| Author | |
Angie Mc
Board Moderator
Joined: Jan 31 2005
Location: Arizona
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 11400
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 7:29pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
When you are suffering and unable to do your usual routine...struggling to talk to others, to read, to go out of your home, to think clearly...do you turn to movies? If so, what movies do you watch and why? Do you watch light movies to take a break from the heaviness?... or movies to keep you company to feel less alone?... or movies to help you to make sense of suffering?...or do you watch "comfort movies", classics that you know by heart? Something else?
What movies do you recommend to watch during times of suffering and why? Thank you and...
Love,
__________________
Angie Mc
Maimeo to Henry! Dave's wife, mom to Mrs. Devin+Michael Pope, Aiden 20,Ian 17,John Paul 11,Catherine (heaven 6/07)
About Me
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Mary's daughter
Forum Pro
Joined: Jan 13 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 170
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 7:38pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
When dh was hospitalized, we watched Pride and Prejudice (PBS version). It was too much to watch something intense. Pride and Prejudice was familiar, like a cozy blanket! I prefer the familiar favorites with light story lines and happy endings.
Stephanie
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
stefoodie
Forum Moderator
Joined: Feb 17 2005
Location: Ohio
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8457
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 7:40pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I don't know if this will be to your liking, Angie, but the whole family just LOVED this movie.
La Vita e Bella / Life is Beautiful
We finished watching it last night. It's been on my list for YEARS.
The first half is just funny, and the second half really sad and poignant AND still funny. But so much, so much speaks about hope and love and family and forgiveness. A keeper definitely!
__________________
stef
mom to five
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
MrsM
Forum Pro
Joined: May 05 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 202
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 7:42pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I spent 3 months in the hospital in 2007, and I watched all of my old favorites:
Mary Poppins
Roman Holiday
Pride and Prejudice
Fiddler on the Roof
These are a few that made me feel good. I couldn't handle any sad movies AT ALL. I remember when I tried to watch a video on the life of JPII (normally a favorite of mine), and I broke down after about 10 minutes.
Although I wasn't able to take comfort by watching movies about other's sufferings, reading about them was helpful. The Story of a Soul was a constant companion, but I know I wouldn't have been able to watch the movie "Therese." Isn't that funny/strange? 
ETA: I'm sorry if things are difficult for you right now. 
__________________
Lynn in California
Homeschooling dd13, dd11, ds10, and ds8
Mom to Miracle Baby ds3
Mom to darling Elizabeth and Francis, held in Mary's arms and always in my heart
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 7:51pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I used movies to take me away from the grief of my miscarriage. So sad movies wouldn't help. 
"New in Town" was nice and funny and didn't hit any of the having lost the baby tender spots.
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
guitarnan
Forum Moderator
Joined: Feb 07 2005
Location: Maryland
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 10883
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:01pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I'm like Lynn...even in normal situations I have a hard time watching sad films. I tend to rewatch old favorites instead...The Sound of Music is first on the list, always! I also like snuggling up with my children (blanket...kitty cats...popcorn...) and watching all our Veggie Tales DVDs. (I love all the episodes with the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything...)
I love musicals, so I would watch almost any of the old musical films, and I also like to watch Holiday Inn, A Charlie Brown Christmas, etc. as Advent arrives.
Sending up a few prayers for you....
__________________
Nancy in MD. Mom of ds (24) & dd (18); 31-year Navy wife, move coordinator and keeper of home fires. Writer and dance mom.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
CrunchyMom
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 03 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6385
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:04pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I prefer to escape. Old favorites like Pride and Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables are good, but I also like television shows for this type of escape. A dvd set of an old favorite show without commercials is nice, and if they are shows I watched growing up, there is that same sort of familiarity. I can get super comfortable and settle in with familiar characters, but have more variety for the long haul.
Though, if I did feel the need to understand my suffering more, Shadowlands would be my pick. But wow, I bawl for the entire movie when I'm emotionally stable! So, I can't exactly recommend it for everyone who is hurting except that it is about people dealing with that same sort of hurt.
__________________
Lindsay
Five Boys(6/04) (6/06) (9/08)(3/11),(7/13), and 1 girl (5/16)
My Symphony
[URL=http://mysymphonygarden.blogspot.com/]Lost in the Cosmos[/UR
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
jdostalik
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 15 2005
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2935
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:06pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Screwball comedies from the 30's/40's are good--they are light but well-acted! Immediately, I thought of another favorite of mine--Cary Grant and Myrna Loy are balm for my stressed and sad soul in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House--praying for you, dear Angie!!
