Precious
I saw "Precious" and it was great. First of all, there was the biggest line I've ever waited in for a movie to get in. It was like waiting in line for a roller coaster. Second of all, it had some of the scariest scenes there could ever be in a movie. If you are an abuse survivor I think you should tread carefully with seeing this movie. Walking home after the movie I was having waves of feeling sort of sick from some scenes, so I imagine if you have memories they will be triggered by the movie. Honestly, maybe wait until it's on video, because you probably don't want to be triggered in a crowded movie theater. But then it's also a really funny movie. It is so good at giving you something funny right when you feel you can't hang on anymore with these circumstances. Precious the character is really smart and funny, in this way that creeps up on you through the movie. By the end of that you feel pretty bad for having misjudged her yourself.
By the time it's revealed she has HIV, there is a moment of "Jesus Christ, are you kidding?" But then it isn't outlandish at all. In fact, if she didn't have HIV it would be sort of unrealistic. It's a good movie to show how tough circumstances create more tough circumstances, that really, very few people would be a mother at 12 without having all these attendant risks. Precious just has the bad luck of all of the things she's at high risk for happening.
It was also nice to see a a movie all about women. The villain is a woman, and the helpers are women, and the heroine is, well, a heroine. And there are queer characters where their queerness is a plot point, and then just background queer people too, which is cool to see.
Monique is amazing in it. Terrifying. I'm not surprised that she's not doing press for a movie. I don't think that means she regrets the performance. It's just- a performance like that must be terrifying to give, you probably don't want to revisit it very often. Especially not in a way that requires you to travel a lot and talk to a bunch of strangers about it. Especially if you're a survivor of abuse yourself. But really, she is incredible. I knew she was an incredible comic (I mean, recording a DVD in a women's prison? There is nothing cooler to do, ever) but her in this movie! I can't even finish that sentence it's so incredible.
And really, I hope it'll be a wake up call that we don't do enough for mothers in this country. That's what I think the movie is really about. Making the choice to be a mother, both Precious choosing to mother her kids, and how she is given that chance by other women making the choice to mother her. And how her mother
I saw "Precious" and it was great. First of all, there was the biggest line I've ever waited in for a movie to get in. It was like waiting in line for a roller coaster. Second of all, it had some of the scariest scenes there could ever be in a movie. If you are an abuse survivor I think you should tread carefully with seeing this movie. Walking home after the movie I was having waves of feeling sort of sick from some scenes, so I imagine if you have memories they will be triggered by the movie. Honestly, maybe wait until it's on video, because you probably don't want to be triggered in a crowded movie theater. But then it's also a really funny movie. It is so good at giving you something funny right when you feel you can't hang on anymore with these circumstances. Precious the character is really smart and funny, in this way that creeps up on you through the movie. By the end of that you feel pretty bad for having misjudged her yourself.
By the time it's revealed she has HIV, there is a moment of "Jesus Christ, are you kidding?" But then it isn't outlandish at all. In fact, if she didn't have HIV it would be sort of unrealistic. It's a good movie to show how tough circumstances create more tough circumstances, that really, very few people would be a mother at 12 without having all these attendant risks. Precious just has the bad luck of all of the things she's at high risk for happening.
It was also nice to see a a movie all about women. The villain is a woman, and the helpers are women, and the heroine is, well, a heroine. And there are queer characters where their queerness is a plot point, and then just background queer people too, which is cool to see.
Monique is amazing in it. Terrifying. I'm not surprised that she's not doing press for a movie. I don't think that means she regrets the performance. It's just- a performance like that must be terrifying to give, you probably don't want to revisit it very often. Especially not in a way that requires you to travel a lot and talk to a bunch of strangers about it. Especially if you're a survivor of abuse yourself. But really, she is incredible. I knew she was an incredible comic (I mean, recording a DVD in a women's prison? There is nothing cooler to do, ever) but her in this movie! I can't even finish that sentence it's so incredible.
And really, I hope it'll be a wake up call that we don't do enough for mothers in this country. That's what I think the movie is really about. Making the choice to be a mother, both Precious choosing to mother her kids, and how she is given that chance by other women making the choice to mother her. And how her mother
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