except worse. If you know anything about the actual story you knew they died, but sadly there was no more in the story. It's like just watching Titanic minus Leo and Kate. Just cinematic shots of a boat that hits a rock and sinks... no surprises.. no real attachments... By the end of open water I wanted them to die so bad I would have eaten them if the sharks didn't.

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Fanelia

Re: Re: Re:, 10-12-04 6:51pm

*giggles*

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