__________________
God Bless,
Jennifer in TX
wife to Bill, mom to six here on earth and eight in heaven.
Let the Little Ones Come
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:26pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Oh that reminds me Jennifer..
Bringing Up Baby - 1938 Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn
Soooo funny when I haven't seen it for some time.. one of those it's partly being unexpected that makes it funny.. so I don't watch it often and when I do I work at not remembering what happens next
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
joann10
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 10 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3493
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:28pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Only old favorites here....and it seems that these are mostly musicals, Sound of Music, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof, Music Man, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers---movies that I know by heart to be watched while I do mindless knitting....This all adds up to a lot of movie watching around here and a lot of homemade dishclothes...
My prayers are with you, Angie
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Mackfam
Board Moderator
Non Nobis
Joined: April 24 2006
Location: Alabama
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 14656
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:37pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
CrunchyMom wrote:
| Shadowlands would be my pick. |
|
|
Oh, I just love that movie, too!!!
Hmmmm...for the "I'm hurting/suffering" movie binge time its light stuff for me...anything with Meg Ryan is a winner. All Jane Austen is high up in the queue - Sense and Sensibility is a favorite...so many pithy one liners..."help them???" and who says "propitious" anymore? I do. And, Emma of course. I love Emma! I roll on the floor with My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I tend to go to great classics as well...with Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Day (light, but funny), Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck. Love musicals. I tend to gravitate towards movies that are generally light and cheery with simple plot lines when I'm hurting.
Going through my favorite stash...
** Sense and Sensibility
** Pride and Prejudice
** Emma
** You've Got Mail
** Sleepless in Seattle
** French Kiss
** My Big Fat Greek Wedding
** Sound of Music
** Little Women (Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder)
** Calamity Jane (Doris Day)
** Father Goose (Cary Grant)
** Sabrina (Harrison Ford, but the old one with Audrey Hepburn is good)
** Count of Monte Cristo
** Miss Potter
** The Importance of Being Earnest
If I felt like exploring my own level of faith a bit, I would borrow some of the Leonardo deFillippis Catholic films on the saints from Netflix. They're always so beautiful and well done...but I would probably not get into these if my suffering were still quite raw.
I also tend to enjoy throwing myself into the Food Network and HGTV during these times...and those, "can you survive in the Alaskan wilderness" shows on Discovery channel.
Then lots of supremely light reading that is full of cheeriness on every page - like Victoria magazine, chocolate, Martha Stewart Living, chocolate, Country Living, chocolate.  Notice a trend?
to you, Angie! Wish I could toss my copy of Emma your way along with a yummylicious bar of chocolate!
__________________
Jen Mackintosh
Wife to Rob, mom to dd 19 , ds 16, ds 11, dd 8, and dd 3
Wildflowers and Marbles
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
KackyK
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 22 2007
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1811
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:52pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I like Jodie have done a lot of movie watching during miscarriages. Okay I'm going to appear really all fluff and no substance when I say this...but....what got me, got me in that my mind was totally gone from my everyday situation, were adventure type movies. I did all the Pirates and all the LOTRs. I also did some Will Smith type movies. All about the hero I guess and coming through a fight and winning.
I'm not much of a classics girl, can you tell? Like I said, a bunch of fluff...but for those 2 hours, I was really relaxed!
__________________
KackyK
Mom to 8 - 3 dd, 5ds & 4 babes in heaven
Beginning With the Assumption
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
MarilynW
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 28 2006
Location: N/A
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4275
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:53pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Dear Angie - in times of suffering I do not watch anything sad or depressing - I focus on funny and light and always a happy ending. Most of the ones I watch have been mentioned above - my favorites
- Pride and Prejudice
- Persuasion
- Sense and Sensibility
- Emma
- Sleepless in Seattle
- You've got mail
- Cheaper by the Dozen
I also like many with a British flavor:
- Bride and Prejudice
- Bend it Like Beckham
- Notting Hill
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (lots of inappropriate language)
Also - lots of sports movies are great - the Rookie, Marshall, Miracle, Chariots of Fire etc etc
Looking at the selections above - two I could not watch when sad are Shadowlands and La Vita è bella - cried buckets for both.
Can I come over and watch happy movies with you?!
__________________
Marilyn
Blessed with 6 gifts from God
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SuzanneG
Forum Moderator
Joined: June 17 2006
Location: Idaho
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5465
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 8:55pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
For the most part....Musicals and Romantic Comedies here.
