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Movies for the depressed
#13879734 - 01/30/11 11:25 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Say your really fucking depressed, maybe even suicidally depressed. On the other hand, you promised someone that you wouldn't snuff yourself.
Let's say, further, that you're bored. And even if you weren't kinda bummed out before, you would almost put one in your own head just to end the boredom, and you want to watch something.
What would you watch? We are looking for something in the ballpark of funny to inspirational. More than one suggestion if you have them. We'll say in this entirely made up scenario that you have about 13 hours to kill until your emergency psych appointment.
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Read the Celestine Prophecy. Forget movies.
You can finish it in that time frame easily and it's really uplifting and interesting.
I'm not a new-ager or crazy wook, just trust me.
http://dl.btjunkie.org/torrent/The-Celestine-Prophecy-pdf/2908a6cd442ad539117cdc01ae6baa029113bdba79f5/download.torrent
There's a movie version, but I doubt it's anywhere near as good as the book
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The Royal Tenenbaums is good too
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Hm. Sometimes I have a hard time getting into cartoons/pixar stuff. Mayabe I'll give that a shot, though.
I do like to read, but that's really not what I'm looking for. I want something for tonight. Plus, sometimes when you're bummed you just want to zone out for a while. I may check the book later, though. Know someone who has it.
Tenenbaums would have been a +10 score... if I hadn't already seen it.
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I know what you mean by not be able to get into cartoons n what not but this movie is one of the best films Pixar has produced. When I finished it I had the biggest grin on my face and I just wanted to hug life itself.
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Yeah. I think it's the style of humor. It's not that I haven't tried... I've watched a bunch. I remember watching one recent one (last couple years) with a few people, and every time the others laughed... I failed to see how it was anything but stupid. Everyone else there were cartoon fans.
Some exceptions, though. I remember liking Shrek, I believe, though I saw that ages ago. Downloading that one, but still a little skeptical.
I looked at some lists I found through google, but... meh.
Oh... cerebral film suggestions would be good too. Something that really makes you think. So long as its not depressing at all.
But mainly comedy, feel good, inspirational. Royal Tenanbaums was a good suggestion. Anyone think of a movie like that?
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The Fountain is pretty awesome for a depressed mind.
I see you say you want "not depressing" movies.. well, The Fountain could be interpreted as depressing in a light, but it is also highly liberating for many. Even if you find it depressing, it will most likely be a cathartic experience that cleanses the emotional backlog and helps you move past the depression through confrontation of what you're feeling rather than trying to avoid it.
Personally, when I am depressed, I prefer "borderline" movies that lead to a sense of hope. Movies that are too positive can be downright offensive to a depressed mind, because they seem so unrealistically poised at the beginning and can therefore be difficult to settle into.
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i'd recommend Stranger Than Fiction
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JacquesCousteau said: The Fountain is pretty awesome for a depressed mind.
First time I watched that, I was in a great mood to start, and almost suicidally depressed by the end.
Comfort-fail.
lol I think I get what you mean by the borderline movies. But I would never watch a movie like that if I were depressed.
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The Big Chill!
*puts on wool sweater*
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Quote:
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JacquesCousteau said: The Fountain is pretty awesome for a depressed mind.
First time I watched that, I was in a great mood to start, and almost suicidally depressed by the end.
Comfort-fail.
lol I think I get what you mean by the borderline movies. But I would never watch a movie like that if I were depressed.
Heh, well, maybe I'm just a masochist, but I like to "turn into the storm"... I have dealt with depression for years and at this point it's a waste of time and energy to be depressed so I prefer to face what I'm feeling and deal with it.
I can understand that if you watched The Fountain from a straight head, it might be unsettling. But it is a stirrer, and the results tend to be different if you start from an unstable state.
I wasn't looking to comfort him, I was looking to give him a cathartic experience that would purify the depression. Comforting isn't what he needs... acceptance is what is needed...
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Quote:
JacquesCousteau said:
Heh, well, maybe I'm just a masochist, but I like to "turn into the storm"... I have dealt with depression for years and at this point it's a waste of time and energy to be depressed so I prefer to face what I'm feeling and deal with it.
I can understand that if you watched The Fountain from a straight head, it might be unsettling. But it is a stirrer, and the results tend to be different if you start from an unstable state.
I wasn't looking to comfort him, I was looking to give him a cathartic experience that would purify the depression. Comforting isn't what he needs... acceptance is what is needed...
Different if you start from an unstable state? That sir, is almost always my starting point.
I do totally get your point. And I think I feel the same way sometimes. Sometimes when I'm in those moods, instead of a comedy or something light-hearted I'll go for something profound, that makes me think... because that is much more like healing, than just covering a wound.
On the other hand, the reason I disagreed with this choice specifically, is the nature of the film.
Impermanence is a concept I struggle with, emotionally sometimes. The idea of this, and death, are sometimes the saddest notions I can conceive.
Even worse, is the idea of impermanence of love, or romantic relationships... the loss of a partner. Those are two of the most depressing ideas my mind can find, and unless I am in just the right mood to start, thinking too much about either could lead me into a self-induced depression.
The fountain took those two ideas, and swirled them around me until I could barely take it anymore. I cried at the end. Felt like I had just had a riveting, deep, and somewhat fulfilling cinematic experience. And then decided that I never wanted to watch it again.
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watch withnail and I if you want to get your head around depressing bullshit.
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Re: Movies for the depressed [Re: akira_akuma]
#13884755 - 01/31/11 09:37 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Movies for the depressed [Re: Belac]
#13885074 - 01/31/11 10:27 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Belac said: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/
Thank me later.
Didn't end up putting this on until late, and fell asleep to it. What I saw was kinda cute, but I'm not sure if it can really grab me. I'm going to give it another shot in a few, now that I'm more conscious.
"The Fountain" I have seen before. I share Cidney Indole's opinion entirely.
Funny BC I actually watched "The Big Chill" when I was depressed once. I forget how I reacted cuz i was stoned and in insomniac-braindead mode.
Amelie... funny how you can always tell the trailer for a foreign film because there is usually no dialogue. lol That looks potentially promising. Not the biggest fan of reading my movies-- it has to be captivating.
Thanks for everything so far. I will probably check out most I haven't seen before. Keep them coming! The more the better! I'll throw in a few I've seen, and maybe this will make a cool thread to archive. Then maybe when some dude in the future tries to google "movies for the depressed," they'll totally score.
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watch withnail and I.HERE
or... the sweet hereafter.HERE
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Re: Movies for the depressed [Re: Troll Bot]
#13886156 - 02/01/11 03:36 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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I liked What the Bleep Do We Know... I remember being in a shit mood when I started that one, and by the end, even my psycho GF seemed happy.
And (the ever-recommended) Waking Life.
But then again, you're on the shroomery, so you might have seen those.
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