For your {depressive} viewing pleasure

Hubby has been on a roll. 

Picking DEE-pressing movies to watch. 

I mean, come on! I need to catch a break. 

I don't think he meant to do killjoy overload, it just happened to be that was how Netflix sent them to us. 

But still, I need some SNL stat! 

Just in case you enjoy sad movies (which occasionally, I do, but 4 in a week is over kill babe) here are 

the ones we viewed and here is what I have to say:

This movie is about a father who is taking care of his two daughters while his wife is deployed to Afghanistan and is killed in battle. The entire hour is how he copes with and figures out how to tell the girls she has died. 

I didn't relate to this movie at all. I would have reacted in a completely different manner and that agitated me. I think John Cusak made this as an "anti-war" cry, but I didn't really get that message, which was good. I would have been mad if it had been blatant and negative.  

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The story of 3 women in Afghanistan. A daughter, a mother, and a grandmother. Mostly the daughter. 

You spend the entire movie thinking the story will take a turn for the better and the little girl will be rescued. 

If you decide to watch this movie, don't be so fooled. It just gets increasingly sadder until her life "theoretically" ends. I think I moped, with a 6 inch hump in my back, all the way to bed. 

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This movie is such a contradiction. It is fabulous, intriguing, "witty", smart, and fun because the dialog is amazing. I admit I was quite enamored by Emma Thompson's numerous monologues. Though, if you are not paying attention you will miss the many clever points made. It's quick and not for the "simple" minded. 

Emma plays a woman who is diagnosed with ovarian cancer and the movie follows her experience through treatment. I can imagine this movie would hit very close to home

 for those who have dealt directly with cancer. 

Warning: This does not have a happy ending. But...it was good. Sad. But good. 

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**After narrowly escaping from a wretched World War II Siberian labor camp, a small band of multinational soldiers desperately undertakes a harrowing journey to traverse Siberia, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas on foot.**

So, I just copied and pasted what the description was on Netflix. Please, I could not have explained this movie in one sentence. It was long, and frustrating because I would have rather rolled over and died than do what they did. But it made for an interesting story I suppose. The saddest part is that the book that inspired this movie was supposed to be a "true" one. It was later discovered that the author, and main character, made it all up and was actually just released from his Siberian prison not too long after he was thrown in. 

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This movie is not particularly depressing

 (which is why I only mentioned watching 4 depressing movies, not 5).

My hubby is an obsessive runner. From being a very competitive collegiate track star to dedicated marathon runner he (obviously) fell in love with this movie. He actually watched it several weeks ago and I went to bed rolling my eyes and saying, "Enjoy your movie". 

He added it to our "cue" again so he could force me to watch it. 

I get that it's supposed to be inspiring, but for some like me, you may walk away from this movie thinking,

 "Boy am I a schmuck. I can't even run one marathon."  

Of course this may just be the pessimistic side effects of the previous 4 movies we watched. 

Dean Karnazes is a likable guy and he is quite impressive. I suppose I admire him for being so driven and inspiring so many people. I still have no desire to ever run a marathon, but maybe I won't complain about going for a run as much as I used to. 

So, there you go. Have I inspired any of you to go have a "sob fest"?

Didn't think so.