Posted by gardenergirl on February 16, 2008, at 11:51:02
In reply to I'm trying to watch Hotel Rowanda..., posted by TexasChic on February 15, 2008, at 19:54:13
That was a really, really hard movie to watch, though it was a great movie. I'm sensitive to difficult topics like that as well. When it gets too rough, I try to focus in on the actors and pay attention to the acting itself versus getting absorbed into the whole. Don Cheadle is a beautiful actor to watch. I love him.
It's funny you mentioned wanting a scary movie to take your mind off of it. I can't deal with those well, either. Or at least I choose not to, because I'm just too easily startled, hate gore, and such. Those images stay with me a long time, and I hate that. So I'd have to try to find a comedy or good, safe drama.
And my husband insists that a "good scifi movie" is a "bad" sci fi movie. :) Whenever I ask him what he's watching during the day on the weekend, it's inevitably "a bad sci fi movie on SciFi." :)
Sensitivity is a gift and a burden. We have to learn how to protect ourselves from the burden part, and it sounds like you're doing that.
gg
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