Is it just me, or....

[SarahLynn]

Being someone who is still so confused about my gender, and one who is recovering from emotional shutdown, movies like these are sometimes the only way I can explore myself and what I'm feeling. I feel for those of you that can't watch these films for one reason or another. Currently movies are the only way that I can cry or even feel anything other than anxiety.

[Mariposa]

I don't understand why there are some who react so negatively towards TG movies. Like, I get that some of you feel like you're "living this", but I suppose some people are just absolutely sensitive to certain things like this.

I personally find them fascinating and while certain things hit close to home for me, there are just A LOT of things that I can't relate to and I like that a lot, because it allows me as the viewer to see a fresh perspective on transition and what being T means to others. I'm also a huge fan of TG Documentaries as well, since a few of them revolve around a large of variety of people and how they handle things on a daily basis.

I say you ladies should give them a chance once you feel comfortable enough!

[niamh]

I like transdocs so much more: She's a Boy I Knew, Blue Without Red, No Dumb Questions. I really enjoyed those. If you haven't heard of them you should check them out. They are not depressing. They are directed by the trans people themselves and are very poignant, humorous and all round a good watch. I don't like films, and I certainly didn't like Normal. It was so depressing. Cisgendered people just can't direct a good trans film. (An obvious exception would be Ma Vie en Rose.)

[Cindy]

I agree with Beverly. I think that hits my core concern/dislike

I hate the send ups of TG people, Little Britain and the like. Even the Mony Python, I'm a Lumberjack sketch has been used around me. Albeit not recently.

[El]

Oh god we watched monty python the other night and the "i want to be a woman and have babies" bit in the ampitheatre made me a bit uncomfortable. I wouldnt care to see mrs doubtfire again either. Boys dont cry I thought was a well done film but the difference for me is that its a sersious look at the hardships transfolk face rather than a joke that i feel like im the butt of.

[jainie marlena]

I watched what ever I could get my hands on. A lot did not fit me but it was all I had back than I don't own any of the movies personally. The documentaries helped me the most i would say. I do see how it (movies) could be hurtful though. I seen transamerca wish it did not have a lot of the other stuff in it.

[AbraCadabra]

How do you feel watching a 'trans' movie? I was at my local TG group recently and they decided to change the format so we all brought some Xmas stuff (pies, sandwiches, etc) and they decided to show a movie for entertainment. The movie was 'Normal'. It was about a farmer in a small mid-west town transitioning. I lasted about 15 minutes before I walked out and went and sat somewhere else until it was over.

I hate watching such stuff, everyone else seemed to enjoy it. As for Tootsie or Mrs Doubtfire.... 

How does everyone else feel about such movies?

Beverley

Just feel like you - am too self-conscious and will NOT get a rise out of that sort of 'entertainment'.

Like make a movie about some autistic, which has been done, and get all hang about it. No thanks - not for me.
That stuff is just too close to bone for a lot of us I guess, and I'm one of them. This whole trans thing ain't funny, and in particular when handled by cis-folks just for doing something 'new' or different yet again.

Axélle