OT - Movies

[SadieKate]

What do you think of these movies?

"Big Fish" with Albert Finney
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/

"Sleepy Hollow" with Johnny Depp
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/

I like Tim Burton's movies and I like the actors. However, I get nightmares very easily. Would it be a mistake to watch "Sleepy Hollow"? I'm such a wuss when it comes to horror flicks.

They're both on tonight and I'm feeling like a movie. We also have "Charlie and the Choc Factory" with Depp also, and we've never watched, but somehow I'm not in the mood for it. I want to finish the book first.

[snapdragen]

I liked Big Fish, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I haven't seen Sleepy Hollow, but I am in the club that thinks Johnny Depp could read the phone book and it would be facinating!

[Nanci]

OMG, when I saw Big Fish in the theatre, at the end, I started crying. Not just tears dripping down my face, and sniffling, but all-out bawling, wahhh, wahhh, wahhh. It reminded me of my father, I guess. I have never cried like that at a movie.

[SadieKate]

Sad crying? Good crying? What?

Bill wants to watch Sleepy Hollow but I dunno. I'm such a fragile flower of feminity when it comes to horror movies.

[Nanci]

Sad crying. Just miss my dad crying. It's not fair that I am 47 and my parents have both been dead for over 10 years. All the stuff they don't know about me. Cave diving, divorce, moving to Florida, grandchildren, cycling, running, triathlons- I don't get to share any of it.

Big Fish is worth watching. I want to see it again. Maybe it'll be like Green Mile- I know perfectly well how it's going to end, but I still bawl my eyes out. never anything like how Big Fish affected me, though.

[maillotpois]

Ditto what Nanci said. All out bawling. And I am dead inside, according to my family. Charming and funny movie.

[emily_in_nc]

Sad crying. Just miss my dad crying. It's not fair that I am 47 and my parents have both been dead for over 10 years. All the stuff they don't know about me. Cave diving, divorce, moving to Florida, grandchildren, cycling, running, triathlons- I don't get to share any of it.

Nanci ~ I am so sorry about your losses. I am fortunate enough to still have my mom, but my dad died late last year, and it still hurts a lot. Every day when I look at his picture in my living room, I think that it's just wrong that he is not here. I miss sharing my life with him and telling him what I am doing, and seeing the pride in his eyes. I haven't been able to bring myself to ride on the road since he died (in a car accident). I am planning to take a short ride to the farmer's market with my husband next Saturday and hope that I have the strength to do it. I know my dad would want me to go on living, but I miss him so very much, so your post really struck a chord. On a more positive note, as a direct result of losing my dad and becoming fearful of the road, I have discovered the joys of mountain biking, and I love it. Thanks, Dad. And thank you, Nanci, for sharing your feelings. I hear you loud and clear....

Emily