Not Usually My Kind of Thing, And Yet...
Jan. 3rd, 2019 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ultra_ficSo, lately I've been watching new DVDs that I got for Christmas, a couple of which are really not my usual thing, and yet they were so good.
Anybody seen Breathe or Gifted? I don't usually go for films that are all drama and almost guaranteed to make me cry, especially at this time of year, and yet, I'm so glad that I asked for both of these!
Breathe is the true story of Robin Cavendish who contracted polio in the 1950s and ended up paralysed from the neck down and had to have a ventilator breathe for him for the rest of his life. He wanted to die, not seeing the point in living forever in a hospital in such a state, but his wife wouldn't give up on him and wanted him to live to see their newborn son grow up. It's such an incredible story and both Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy were amazing in it. I was openly bawling by the end, but my goodness, it was a great film and a truly incredible true story. I highly recommend it, though it's not for the feint hearted if you're squeamish about blood, people with breathing difficulties, or can't handle stuff dealing with death and/or suicide.
Then there is Gifted, which I'll admit I mostly got interested in because it starred Chris Evans of Captain America fame. In Gifted, he plays the uncle of an amazingly intelligent six year old girl and the film deals with how you handle a kid that has the kind of brain that can do the most complicated mathematical problems and yet is still, at the end of the day, just a child. There was laughter and tears throughout, but all in all, I loved it and will definitely watch it again. For all the drama, it did at least have a happy ending :)
Actually, another one for this list is Dear Eleanor. Not as much of a tear-jerker and definitely a lot funnier than the other two films I've mentioned, but it had heart. It's about two teenage girls in the early 60s driving cross country so one of them can meet Eleanor Roosevelt and it's quite the adventure. Thoroughly enjoyable, though there are moments of sadness and it does deal with death and grief as well, though most of the film is upbeat.
Now I'm done with the pile of new films, I've actually decided to head back into my boxsets. I realised in December, whilst scouting through all boxsets for festive episodes, that I don't think I've ever watched all of Lois & Clark Season 4 from beginning to end... apart from when it aired maybe? So, yeah, I've now dived into that and found I barely remember any of it at all... and mu goodness, wasn't it weird?! lol
Anybody seen Breathe or Gifted? I don't usually go for films that are all drama and almost guaranteed to make me cry, especially at this time of year, and yet, I'm so glad that I asked for both of these!
Breathe is the true story of Robin Cavendish who contracted polio in the 1950s and ended up paralysed from the neck down and had to have a ventilator breathe for him for the rest of his life. He wanted to die, not seeing the point in living forever in a hospital in such a state, but his wife wouldn't give up on him and wanted him to live to see their newborn son grow up. It's such an incredible story and both Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy were amazing in it. I was openly bawling by the end, but my goodness, it was a great film and a truly incredible true story. I highly recommend it, though it's not for the feint hearted if you're squeamish about blood, people with breathing difficulties, or can't handle stuff dealing with death and/or suicide.
Then there is Gifted, which I'll admit I mostly got interested in because it starred Chris Evans of Captain America fame. In Gifted, he plays the uncle of an amazingly intelligent six year old girl and the film deals with how you handle a kid that has the kind of brain that can do the most complicated mathematical problems and yet is still, at the end of the day, just a child. There was laughter and tears throughout, but all in all, I loved it and will definitely watch it again. For all the drama, it did at least have a happy ending :)
Actually, another one for this list is Dear Eleanor. Not as much of a tear-jerker and definitely a lot funnier than the other two films I've mentioned, but it had heart. It's about two teenage girls in the early 60s driving cross country so one of them can meet Eleanor Roosevelt and it's quite the adventure. Thoroughly enjoyable, though there are moments of sadness and it does deal with death and grief as well, though most of the film is upbeat.
Now I'm done with the pile of new films, I've actually decided to head back into my boxsets. I realised in December, whilst scouting through all boxsets for festive episodes, that I don't think I've ever watched all of Lois & Clark Season 4 from beginning to end... apart from when it aired maybe? So, yeah, I've now dived into that and found I barely remember any of it at all... and mu goodness, wasn't it weird?! lol
