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I don't think I can watch this movie ever again!!

posted 19 years ago by sugar-bear
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I've watched it so many times...but just the other day I was starting to watch it and all of a sudden this wave of depression swept over me. A few days later my friend came over and she and I started talking about it. She'd never seen it so we began watching it. I had to leave the room because that depression feeling came again. I sersiously love this movie but I don't know what depresses me more about watching it: The movie itself or the fact that Elizabeth's death has hit me so hard. I haven't watched it in a long time and don't plan to. Maybe one day I can be able to watch it and enjoy it like I did before. :-(

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[–] CandyO2005 19 years ago

Y'know, I DO understand what you mean!!! This has been one of my favorite movies, since my teens; but watching it on TCM tonight, I found myself becoming incredibly sad. Maybe because the world has become an even sadder, meaner place over the years; & the cruelty of some of the characters seems unbearable in light of that.

It's still a beautiful movie, though; one everyone should see at least once.

[–] esculade17 19 years ago

Yeah, It was on last night. I actually stayed up until 11 just to watch it until one in the morning. That's not obsessive is it? lol. Oh man. The first time I seen it I felt soooooooo sad. I was crying and felt stupid, but didnt care. I think its the story line as well as the wonderful cast who really brought it to life. Before this movie, I had no idea who Sidney Poitier was, but the next thing I knew I was this big fan :).

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[–] sweet1310452 18 years ago

The acting in this film is outstanding. All of the performers really made this movie's point. It is very hard to act out a blind part like that and RoseAnn even though she had lost her morality was portrayed in such a way that you could see the full dimension of her character. The more I watch this the more I feel for all the characters- every single one of them has flaws and weaknesses.

[–] noveltylibrary 18 years ago

I know what you mean, but I can't help but watch it. It is incredibly sad that the actress ended up killing herself.

[–] TexasGreek 17 years ago

Call me a sadomasochist, but I watch this film whenever it is on TCM, and it makes me cry like a baby ever time.

"Affirmative action is a stain on the American soul." - Charlton Heston

[–] hodie 17 years ago

I never knew that about Hartman. She was gifted.

The film makes me tear up, too. There is something so fragile about it.

I trust I make myself obscure.

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[–] movielovrr916 15 years ago

When I was a kid one of my favorite movies was The Secret of Nimh. Mrs. Brisby was my favorite character; there was warmth in her voice and a vulnerability that stayed with me. Even as a kid, I really felt her love and determination to keep her children safe. Knowing Elizabeth had voiced the character of Mrs. Brisby, my mom told me to watch the movie,'A Patch of Blue'. It wasn't until I was an adult that I actually got around to watching it, I was lucky to catch it on TCM one night. By the time I had seen the movie I'd already read that she killed herself. I looked her up one day to see what other movies she'd been in and felt so sad when I read about her problems with depression and her death. To the original poster, I know how you feel. In the movie she was so delicate and lovely and you just wanted to hug her and keep her safe. Knowing she was like that in real life makes it sadder to watch it. The movie was on recently, I caught it somewhere in the middle and watched while I was getting ready for work, when it was over I cried and I felt so down that morning. I wish she knew how special she was and how her performance has touched so many. I wish someone could have gotten through to her and helped her realize she had every reason to live. I guess the only thing we can do is to continue to love her performances and pass them on to others who have yet to see this wonderful actresses work.

[–] c7c7c7r 15 years ago

Yes--nice comment. I'd heard she was so timid in real life, and easily bruised.
Yet she could really EMOTE on the screen. Her scene when she felt trapped in her room, in her life, and pounded the door. She was in a movie called The Beguiled and she gave an intense performance there, too. Sissy Spacek as 'Carrie' had that quality, although it was a very different type of movie.
I, too wanted to hug them both.

[–] movielovrr916 15 years ago

Sorry I'm late to comment back on this but I completely agree with you on Sissy Spacek's portrayal of Carrie! They both had that same quality; you just wanted to take care of them. The only difference is that is seemed Elizabeth was like that in real life, just makes it sadder.

Btw, I love the movie Carrie, I've never really thought of it as a horror movie. Though there are elements about it that are scary, it always seemed more of a drama. Sissy Spacek was great in it.