Guest guest Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 same here..I lived it once, and I watch movies and TV for entertainment...and watching my childhood is NOT entertainment for me.. Jackie Anyone see this movie? I got REALLY twitchy, I actually had to look away during some of the mother daughter confrontations. That mother, wow. I don't want to go back there again. I've bee purposefully avoiding some of the movies posted here, showing mothers with BPD. Cause I don't think I could handle it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Yeah, I had a hard time watching MoNique's abuse in " Precious " - it did remind me of Nada on her worst rampages, and made me squirm in my seat. Also troubling - the most recent episode of " Royal Pains " where the con man father (played by Henry Winkler, the Fonz), is manipulating his sons, Hank and Evan. I enjoy that show, but found it hard to even stay in the room while the father, " Eddie R., " was playing Evan like a cheap violin - and Hank was trying his best to convince Evan that they needed to kick Eddie out, but finally caved in because Eddie had no place to stay and had been sleeping in his car. It was the Waif Triumphant, with Evan as a flying monkey, and Hank standing there with knots in his stomach. Very familiar. On another tack - " The Young " has been on pay-per-view recently, so I finally got to see it. I don't know that BPD figures into the royal family, but was very controlled by her mother (the widowed Duchess of Kent) and her apparent boyfriend, the " household controller, " Sir - who used rage and physical abuse toward when she was a child. Here's the great thing about this movie - as reached age 18 and became the Queen, she finally had the power to throw off the control of her mother and Sir , and baby, she DID it. Although she let her mom (and Sir ) stay in the palace, she insisted on separate apartments. Her mother kept using the " but she's my daughter! I have a RIGHT to live with her/supervise her/get into the room while she's talking with the prime minister! " - but used the palace guards to keep the Duchess at bay. At one point, after Sir attacks her, tells her mother, " If you think I will ever forget that you stood by [and let him do this], you are dreaming. " Although she was up to her neck in political intrigue, and she was only a teenager, the young Queen managed to retain her power and do what she thought was right for her country. The budding romance with Albert is a big part of this movie, but what I LOVED was watching navigate all those political shoals and wind up keeping her power and integrity intact - and keep her mom and Sir as far away as possible, with NO power in 's life. Ol' R. was one kick-ass KO. > > same here..I lived it once, and I watch movies and TV for > entertainment...and watching my childhood is NOT entertainment for me.. > > Jackie > > > > > Anyone see this movie? > > I got REALLY twitchy, I actually had to look away during some of the mother > daughter confrontations. That mother, wow. I don't want to go back there > again. > > I've bee purposefully avoiding some of the movies posted here, showing > mothers with BPD. Cause I don't think I could handle it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'm a huge fan of the royal family and have been avoiding that movie in particular. When my husband and I were in London recently, we were watching a local BBC channel talk about the abuse that suffered at her mothers hands. I love how, when she was crowned, she ordered her mother out of her room. She, until that point was given no privacy whatsoever. Pretty bad when you have to be the queen of england to get the upper hand over your mother! LOL! > > > > same here..I lived it once, and I watch movies and TV for > > entertainment...and watching my childhood is NOT entertainment for me.. > > > > Jackie > > > > > > > > > > Anyone see this movie? > > > > I got REALLY twitchy, I actually had to look away during some of the mother > > daughter confrontations. That mother, wow. I don't want to go back there > > again. > > > > I've bee purposefully avoiding some of the movies posted here, showing > > mothers with BPD. Cause I don't think I could handle it. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 We saw the Movie " Blind Side " about a young man with a neglectful mother. And the family that stepped in to help and protect him, encourage him to do well. Although that was sad at times, overall the movie had a lot of positive things going on. We thought " Precious " would be the same theme but about a young woman. And it got such rave reviews. So we rented it. Yuck, yuck and super yuck! We didn't even finish watching it. I'm sure it had a happy ending but it was too disgusting and cruel and vulgar to take. I know stuff like that goes on in the real world but I don't want to fill my mind with those images and call it entertainment. My own childhood was filled with anger and weirdness. I'm not interested in seeing more of the same and worse. > > Anyone see this movie? > > I got REALLY twitchy, I actually had to look away during some of the mother daughter confrontations. That mother, wow. I don't want to go back there again. > > I've bee purposefully avoiding some of the movies posted here, showing mothers with BPD. Cause I don't think I could handle it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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