The Movie Thread

[deathstorm]

Brie. Have you seen. Sleepless in seattle

[Iceni]

It was a great story and I appreciated the fact that it didn't pan out like most lesbian love stories (the "confused" woman goes back to her man' date=' lives happily ever after) which I found refreshing.[/quote'] Hm. That is interesting.

[Ghouly]

Brie. Have you seen. Sleepless in seattle

Who can forget that orgasm scene? Yes, I have, but not for a very very long time.

[Ghouly]

Is it on Netflix? My wife digs those lesbian romance movies, but she might not like the subtitles. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

If your wife likes lesbian films, have her check out an amazing swedish film called Kyss Mig (Kiss Me). It's also on netflix, also subtitled, but a regular film length. It's a beautiful film, and just so romantic and also heartwrenching. I LOVED the ending. It doesn't end how you'd expect. The sex scenes are forgettable but it's more about the story.

[BlutAusNerd]

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You don't need subtitles for the important part.

For me, yes, though I don't mind subtitles. I think for my wife it's more about the story though, as she also really liked Brokeback Mountain despite not finding the sex appealing, which is pretty much my stance on that movie as well. We have some weird memories involving that movie as well. We were living in a condo complex at the time, and not long into the movie, we started hearing some screaming downstairs, followed by some crashed. About another half hour later, we started hearing frantic knocking and screaming at our door. I went to the door to find out downstairs neighbor, a middle aged Mexican woman whose head was covered in blood, shouting for help. She said that her husband (who it turns out is an attorney specializing in domestic abuse cases), had beaten her and detained her in their condo, but had just left. We called the cops and waited with her for 45 minutes (!) for them to arrive, and then finished that very sad movie with that fresh in our minds. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[BlutAusNerd]

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If your wife likes lesbian films' date=' have her check out an amazing swedish film called Kyss Mig (Kiss Me). It's also on netflix, also subtitled, but a regular film length. It's a beautiful film, and just so romantic and also heartwrenching. I LOVED the ending. It doesn't end how you'd expect. The sex scenes are forgettable but it's more about the story.[/quote'] Thanks for the info, I'll see how she does with that one. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[FatherAlabaster]

For me, yes, though I don't mind subtitles. I think for my wife it's more about the story though, as she also really liked Brokeback Mountain despite not finding the sex appealing, which is pretty much my stance on that movie as well. We have some weird memories involving that movie as well. We were living in a condo complex at the time, and not long into the movie, we started hearing some screaming downstairs, followed by some crashed. About another half hour later, we started hearing frantic knocking and screaming at our door. I went to the door to find out downstairs neighbor, a middle aged Mexican woman whose head was covered in blood, shouting for help. She said that her husband (who it turns out is an attorney specializing in domestic abuse cases), had beaten her and detained her in their condo, but had just left. We called the cops and waited with her for 45 minutes (!) for them to arrive, and then finished that very sad movie with that fresh in our minds. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Holy shit. That's quite an experience. Did she come out alright?

[BlutAusNerd]

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Holy shit. That's quite an experience. Did she come out alright?

I only saw her once after that, when her sons were moving her out of the condo a few days later. An investigator, who happened to know the husband quite well from having worked with him before, came by to question us, and it was really awkward the way he would look at us when we told him what happened. I don't know if his status inside the system let him skate by, but I never heard any more about it. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[deathstorm]

Guys beating women are not cool. Bunch of cowards

[Iceni]

Guys beating women are not cool. Bunch of cowards

Funny you should say that, in New Mexico we get a lot of domestic dispute cases. As a matter of fact, in the NM cases, the wives are frequently the aggressors and there are a lot of stabbings; the men don't defend themselves because they don't think they'll get a fair hearing if they do.

[H34VYM3T4LD4V3]

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Guys beating women are not cool. Bunch of cowards

Couldn't agree more John. Hope the woman is ok Ban that sounded really bad

[Ghouly]

Re: The Movie Thread I witnessed part of a really scary domestic violence case where the gay male couple in the apartment next door (across the hall so I saw a lot out my peep hole) was fighting so bad there was furniture being thrown down the hall, screaming, banging, beating each other up and eventually one guy stabbed the other with a long kitchen knife (happened inside so i didn't see it, but the front door was open, and I saw the paramedics wheel the guy out in a gurney, knife sticking out of his chest, with a towel wrapped around it. The police came by and questioned us in the hall, there was blood smeared all over the walls and floor, and broken furniture and belongings down the hall. It was really freaky o.o and I never saw either of them again after that night.

