[In this for ME]

Faith-
Exactly that's why I hated Eat pray Love. Selfish Bi*th. Her husband was destroyed!! They didn't give that all the impact it needed to have.

Then she has that one brief relationship with the young guy in Europe. That didn't even count for anything.

THEN the dumb bit*h goes to Bali or wherever and meets that poor guy who's had years to get over his relationship issues and here she is what a year or less into it? And he wants to take a chance with her??  She was FAR from finished with her journey- HE was going to be the rebound. You could just see it with the panic she was having on the beach!

[trusting]

Eat, Pray, Love was a book first, and I believe it was autobiographical about the author.  I read the book awhile back but haven't watched the movie yet.  Maybe I don't want to.

When I watched the Shrek movie it hit me right between the eyes that even Shrek was having an MLC!  I didn't like the movie for that reason.  Interestingly, H didn't like the movie either. At least Shrek has a happy ending since he ends up realizing he didn't want to lose his family.

[xyzcf]

I loved the book, prior to MLC and hated the movie post MLC

[trusting]

I saw a bit of the movie last night flipping channels and have it set up to record later this week, but the part I saw was Julia Roberts throwing a tantrum about her life and then driving away from her H and maybe I don't want to see it.  Maybe I am just a glutton for punishment.

[Mermaid]

I thought we had an old thread about this, but I couldn't find it, so here's a new one.

Have you seen any films about  MLC?

Today I went to see "The Beaver" (Mel Gibson/ Jodie Foster), with H. Mel Gibson's character, Walter, has a break down; first he is depressed, then his wife kicks him out. Next, just as he gets really suicidal, he finds a beaver hand puppet who becomes his alter ego (like an analogy to replay). This beaver is able to do all the things that the old Walter could not, and speaks for him, saying "sometimes you have to make a radical break with the past". After a while, his wife can't take it and leaves him, and I'm not going to tell you the rest in case you want to see it. 

H's reaction was funny; he recognised himself in the Mel Gibson character, and understood totally why he had to make a radical break with his past, but not why it didn't work in the end. It sort of showed where H is on his journey!

Good film, I recommend it.

[truth_seeker]

Don't know if the upcoming movie "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is specific to MLC but the trailer certainly looks that way.  Funny thing is I saw the trailer today at the movies with my H & kids and kept wondering if any of the message resonated with him.  It was uncomfortable as I wanted to say "see? doesn't the guy look like an idiot and then realizing he'll letting go of the best thing he ever had in his life!"

Definitely want to see the movie when it comes out. 

[exiled]

"American Beauty" and "Eat, Pray, and Lover" are two movies I can think of off the top of my head.

[BonBon]

Re: Eat, Pray, Love...

Ever notice that when Hollywood DOES address an MLC, they glorify it?
And speaking of Miss Roberts' movies, believe me, I didn't find "Runaway Bride" very funny either since I was essentially stood up at the alter many moons ago (not MLC-H...a fiance prior to H).

I hate that.  Wah.

I DO though think that Men of A Certain Age is certainly showing the downside of the MLCer or Peter Pan type.

[Moving Forward]

'Lost in Translation' with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannsen - one of my all time faves. Directed by Sophia Copella so the camera work is stunning.

A Single Man with Colin Firth is another goodie - it's about a gay guy in the 1950's but is about life and regrets and Julianne Moore plays a wild thing who is growing old....another one worth a look.

[Mermaid]

Here's an interesting impressionistic film about acceptance and reconciliation. Not about MLC per se, although SEan Penn's character is coming to terms with the meaning of his life and faith.


It's "The Tree of Life"

Worth watching.