Flowers in the Attic?

JackoftheBox

Have you seen or read this? I have read it and seen both movies. Anyone care to discuss?

JackoftheBox

I did too! LMAO. Did you like it as much as the original? I didn't I thought it could have been a lot better.

tifdaski84

Read the book and the whole series multiple times.  I haven't seen the movie and thought I'd seen an ad for a new version and thought I taped it but the one on my PVR says 1987.  Is there a new one and I missed it?  Either way, I'll still watch the old when I get time.

I haven't read it for years now and I think it might be tougher to get through now that I have a kid.  What's done to them is horrible but it wasn't really "real" to me when I was a teenager, ya know?  I know it's just a story and would likely never happen but it's still sad.

JackoftheBox

M&MHaveMyHeart said:

JackoftheBox said:

I did too! LMAO. Did you like it as much as the original? I didn't I thought it could have been a lot better.

I haven't seen the original but now I want to.

It came out in 1987. 

I think the grandmother wasn't as messed up as the mother. And I really do think that the mother poisoned the children not the grandmother.

tifdaski84

M&MHaveMyHeart said:

JackoftheBox said:

I did too! LMAO. Did you like it as much as the original? I didn't I thought it could have been a lot better.

I haven't seen the original but now I want to.

Oh man!  I did miss the new one  I hope they show it again.

JackoftheBox

Possum2011 said:

M&MHaveMyHeart said:

JackoftheBox said:

I did too! LMAO. Did you like it as much as the original? I didn't I thought it could have been a lot better.

I haven't seen the original but now I want to.

Oh man!  I did miss the new one  I hope they show it again.

I'm sure they will! 

JackoftheBox

M&MHaveMyHeart said:

I also think the grandmother had a soft spot for the kids. When she gave them the donuts & said, "I wouldn't eat that if I were you, bad for your health." Little bit of a warning there but apparently she didn't care enough to not give it to them to begin with.

What a messed up story though.

She also continued to feed and house them even after the mother left for good. And she did tell the mother that Cory needed to go the hospital. 

JackoftheBox

M&MHaveMyHeart said:

One thing I didn't get is why the oldest two took so long to leave. I would've been out of there after a week, especially being a teenager. Teenagers are more rebellious. It's interesting how conforming they were & really trusted their mom.

I think he actually thought that she would keep true to her word. I don't feel like the daughter felt this way. AT ALL.

tifdaski84

I think it's a stretch to say the grandmother had a soft spot for them considering she's the one that wanted them locked up in the attic to begin with.  Though, if you read the book in the series that's about her as a child/young woman and the one where her kids are young, you can see why she is the way she is.  Regardless, she and the mother are both monsters in the story.  And they just blame it on the grandfather which is even worse.

This is all based on the book though - I haven't see either movie.

JackoftheBox

Possum2011 said:

I think it's a stretch to say the grandmother had a soft spot for them considering she's the one that wanted them locked up in the attic to begin with.  Though, if you read the book in the series that's about her as a child/young woman and the one where her kids are young, you can see why she is the way she is.  Regardless, she and the mother are both monsters in the story.  And they just blame it on the grandfather which is even worse.

This is all based on the book though - I haven't see either movie.

Now I want to read the whole series!! 

tifdaski84

JackoftheBox said:

Possum2011 said:

I think it's a stretch to say the grandmother had a soft spot for them considering she's the one that wanted them locked up in the attic to begin with.  Though, if you read the book in the series that's about her as a child/young woman and the one where her kids are young, you can see why she is the way she is.  Regardless, she and the mother are both monsters in the story.  And they just blame it on the grandfather which is even worse.

This is all based on the book though - I haven't see either movie.

Now I want to read the whole series!! 

You should!  Some of the books really make you think "well, no wonder she's so eff'd up!"

kristennd

I read the books in 6th-7th grade. Like most. Haven't seen either movie.

Chapter79

*adds to list*  nope, I actually haven't read this.

kristennd

Coincidentally, I just came across this very long article on the actual V.C. Andrews (strange life, appropriately) and her ghostwriter : https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/the-ghost-of-vc-andrews-the-life-death-and-afterlife-of-the

And currently in the works : "Christopher’s Diary, which would tell Chris’ point of view of Flowers in the Attic in a diary found by a present-day girl in the ashes of Foxworth Hall, where the Dollanganger kids were held captive."

EMarieMe

I can't do it as an adult. I just......yeah, can't. There's some great talent in there though. Now I'm wavering. I have to go from this thread now.