Maybe I'm a bit sensative to this right now b/c we just had a neighbor commit

Jan 30, 2023
9:08:45pm

Coug Dude All-American

suicide. A young man that had been struggling for years. Ended up killing himself by one of the means depicted graphically in the movie. I'm not saying the movie was connected with his suicide but certainly would not have helped.

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A Man Named Otto - Not what was advertised - SPOILER ALERT

Coug Dude

1/30/23 9:04pm

This is why we get such terrible movies in 21st century America

Non-mo Coug

1/30/23 9:05pm

The trailers were deciptful - did not depict at all what the movie was really

Coug Dude

1/30/23 9:06pm

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cvd6262

1/30/23 9:10pm

Did you see it? (spoiler)

cougarim

1/30/23 9:09pm

Good thing it’s a remake of a swedish film

Ghost Pirate LeChuck

1/30/23 9:16pm

That's my point

Non-mo Coug

1/30/23 9:22pm

Oh well in that case, my bad

Ghost Pirate LeChuck

1/30/23 9:36pm

I liked it but completely agree with you. I wouldn’t show to anyone struggling

theperkissystem

1/30/23 9:06pm

Maybe I'm a bit sensative to this right now b/c we just had a neighbor commit

Coug Dude

1/30/23 9:08pm

Same

m0resn0w

1/30/23 9:10pm

Do not watch Better Off Dead for the same reasons.

mobomanjoe

1/30/23 9:11pm

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cvd6262

1/30/23 9:13pm

Or if you’re in debt.

mobomanjoe

1/31/23 7:44am

Too bad my wife and I loved the movie of how a depressed man, who has neighbors

BYU Grounds

1/30/23 9:12pm

Yup (spoiler)

Future_Tacos

1/30/23 9:37pm

Yes. The casualness with how they present someone getting their suicide ready

BringBackRoyalBlue

1/30/23 9:41pm

The book is incredible. Sad to hear the movie didn’t portray him the same way.

ChiCityCoug

1/30/23 9:44pm

It sounds like the movie is faithful to the book, at least in the aspect the OP

Murray

1/30/23 11:08pm

I didn’t get the impression in the book that his

ChiCityCoug

1/31/23 7:39am

Agree. My main issue though was the acting

bluelands

1/30/23 10:25pm

Interesting. I thought the actress who played Julia was horrible.

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