Christina Ricci made her sound whiney as hell.
They also glamourized everything.
It is much less glamourous in real life.
If you read the book you will hear more things straight from the heart instead of these lines that are spit out.
They turned a beautiful real peice of work into Sh*t with sequins in it.
Pity.
Actually, I couldn't finish the book because Elizabeth was so whiney I wanted to strangle her. I couldn't handle it. When the movie came out, I got through it and thought, "Oh! So I'm not crazy, she's supposed to be that whiney!" and everyone I know agreed.
I liked the movie better than what I read of the book (which was about half) because it went faster, got the story out, and while the message was powerful, I didn't have to deal with Lizzie for so long. I think the movie did Elizabeth some justice by taking another crack at portraying her... In the movie, she had her profound moments. In the book, I just wanted to scream with every turn of the page.
Seriously, read the book, all she does is complain, complain and bitch about how much life sucks some more. Whilst I understand that depression can affect a person in this way (as a sufferer myself) but boy does she whine!!!
Dont know what point Im trying to make....hmmmm....
I agree with punkmonkey1. While I think Christina Ricci is very talented, this movie was just terrible. I'd encourage anyone who hasn't been subjected to the movie to at least read the book first.
shareOne thing you have to understand about depression is that some people get depressed and some people just don't...
so it makes sense why some people just can't take this movie or Wurtzel's behavior...
Depression feels like you forgot how to be happy, or that being happy and "normal" is some kind of distant memory, or something that may have never even existed to begin with.
But if you can remember what that feeling was, or even that there is something better and you can attain it, making that fleeting feeling your goal, you can work towards it.
I remember happiness. I have it within me. Some days I can't see it, but I know its there, waiting for me to find again and again. I just have to recognize my depression when it comes, aknowledge it, then remember to pull myself out of it by holding onto my goal, that fleeting feeling of happiness, and trying to attain it again.
For me it can be anything; going outside, getting that breath of fresh air, listening to a favorite song and singing along, the last bagel in the fridge all toasted up with cream cheese... the simple pleasures are the key, at least for me, because I know the simple pleasures add up to something greater. Just like getting used to being depressed and unhappy, you have to get used to being content with life, and yourself, in small steps.
I've gone on a tangent, but oh well... I guess I'm just trying to say, in relation to the last post, some people find healthy ways to deal with their problems, and some people find unhealthy ways. Everyone does get depressed. They all just handle it differently. Those people that you see that are happy and content doesn't mean that they never get depressed, or that they have never needed help. They have just found healthy ways to deal with it. I felt it was important to say that.
I absolutely loved this book, and I waited for like five years for the movie to actually come out and I ended up being very disappointed in the movie...all through the movie i'm thinking it's a terrible, terrible let down and a disgrace and I kept thinking if my fav quote is in there then it will at least have *some* redeeming qualities, but then only a tiny piece of the quote was in it and it just made the whole thing even more depressingly disappointing.
shareThe truth was that the character portrayed in the film had hardly any "redeeming qualities" and that was what the film showed us.
shareShe wasn't whiny in the book. She talks about how she has no excuse to feel the way she does; she's not abused, she doesn't live in poverty, goes to a good school in a pretty good neighborhood, has a mother who cares, and tons of kids grow up with divorced parents. But she was still sad, and that confused her, which is frustrating. I don't think anyone can understand that feeling unless they've gone through it. Otherwise they just sit on their ass and say, "get over it".
I'll join you when hell freezes over.
Dumbledore's Army!
I don't know about you, but she seemed to be a whiny ass to me. In the book, she even admitted that during her adolescence she just pretended to be that sad or that hell bent on killing herself just to get attention.
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