I just watched boys don't cry..

[GnomeKid]

nothing would/could ever make me want to watch that movie whether I was trans or not.

mostly because I like happy stories and mysteries... Whats the point in watching something depressing?  never understood it myself

now under some unfortunate circumstances I have seen bits and pieces of this movie (my ex was watching it while I was working on hw/playing video games) which just lead me even more so to never want to watch it.

[tekla]

Well it is worth watching for one reason, the beyond awesome performance by Hilary Swank, in the kind of role rarely written for female actors to play.  There is a reason she won the Oscar.  Just remember, Hollywood never let the facts get in the way of the movie they want to make.

[JakeDenver]

I just got done reading the book wrote about Brando Teena. It was a very intense book to read. I guess now I am going to have to watch the movie. Not sure that I want to after reading the book. Anyone know if it portrays the book or is a lot left out. I know its a true story but of course everytime it is told it is going to change. The book kinda scared me. I fear that happening to me or one of my friends. So i guess what we should take from this story is to not do what he did with the lies. But i still do not believe he deserved to be raped or murdered.

[Mister]

there's been a few books written- which one did you read?

[JakeDenver]

I believe I read All She wanted.

[Mister]

I believe I read All She wanted.

I read that circa 2001 or so.  The author managed to ->-bleeped-<- everything up in that book.

[Vancha]

you know how to not end up like brandon teena?

-don't be a criminal
-don't hang out w/ other criminals
-don't bang some guy's girlfriend
-change your ID
-when ->-bleeped-<- goes bad, GTFO

I always thought this simply applied to life in general.
All it really takes is some common sense.

[Mister]

I always thought this simply applied to life in general.
All it really takes is some common sense.

you'd think, right?   stick around here a while.  you'll see the fail.

[Vancha]

So these things are common occurrences in average peoples' daily lives?  I'm not utterly surprised.  It seems the masses make life more complicated than necessary.