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This reminds me of the afterlife waiting room scene in “Beetlejuice”, in which all the suicides were civil servants. That movie was at least funny, but very strange (like most of Tim Burton’s films).
Back in the 80’s they made a movie called “Less than Zero” I think. In it, the ‘hero’ kills himself. And magically, it caused all the other high school kids to come together and start getting along and life became utopia....
This is the crap Meryl Streep should be shrieking “What are we doing to our children!!!” about. -Glorifying suicide.
Personally I would not waste a minute to watch a movie like this Wristcutters.
Well here is another “must miss” film.
Gotta read/pingout later.
As an aside, I suspect that many people are born with a “suicide switch”, and a strong focal point of their life is finding a way to die.
Not just with suicide, but with “suicide by other means”, that is, actively seeking out accidents and violence with the subtle objective of self destruction.
Everything from the boy whose last words are “Hey guys! Watch me do this!”, reckless driving, drinking contests, drug abuse, scarification, and even a lot of what we don’t normally think of as negative behavior, such as military and police service.
The FBI regularly interviews captured serial killers, and have discovered an odd phenomenon, that even some of the killers themselves noticed, but could not explain. It was best described by a killer:
“I would have been driving all day and just gotten in to a city I had never been in before. I was tired and hungry and just wanted dinner and a motel room. Then someone I had never met before would come running across four lanes of traffic and get in my face. They would want to buy me a cup of coffee or a drink, or hang out with me. They wouldn’t leave me alone. It was a relief to kill them, just so I could get some sleep.”
On top of everything else, there are some people who crave to be martyrs. They want to die doing something high risk that saves someone else, or accomplishes some task. I separate them from those that just want to die, because their death wish is more complex.
Then there are the “anti-martyrs”, who want to kill people at the same time they kill themselves.
These might be firemen, people who “sacrifice” themselves even if there is no need to, all the way to the extreme of suicide bombers. The soldier who jumps on a grenade to save his buddies, even though it won’t explode for eight seconds, is an excellent example.
On top of everything else are the “faux suicides”, who don’t really want to kill themselves, but want others to think they are suicidal, as an attention getting device.
The bottom line is yes, a bunch of people will kill themselves after seeing this movie. But this movie won’t inspire them to kill themselves—it will just convince them that the time to kill themselves is now.
I saw “28 Weeks Later” last week. THAT wasn’t a happy happy joy joy movie either!
How about this with “Graveyard of the Fireflies” as a double header?
Is it the Calvinists that think we are improving life on earth bit by bit . . . ?
My life is too short to waste it with dreary, depressing, unremittingly negative “entertainment”. Give me car chases and sword fights.
> That said, this sounds pretty sick, and another example of how when a person gives up on God, they’ll believe anything.
Amen, brother!
I have a feeling that this particular film will not get past our Censors. It is a crime in New Zealand to incite or assist suicide — a very serious crime. This movie could well do that.
There are and should be limits to Freedom of Speech.
“As its title suggests, the film Wristcutters: A Love Story presents an utterly bleak view of life—and a not very inspiring view of the afterlife, either.”
Look for Oscar nominations all around from the Left. Yeesh! What cr@p.
Kids? Get the mental health help you need, or you’ll just end up “thinning the herd” and you’ll be another one who wasted their Gift of Life.
Which brings up another thought. Since the Left wants as many children as possible killed in the womb, is it ANY surprise that they’d exploit the “survivors” for monetary gain, through their constant drumbeat of ‘The Culture of Death?’