later
someone asked me
what do you think
all i could say was
it was painful real painful to watch
my wife she and i only go to one movie theater
to watch movies
its called the alamo drafthouse
why
you can go there
sit in nice seats
eat a nice meal
have a glass of wine
and
not have anyone disturb you
since
if someone does
as they say right before the movie comes on
we will kick your ass out
they mean it
now as we watched the movie
well folks were noisy
sobbing
i was one of them
then
there was this occasionally nervous laughter
but
mostly sobbing
yes it was painful to watch
the movie
manchester by the sea
my wife she had seen it at a festival
got to listen to the director and writer talk after the movie
even shook his hand and hugged him
after seeing the movie
i would have hugged him too
it was painful to watch
oh i said that once already didnt i
well it was true
as i watched
the pain just oozed from the screen
it was hard to watch
mainly because of all those tears in my eyes
that made it hard to focus
all i could think was
you have to walk in ones shoes to understand them
also
painful some real painful memories came flooding
into my brain
the death of my mom and her painful to us final course
the death of my younger brother
his death seemed so unfair
the death of my first patient
the death of my first pediatric patient who i had got so
close to over a short period of time
the flood of the memory of seeing his story on tv one night
several years later
the death of my first infant that i had cared for her mom in
the pregnancy
the death of a young close friend
all these things came flooding back into my brain
i guess thats why this movie grabs folks so hard when
they see it
these are the movies that should be made
everyone should go see it
its sort of cathartic in a way
my experiences werent as bad as his i think
this is a movie you should go see
this is a movie you will not want to go and see twice
i dont think i could do it again
it was just so painful to watch
the organicgreen doctor
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