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3rd Trimester
faithfaery
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What a bad choice in movies for a pregnant woman!
faithfaery
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DH and I went through our movies and finally organized them. His had been in a book, so we put them in their cases and alphabetized everything (yeah we're those people).
Anyways, I wanted to find a movie I hadn't seen yet, and preferably one I had been wanting to watch. I picked out The Butterfly Effect. Such a bad plan!! I watched the director's cut, not the theatrical version. (And now I'm going to give a spoiler warning. Yeah, I'm about to ruin the ending of the director's cut for anyone who hasn't seen it) Basically, Evan watches the home movie of his mom in labor, and goes back to being inside the womb. Then, with the images of the little fetus moving around, he takes his umbilical cord and wraps it around his neck - so that he can fix the future by never being born. His mom watches the ultrasound as the doctor says that the baby is choking himself. For those of you who haven't seen it/don't remember - Evan's mom tells him earlier in the movie that he was her miracle baby, as she'd had three stillbirths before he was born.
I sobbed. Hysterically. For about ten minutes. The movie continues with clips of how all of Evan's friend's lives are made pretty much perfect, but all I could think about was his mother - who had to endure the pain of losing another child, right on the brink of meeting him. I'm still all emotional about it, and feel like I could cry again.
I think next time I'm going to search a movie for reviews/plot lines before watching it. My hormones and I can't handle another ending like that!!
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Re: What a bad choice in movies for a pregnant woman!
I realize you're upset by this but it sounds....pretty silly. I'm trying to imagine it looking life like and I can't.
That movie was pretty dark though. It bothered me for a few days after I saw it.
I realize after re-reading what I wrote I get that it might sound off, Hyfa. They don't show the baby wrapping the cord, just shots of the baby moving in utero, and then the doctors saying what's happening. Should have written that better!
And you are welcome, ladies. I know we're all hormonal, and sometimes a heads up on something that could set you off is a huge plus! I remember re-watching Bolt with DH at the beginning of my pregnancy. I'd never cried before while watching it, but I certainly cried at the ending that time! Then again, I'm a huge sap, so I think I'm a little pre-disposed to the waterworks...
I can't watch any scary or sad TV/movies right now, they just turn me off and give me wierd dreams. I used to love scary movies during Halloween, being pregnant for some reason I couldn't bring myself to watch any of them, think they scared me too much thinking about protecting my LO.