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Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 8:19:14
I really like "ordinary people"
"a beautiful mind" is interesting
There's "girl interrupted". I'm not into that one.
They don't really talk to you in psych units, so the inaccuracy bothers me, but it was a different time.
Posted by Christ_empowered on May 26, 2012, at 10:06:09
In reply to What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 8:19:14
"Frances"
the lobotomy scene is scary as hell.
Posted by Phillipa on May 26, 2012, at 10:14:20
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by Christ_empowered on May 26, 2012, at 10:06:09
Was it What Ever Happened to Bill? I was feeling good at that time and thought the movies was so funny stalking your doc. Phillipa
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 11:27:20
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by Phillipa on May 26, 2012, at 10:14:20
I think it's "what about bob".
Posted by SLS on May 26, 2012, at 13:13:05
In reply to What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 8:19:14
> I really like "ordinary people"
> "a beautiful mind" is interesting
> There's "girl interrupted". I'm not into that one.
> They don't really talk to you in psych units, so the inaccuracy bothers me, but it was a different time.
"As Good as It Gets" was okay. I guess you could call it a "feel good" movie.
- Scott
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 18:08:07
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by SLS on May 26, 2012, at 13:13:05
Good ole jack :-)
I do like him.
Oh, and I like "fight club", "goodwill hunting", "the shrink", garden state- bothers me somehow.
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 18:34:59
In reply to What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 8:19:14
They should make movies about what psych units are really like. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and pills. Repeat.
Not great material.
Posted by Phillipa on May 26, 2012, at 21:21:18
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » Phillipa, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 11:27:20
Yes you are correct. Guess was thinking of Bill the guy I worked with in psych my partner in crime. Phillipa
Posted by no rose garden on May 29, 2012, at 22:32:28
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » sleepygirl2, posted by Phillipa on May 26, 2012, at 21:21:18
"I never promised you a rose garden" - the book was better (of course)...but i still liked the movie.
I also really like "21 days" with Sandra bullock...i know it's rehab, but that's the kind of place i'd like to be in.
Posted by Phil on May 31, 2012, at 9:56:07
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 18:34:59
> They should make movies about what psych units are really like. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and pills. Repeat.
> Not great material.
>
>Exactly but had to wait for many to have blood glucose checked first. I had a nurse ask me if I was taking, don't remember the med. She said, do you want one? What?!! It may have been something for sleep but still.
Posted by gadchik on May 31, 2012, at 15:53:02
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » sleepygirl2, posted by Phil on May 31, 2012, at 9:56:07
I watched "Requiem for a Dream".I wish I hadnt.That movie haunted me for awhile.Ive been obsessed with psych related memoirs though.Im now trying to watch the so called "feel good" movies like "We Bought a Zoo",I loved it.
Posted by emmanuel98 on May 31, 2012, at 18:23:15
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by gadchik on May 31, 2012, at 15:53:02
Oh God! Requiem for a Dream was one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. I rented it several years ago while I was laid up at home with a broken ankle and watched it with my teenage daughter and her (male) best friend. I felt embarrassed and depressed at the same time.
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 31, 2012, at 18:31:21
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by emmanuel98 on May 31, 2012, at 18:23:15
I can't watch that movie. I did, and I'm still stuck with how disturbing it was.
Posted by Phillipa on May 31, 2012, at 20:31:52
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » emmanuel98, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 31, 2012, at 18:31:21
What's it about? I didn't like "Psycho" old one. P
Posted by Beckett on May 31, 2012, at 22:17:43
In reply to What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 8:19:14
Requiem for a Dream was a doozy. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Suddenly Last Summer.
The King of Hearts. But that one is sweet and not realistic at all. The old French film, yes?
I am forgetting some.
Posted by gadchik on June 1, 2012, at 8:58:31
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by Beckett on May 31, 2012, at 22:17:43
yes,Requiem for a Dream,was brutal.Phillipa,it was about drug addiction,and going crazy,and shock treatments,and it was something you dont want to see.I knew I should turn it off,and didnt.Just like with Drive,watched that and kept thinking I should shut if off,yet kept watching.I guess violence disturbs me,and I should be filling my mind with lighter fare.
Posted by Phillipa on June 1, 2012, at 10:44:56
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by gadchik on June 1, 2012, at 8:58:31
I can't watch violence. Never could. I'm sorry you watched it. P
Posted by sleepygirl2 on June 1, 2012, at 16:24:49
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by gadchik on June 1, 2012, at 8:58:31
I remember a movie called "trainspotting".
Also disturbing, also about drugs.
But a better movie, overall
Posted by gadchik on June 1, 2012, at 18:43:55
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » gadchik, posted by sleepygirl2 on June 1, 2012, at 16:24:49
I can really get lost in movies,in a good way and also in a bad way.I can feel happy or sad or haunted for days from a film,and books too.I guess that's the way it is for highly sensitive,neurotic people-me!
Posted by sleepygirl2 on June 1, 2012, at 23:27:54
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » sleepygirl2, posted by gadchik on June 1, 2012, at 18:43:55
You know,
Part of me really enjoyed "castaway", because it was so quiet for most of the movie, not a lot of action, not a lot of noise. That stuff overwhelms me.
But it was a good movie, probably in a psychological way too.
You know... That drive to be attached to something, even if it's a volleyball, the need to see another face.
Posted by gadchik on June 2, 2012, at 10:19:44
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » gadchik, posted by sleepygirl2 on June 1, 2012, at 23:27:54
Yes, I remember castaway.It was comforting when he attached himself to the ball.Im trying to think of the movie Ive seen that has affected me the most.Tree of Life comes to mind,just the way it was filmed and that it was so different from any Ive seen.Also,that movie about the dog that waits for years for his owner to return,after the owner died.Was it called Hitachi? I cried and cried and was so upset for days.
Posted by emmanuel98 on June 2, 2012, at 19:26:07
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » sleepygirl2, posted by gadchik on June 2, 2012, at 10:19:44
Castaway was sad and poignant but not depressing. Tom Hanks is never depressing.
Posted by Dinah on June 10, 2012, at 13:33:09
In reply to What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 26, 2012, at 8:19:14
My favorite movie therapist is the one from Ordinary People, though he's far short of Dr. Kroger from Monk on TV - who reminds me very very much of my own therapist.
But my favorite psychological movie was "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". I think I identified, at the time, with the protagonist's feeling of responsibility for his dysfunctional family. With the help of therapy, and probably the death of my father, I've lost enough of it that I probably wouldn't be as viscerally affected.
Oddly enough, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "The Counterfeit Traitor" are two of my favorite movies, yet I can only bear to watch them every couple of decades or so.
Posted by Dinah on June 10, 2012, at 14:10:04
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie?? » sleepygirl2, posted by gadchik on June 2, 2012, at 10:19:44
I really can't watch dog movies. At least not where the dog dies, which seems to be all of them.
Posted by emmanuel98 on June 10, 2012, at 19:44:34
In reply to Re: What's your favorite psych related movie??, posted by Dinah on June 10, 2012, at 13:33:09
> But my favorite psychological movie was "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". I think I identified, at the time, with the protagonist's feeling of responsibility for his dysfunctional family. With the help of therapy, and probably the death of my father, I've lost enough of it that I probably wouldn't be as viscerally affected.
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> Oddly enough, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "The Counterfeit Traitor" are two of my favorite movies, yet I can only bear to watch them every couple of decades or so.I loved What's Eating Gilbert Grape. It was one of Leonardo DiCaprio's first roles as the developmentally disabled brother. He was so great. Johnny Depp was great too. And whoever played the mother -- unbelievable.
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