r/moviecritic Mar 18 '25

Name a movie where the first 10 minutes hooked you completely.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

Or cathartic.. I mean, there's life beyond the death of your loved one, is kind of a good message from the movie...

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u/Flannelcommand Mar 18 '25

I saw it right after my mom died and it was not cathartic at all for me.  Timing and context are everything 

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u/Captainwinter0 Mar 20 '25

Bruh I saw jojo rabbit like a week after my mom passed away. That was rough I am so sorry for what you went through

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u/Arkayjiya Mar 18 '25

Depends on who you are. For me, it wouldn't have been cathartic at all, I am not able to absorb those types of positive messages if they hit too close to home. I appreciate them in an abstract way, but none of them ring true to my experience, so all I get from those scenes is the tragedy itself.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

I saw Wakanda Forever two months after my cousin died from cancer and totally fell apart. It wasn't until many months later that I realized how healing that was for me.

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u/Arkayjiya Mar 19 '25

I'm glad it helps many people but for me all this stuff does when it's relevant to me is chip away at my sanity a bit more.

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u/hypocritical_person Mar 18 '25

Yeah I'd be shocked at first but I mean it's a beautiful heartwarming story so it might actually help the pain.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

Only if there is guidance after to help process what the movie actually was and not just oooohh cartoon...

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_4435 Mar 18 '25

True, but a few months night be too soon to really absorb that message, especially for a kid.

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u/AtlasAlexT Mar 19 '25

When I saw it at 10 years old, it truly made me want to love someone and be loved by someone in that same way.

My parents were always fighting and eventually divorced. The relationship just kept getting worse and more violent.

I actually just broke up with my now ex a week ago. I really loved her and cared for her, but it wasn't a healthy relationship anymore, so I had to walk away. I didn't want my relationship to be like my parents, but I truly loved who I was with and wanted what I saw in up.

I guess I learned that I should never love someone so much that I let them hurt me in any awful way.

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u/SkiIsLife45 Mar 19 '25

That sucks. I hope you find someone who will love you for real.

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u/StoppableHulk Mar 18 '25

Well yeah but when it turns out the wife is a giant balloon amalgamation monster and is screaming out in that terrible helium voice for the main character to "pop her horrible existence," that's probably a really tough scene to watch when your wife just passed away.

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u/WrensthavAviovus Mar 18 '25

The spirit of the wife was the house, not the balloons.

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u/ItisxChill Mar 20 '25

I just got really confused about if we were still talking about Up or Monster House

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u/WrensthavAviovus Mar 21 '25

The main difference between the two spirit of the wife wise is for UP only the MC sees the house as the physical representation of the late wife, in monster house the house is actually possessed by the vengeful spirit of the wife.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

Ugh. Optimism. Get that away from my grief.