Can’t watch Hamnet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the same OP. I watched Lion in the theaters and sobbed uncontrollably for most of the movie. Honestly most people around me were probably doing the same. I remember the NYT review of Lion saying something like if you’ve ever been a mother, had a mother, been a child, or had a child— you will cry throughout the entire movie. Funny but accurate.

Lion w dev Patel? I loved that movie. And book.

[Anonymous]

I can’t connect the real people with the fictional plot. I have watched lots of crazy unbelievable fiction but for some reason it annoys me to see a made up fiction about Shakespeare’s wife. I don’t know why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For me it's animals dying. John Wick lost me quickly. I am so thankful for the "does the dog die" website.

+1

+2. It's always the dogs for me. Glad I am not alone here. And I am a loving mother!

[Anonymous]

I can't stand movies (or books) about lost or abducted children. The show with Nicole Kidman as an expat in Hong Kong just gutted me.

Also, anything with child abuse. True Detective season 1 was a masterful show, but the scenes with those children have been seared into my brain and I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night in horror.

But I think I'll watch Hamnet. It sounds very sad, but not on the same level as the above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't like that kind of sad and depressing movie. But I have a depressive friend who revels in anything sad, in book or movie form. We have both lost pregnancies.

It's a well-known fact, OP, that a solid portion of the population is attracted to miserable plots to alleviate their own sadness. Some of us are the opposite - after my teen phase of reading the most depressing classical literature (Zola and Dostoevsky, for ex), I decided, no more. Only happy endings for me. I want escapism, not corroboration.

This is me. When I was deeply, darkliy depressed I used to read the blogs of people with terminal cancer and those who lost family members to suicide. It sounds horrible but somehow it helped.

[Anonymous]

I absolutely avoid movies where children die. I cannot bear it.

When I was a kid, I remember my mom telling me she had to leave the theater when she was watching Sophie's Choice to literally sob in the hallway. She didn't finish the movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t connect the real people with the fictional plot. I have watched lots of crazy unbelievable fiction but for some reason it annoys me to see a made up fiction about Shakespeare’s wife. I don’t know why.

There isn't enough documentation about them to NOT be fiction. They do research on life in that time and base it off that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t connect the real people with the fictional plot. I have watched lots of crazy unbelievable fiction but for some reason it annoys me to see a made up fiction about Shakespeare’s wife. I don’t know why.

There isn't enough documentation about them to NOT be fiction. They do research on life in that time and base it off that.

+1, I actually love this sort of historical fiction where it's grounded in a few facts and what is known about the time, and then the author invents a compelling story to fit what is known.

I love Girl With a Pearl Earring for the same reason. The actual subject of that painting is unknown and most of what is known of Vermeer's home life and even his approach to painting is limited or based on theory, not fact (like his use of the camera obscura, which was definitely used by some of the Dutch masters but it's not really known by who and to what extent and with regards to which paintings). I think it's just a fascinating way to explore history, always with the understanding as to what is fact and what is made up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the same OP. I watched Lion in the theaters and sobbed uncontrollably for most of the movie. Honestly most people around me were probably doing the same. I remember the NYT review of Lion saying something like if you’ve ever been a mother, had a mother, been a child, or had a child— you will cry throughout the entire movie. Funny but accurate.

Lion w dev Patel? I loved that movie. And book.

Yes, I remember thinking the movie was a bit lacking in the “present day” sections but at least it gave a respite from the sobbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand movies (or books) about lost or abducted children. The show with Nicole Kidman as an expat in Hong Kong just gutted me.

Also, anything with child abuse. True Detective season 1 was a masterful show, but the scenes with those children have been seared into my brain and I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night in horror.

But I think I'll watch Hamnet. It sounds very sad, but not on the same level as the above.

I have seen all of these and yes was very disturbed by True Detective 1.

Hamnet was a very artsy movie and I did not cry. I’ve seen a child die in their mother’s arms so I thought it would affect me more but it really didn’t. I didn’t cry. I also didn’t like thr movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand movies (or books) about lost or abducted children. The show with Nicole Kidman as an expat in Hong Kong just gutted me.

Also, anything with child abuse. True Detective season 1 was a masterful show, but the scenes with those children have been seared into my brain and I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night in horror.

But I think I'll watch Hamnet. It sounds very sad, but not on the same level as the above.

Oh my goodness, thanks for the heads up about true detective season 1. I will definitely have to avoid.

[Anonymous]

You didn’t miss much. Totally overrated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand movies (or books) about lost or abducted children. The show with Nicole Kidman as an expat in Hong Kong just gutted me.

Also, anything with child abuse. True Detective season 1 was a masterful show, but the scenes with those children have been seared into my brain and I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night in horror.

But I think I'll watch Hamnet. It sounds very sad, but not on the same level as the above.

Oh my goodness, thanks for the heads up about true detective season 1. I will definitely have to avoid.

It's really just two scenes I'm thinking of. You know they're coming and can fast forward through them. I'd hate for you to miss that season which was (aside from the above) fantastic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah it was sad but it didn't hit me that hard, he died in the 1500s of the bubonic plague, a lot of people died then of plague.

Thanks for spoiling it. now I won’t watch it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah it was sad but it didn't hit me that hard, he died in the 1500s of the bubonic plague, a lot of people died then of plague.

Thanks for spoiling it. now I won’t watch it.

DP. Why on earth did you click on a thread about a movie you haven't seen and expect no spoilers? Of course people are going to talk about it. Duh. That's on you.