[Mz Hyde]

Domestic abuse makes me sick. I was on the receiving end during a 2 year relationship. People who abuse are cowards and have no control over their own lives. They have no spine and are vile animals not worthy of the air they breathe. I think penalties for abusers should be much more severe than they are. This thread has really gone off on a tangent... Sent from my LG-E971 using Tapatalk

[BlutAusNerd]

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...the gay male couple in the apartment next door (across the hall so I saw a lot out my peep hole)...

This looked really silly out of context, but I'm not trying to take away from the weight of your story. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Frostaudn]

Sadly, I do also know someone who is horrible abused for several years, even by more than one person, sometimes everyday. But I think it's better to keep it for myself. @Mz Hyde: I'm sorry to hear that. Hope that you're feeling much better right now. People who abuse should be punished with death imo.

[Frostaudn]

And to get this thread back on topic: I saw last sunday The Awakening. First part seems a usual ghost story, but the plottwist towards the end is just beautiful. I recommend this one for those who like The Others and El Orfanato. Speaking of the last one: it's one of my favorite movies ever.

[H34VYM3T4LD4V3]

Re: The Movie Thread Sorry to hear these sad stories Ghouls and Hyde But yes as Yobo said back on topic I watched Hellboy today, It was pretty cool.

[Iceni]

People who abuse should be punished with death imo.

Would you care to elaborate?

[Frostaudn]

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Would you care to elaborate?

Well, what's the reason for someone to abuse your son/daughter, friend/girlfriend, etc.? There is in my opinion never a good reason to do such a thing. But it happens, more often than we think. And in most cases the victims are scarred for their lifes, just because someone is completely wrong in his mind. Why should those people still life? And when they come away with it or after they've had their punishment, there's a possibility they can do it again. There is in my eyes no good reason for those cruel people to life, they are totally fucking up someone elses life. And they should pay for that imo.

[Iceni]

Well' date=' what's the reason for someone to abuse your son/daughter, friend/girlfriend, etc.? There is in my opinion never a good reason to do such a thing. But it happens, more often than we think. And in most cases the victims are scarred for their lifes, just because someone is completely wrong in his mind. Why should those people still life? And when they come away with it or after they've had their punishment, there's a possibility they can do it again. There is in my eyes no good reason for those cruel people to life, they are totally fucking up someone elses life. And they should pay for that imo.[/quote'] OK, that's good logic but I do think it falls a little bit short. Abuse can take a number of forms. Where do you plan on drawing the line? Would capital punishment be applied to specific varieties of purely physical abuse, or would it go so far as to legislate lethal injections for online bullying as a form of verbal abuse? To what extent is intent/premeditation involved? It's the broad spectrum that causes problems for me.

[Frostaudn]

Hmm, I understand. I wasn't clear enough on that subject, I was talking from the experience I had with strong physical abuse. But I agree with you, it's hard to draw a line. For example, some kids are online bullying someone else. Since they are kids, they maybe see it just as "fun". However, if the bullied is mental weak, it's possible that he commits suicide, because it never stops or for whatever reason. In that case, it's something entirely different and I think it wouldn't be fair to sentence them to death. They should be punished, for sure, but not with a price that high. But as I said: I was just talking from my experience, which was strong physical abuse, and in that case, I still think sentenced to death is the only fair option.

[Iceni]

But as I said: I was just talking from my experience' date=' which was strong physical abuse, and in that case, I still think sentenced to death is the only fair option.[/quote'] Fair enough, I can still follow you. What is the difference between strong physical abuse and torture?

[Frostaudn]

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Fair enough' date=' I can still follow you. What is the difference between strong physical abuse and torture?[/quote'] When I think about torture, I think of someone chained in a room or something like that and every day someone comes beat you up, cut you, put your head in a barrel of water, etc. But it's the perspective where you place it in: maybe the "real" definition of torture is what I just described, but if someone is strong physical abused, it's also a torture for them.

[deathstorm]

Has anyone see winter soldier yet

[Iceni]

When I think about torture' date=' I think of someone chained in a room or something like that and every day someone comes beat you up, cut you, put your head in a barrel of water, etc. But it's the perspective where you place it in: maybe the "real" definition of torture is what I just described, but if someone is strong physical abused, it's also a torture for them.[/quote'] The thing is, the fundamental idea of having 'ruined somebody's life' is tough as a legal concept because so many things can change that might help or hinder the victim. I understand why you'd prefer the death penalty to life imprisonment, that I understand, but I wonder whether the punishment would really fit the crime. I think that in most cases, although this is not the intent, prison will probably lead to the guy getting beat up. The nastiness of a penitentiary has a way of obliquely punishing people in extralegal ways.