Recent Romantic Comedies: 27 Dresses, Maid of Honor, P.S. I love You...and my FAVORITE: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days!!!!!!
Others:
::Spellbound
::Sound of Music!!!!!
::Anything with Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Steve Carrel, and Kate Hudson....make me laugh.
Steve Carrel: Dan in Real Life, Bruce Almighty (get it just to watch that one scene 20 times!!!!!), Evan Almighty, 40-year-old-Virgin
__________________
Suzanne in ID
Wife to Pete
Mom of 7 (Girls - 14, 12, 11, 9, 7 and Boys - 4, 1)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Mackfam
Board Moderator
Non Nobis
Joined: April 24 2006
Location: Alabama
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 14656
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 9:03pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
SuzanneG wrote:
| my FAVORITE: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days!!!!!! |
|
|
 That is a hilarious movie!!!!! HILARIOUS!!!! Can't believe I missed that one...what's that ridiculous dog's name...Krull or something?? My cheeks are hurting just thinking of it!
__________________
Jen Mackintosh
Wife to Rob, mom to dd 19, ds 16, ds 11, dd 8, and dd 3
Wildflowers and Marbles
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 9:09pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Oh Kacky I like adventure movies too.. Indiana Jones would be great
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Mimip
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 17 2009
Location: Florida
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1526
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 9:15pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
It is threads like these that make me wish that we were closer IRL!
Can you just imagine a great girls night with movies and popcorn?
I'm a classical Musicals girl here. My favorite is Bye Bye Birdie and 7 Brides for 7 brothers is a close second.
Oh and The Quiet Man, not a musical but sure does make me laugh, in the cry cause you can't stop laughing, snorting 'til it hurts sort of way!
Angie, lots of love and prayers heading your way and I think that you have some great ideas for some movies to let you space out for a while
__________________
In Christ,
Mimi
Wife of 16 years to Tom, Mom of DD'00, DD'02, '04(in heaven) DS'05, DS'08 and DS '12
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SuzanneG
Forum Moderator
Joined: June 17 2006
Location: Idaho
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5465
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 9:17pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Mackfam wrote:
| what's that ridiculous dog's name...Krull or something?? My cheeks are hurting just thinking of it! |
|
|
What about when she photoshops their heads in their "future family scrapbook"?? With the future children!!!!@###$$%%^%^^&&^....
__________________
Suzanne in ID
Wife to Pete
Mom of 7 (Girls - 14, 12, 11, 9, 7 and Boys - 4, 1)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Mackfam
Board Moderator
Non Nobis
Joined: April 24 2006
Location: Alabama
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 14656
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 9:35pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
SuzanneG wrote:
Mackfam wrote:
| what's that ridiculous dog's name...Krull or something?? My cheeks are hurting just thinking of it! |
|
|
What about when she photoshops their heads in their "future family scrapbook"?? With the future children!!!!@###$$%%^%^^&&^.... |
|
|
YES!!!! THAT'S RIGHT!!!! My cheeks hurt!
And now...I'm serial posting...I can't stay away from this thread...
mimip wrote:
| Oh and The Quiet Man, not a musical but sure does make me laugh |
|
|
I love The Quiet Man!!! Maureen O'Hara is just one of my all time favs!!! Nobody shoots mad eyes like Maureen!!!!! "What manner of man is it that I have married?" and my fav "I have a fearful temper. You might as well know about it now instead of findin' out about it later."
__________________
Jen Mackintosh
Wife to Rob, mom to dd 19, ds 16, ds 11, dd 8, and dd 3
Wildflowers and Marbles
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Taffy
Forum All-Star
Joined: April 05 2005
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1567
|
| Posted: Sept 08 2009 at 9:40pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
All the movie suggestions are great! Might I add "The Black Stallion"? Old childhood favourite.
And, "A Christmas Story" always brings a smile to my face.
Also, I don't know if this is your cup of tea or not, but I'd tune in to old episodes of "Whose Line is it Anyway?", both the U.S. and U.K. versions. I found them hysterical and great for taking my mind off of things for a bit.
Of course, you may not share my sense of humour...
Praying for you and your family, Angie. It sounds like you're going through a very rough time. Praying for good news soon.
__________________
Susan
Mom to 5 on earth and 1 in heaven
Susan's Soliloquy
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
|
|
Forum Locked) 
4Real Forums : Tea and Conversation
Topic: Movies to Watch While Suffering
