[BonBon]

LGO,
You read my mind.  I hadn't watched Gene Simmons et al in a long time but recently saw it and was amazed.  I too think that his is not so much an MLC but rather a personality trait but gee, how telling was it that all those behaviors are ones so many of us have seen.  What rankled me was his sitting there not saying a word as his family told him how they felt.  Maybe you could call it good listening skills but it's one of the things I have always found frustrating about my own H.  Drives me nuts.

[limitless]

Crazy, Stupid Love.
Actually a pretty entertaining movie.
There are a few surprises in the film - one, towards the end, that I really didn't expect.  I like it when a film surprises me.
The wife - who asks for a divorce and admits an affair in the first few minutes of the film - even contemplates whether or not she is having a Mid Life Crisis.  She asks if women even have them (Rebel, Ready, Hobo???).
The couples' babysitter (who has a secret crush on the father) mutters to herself (twice) that the wife is Bat Sh*t Crazy.  I have to admit that I laughed out loud in the theatre every time she said that!

It's a comedy.....so the accuracy isn't quite there, of course.  During the first year of this cr*p, I'll have to admit I didn't laugh too much.  Although, when I re-read my H's latest "letter' to me - I do find myself laughing - as it is so bizzarre - and really ridiculous - in so many ways.  It is crazy how they think!

Limitless

[Mamma Bear]

  L What about Kramer vs Kramer? Meryl Streep seemed a little Fog Filled didn't she?

[limitless]

Kramer vs. Kramer?  Absolutely!

The film really followed Dustin Hoffman's character and the changes he made through the crisis.

Some of the things Meryl Streep spoke about, when she was on the Witness Stand during the custody hearing was pretty consistent with the idea that her character had an MLC.

In the end - both characters became "more than what they were" - though reconciliation wasn't in the cards.

Really good movie.

L

[Rebel Yell]

I've been watching "family jewels" too and the trips to Israel (his father in the cemetery) and to Amsterdam (the Anne Frank house) had me very emotional. When the show was over I couldn't believe I was watching the same Gene Simmons
show. Even the last episode I watched where he proposes to Shannon was pretty incredible for
the type of show I was used to seeing. It's not MLC but it's been interesting.

[unbroken]

Yes. I saw crazy stupid love. Didn't expect to like it, but it was good.  Made me cry, of course.
One of the messages was that you don't give up on your soulmate.  Not that I love that term.
Doesn't really go into MLC but the wife does seem conflicted.

[Musica]

I read 'Eat Pray Love' didn't see the film. I think the main character is a spoilt brat!! She is so self-indulgent, and takes herself off around the world to 'find herself' how could she afford to do that?  Something she should have done before she got married I think ... made me think that the young generation today have a better chance, so many of them now take time to discover the world, to travel, to 'find themselves' before they settle down. Does this mean that the next generation won't suffer as much MLC? Or that they won't get married in the first place?

I read somewhere that young women are now less in favour of marriage, but I don't believe everything I read!

[limitless]

I saw Eat, Pray, Love the two days before my H left.  It was a few months after BD.

I hated the film.

Very self indulgent...spoiled.....actually ridiculous.

Of course they made her husband out to be a real odd ball.  Then she immediately gets with some OM (younger) - leaves him to "find herself."

I think under even different circumstances (my H not having MLC) - I would have felt the same.

I remember years ago, when Bridges of Madison County came out....I saw it with a neighbor - who coincidentally was having a PA with someone she eventually left her husband for.  She loved it.  Felt it was so romantic!

I just thought how terrible it was for the Mother to have a fling with someone while her family was away....and have that person be her true love!  The character I felt sorry for was her husband.  At his deathbed, he acknowledged that he didn't believe he had ever made her truly happy - but confessed that he had loved her so very much......he couldn't let her go.  Poor guy! 

Romantic - dumb - hollywood movies that romaticize affairs. 

Limitless

[CrazyStuff]

I was given the book 'Eat, Pray, Love' two years ago and hated it.   I returned it to my colleague and told her I thought the main character was selfish.  My comment sparked a bit of a debate and I was the only one who hated it.

The film I liked, and have watched a number of times, is 'Under the Tuscan Sun' with Diane Lane, which is all about a newly divorced and still grieving divorcee.           Wonderful scenery, great food, lots of challenges and opportunities, plus new friends who are all part of her learning to find joy in life again.   Most of us don't get to up and move away, yet I find this film always makes me believe that good things can be found even in the most difficult of circumstances.   


CrazyStuff

[Ibelieve]

I just watched "It's complicated" again... It's been a while. It's so funny though. I even yelled out "MIDLIFE CRISIS" Still one
of my fav's though. All great actors in the movie. For those of you with kids, It's also a must see again, if you have not seen it
since your BD. I loved the movie the first time I saw it, but this time I saw it in a whole new way... MLC!!!

Same with all the movies you all have mentioned... When I saw them before BD, I would actually think how lucky I was
that I had a great marriage, and that has not happened to me. Now, when I watch them again, I see them in a different light.
And it's not a good light... More like a sad or mad light.  Though, some of the movies are still great! And I really do like
watching them, to get some in site on how others handle it, even though it is not real, for them anyway.