Quote from: redfish the mad on March 05, 2008, 08:27:24 PM
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Hey, red, I'm sorry if I was a too harsh. I don't mean to criticize anyone's taste in movies. After all, my taste in movies is probably indefensible.



I have a nasty little pet peeve about the representation of science and scientists in the media, especially movies. It's why it took me a while to get over the Matrix being based off the premise of a perpetual motion machine. Yeah, I'm probably a little oversensitive.

Please go ahead and enjoy WTBDWK. You of course don't need my permission -- it's just a movie! So who cares? But please don't expect to learn about QM from the movie, that's all.




Okay, maybe I should just stop digging and put down the shovel. 

I'm afraid there weren't too many movies with which I could indentify when I transitioned.  I suppose that one of the movies that touched me deeply was Ma Vie En Rose since I identified with Ludovic 100%, BUT that film opened in 1997, and I was already in my RLT then.  Still, a wonderful movie for all of you to see!

tink

I watched Hedwig and the Angry Inch last night after reading about it here for the first time. What a tragic, sad, hopeful movie. 

Bladerunner  "skin-jobs?" No, transsexuals.

Quote from: Nichole on March 08, 2008, 09:54:28 AM
Bladerunner  "skin-jobs?" No, transsexuals.

Crap. You just blew my mind. Now I'm going to have to go watch Bladerunner again.

Braveheart.

No suprise here that I am saying this one. Beautiful Boxer. Also speking of movies i like and help as a T-girl...i know it is about drag queens but. too wong foo

For me it was the UK television movie "Different for Girls" 1996. The movie has one of the few stories that tries to deal with real situations, and the public reactions to transgender without going overboard.

The story set in London is about two boys that become freinds at school when one of them is being bullied. Then ten years or so later, they accidentally meet following a motoring accident. They don't recognise each other at first, as one of them has hasd a sex change; arguments and court cases ensue, but eventualy they fall in love, and have sex.

Not a Hollywood blockbuster, but essential viewing with a ray of hope for us all. Great to see a male actor taking on the challenge of the female role rather than a genetic girl.

Check out YouTube link below for a clips, and if you are interested the movie DVD is currently available from Amazon...



Chrissty

Quote from: Claire de Lune on March 06, 2008, 09:24:48 PM

You can't really blame the film makers or writers for the way it was marketed.  The distributor has a free hand in how they get asses in the seats.  I've seen several movies that were promoted as comedies that weren't funny at all!  The director never intended them to be.  The World According to Garp is one example.  Yes, their was humour ad lots of irony but the fate of the protagonist and those close to him kinda rules out the slapstick angle the marketers pursued.

I remember when that came out.  I was 5 years old, and I really wanted to see it because it starred "Mork from Ork."  My mom was probably right, though.  She thought I wouldn't enjoy it.    Too bad the advertisers were thinking along the same lines as a 5-year-old.

I think that's the same thing that killed M. Night Shyamalan's last couple films, as well.  The marketing people tried to market them as horror films, which they really aren't.  So the people who went to see them were bored, and the people who would have appreciated them stayed away.

Lady in the Water was a film that, despite a very slow beginning, really spoke to me in the end.  It's all about following your own special path, and not letting anyone else define what that path is.

I just received a notice from Amazon that Kiss of the Spider Woman is coming out on DVD. I've been waiting for this for ages. I've seen reviews that claim this movie is about a gay man but from my perspective the main character is absolutely Trans. I watched it with a heterosexual men's group and came an inch away from coming out to them as a transwoman during the discussion afterward. Alas I chickened out. Never-the-less, it had a profound effect on me. I can't wait to see it again for the first time. It is being released as a 2 disc special edition on July 22.

Dee

One film that really made me think, back when I was in denial about myself, was a film called Heaven. One of the characters in that is transsexual (a TS stripper, actually), and not only that, but is psychic.

It was... well it highlights some of the discrimination faced by transsexual people, and is pretty graphic in places, but it's a very interesting film.

Thanks Ladies, Heaven and Lady in the Water just went into the Netflix queue.  I've had a craving for good ghost stories lately.  The kind that rely more on tension than blood.  The Others fits into that genre quite nicely as well as The Marsh and The Gift.  Any other recommendations?

100% Human
this movie made me realize that Im not cisgendered

A Girl like me, the story of Gwen Araujo

Mulan.

I loved that movie because it had the girl, dressing up as a man, going off to war and finding her way into the male world and being accepted as 'one of them'.

Not to mention the line in one of the songs, "Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show I am inside?"

Quote from: Chrissty on June 25, 2008, 02:36:45 AM
For me it was the UK television movie "Different for Girls" 1996. The movie has one of the few stories that tries to deal with real situations, and the public reactions to transgender without going overboard.

The story set in London is about two boys that become freinds at school when one of them is being bullied. Then ten years or so later, they accidentally meet following a motoring accident. They don't recognise each other at first, as one of them has hasd a sex change; arguments and court cases ensue, but eventualy they fall in love, and have sex.

Not a Hollywood blockbuster, but essential viewing with a ray of hope for us all. Great to see a male actor taking on the challenge of the female role rather than a genetic girl.

Check out YouTube link below for a clips, and if you are interested the movie DVD is currently available from Amazon...



Chrissty

I love that movie!  It was a theatrical release in the USA.  I have it on tape because the DVD in NTSC format is so rare ($75 for a used one).  I can really relate to Kim as she struggles to lead a normal life and negotiate office politics.  As for Paul (Rupert Graves), I'll ride on the back of his bike anytime!

Hi Claire,

I'm glad someone else has seen my favourite movie....

...Another milestone for me was the 1986 Movie "Second Serve", with Vanessa Redgrave playing the Part of Renee Richards...

The movie is a little dated now, but it still has more thoughtful content than many of the more recent releases.

Chrissty

Quote from: Tink on March 07, 2008, 10:31:56 PM
I'm afraid there weren't too many movies with which I could indentify when I transitioned.  I suppose that one of the movies that touched me deeply was Ma Vie En Rose since I identified with Ludovic 100%, BUT that film opened in 1997, and I was already in my RLT then.  Still, a wonderful movie for all of you to see!

tink

Oh yes, I wanted to live in Le Monde du Pam too!!! And i loved the fantasy Ludovic has of her other X chromosome missing the chimney and getting the accidental Y instead, too cute.

The movie that made me really believe that hey, maybe I could really do this, was The Crying Game. Jaye Davidson as Dil just took my breath away. I thought, I could do that! People get shot and kidnapped and everything else in that movie, and the part that upset ME was when Stephen Rea wants to cut Dil's hair! Nooooooo! Cos I knew what it cost Dil to let him do that. Yikesy yikes. And lol @ me and my priorities.

Others I like a lot are "Stage Beauty", and "Better Than Chocolate."

For laughs I like "13 Going On 30" and "The Hot Chick" because there are scenes when the characters are discovering their new bodies that just make me fall off the couch laughing because that was me! LOL.

Stealth

stage beauty is an interesting choice, about a man so used to playing a woman he has to relearn how to be a man.

Wow!! I should have known that I would find people on this site who have seen DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS. I have it on DVD and watched it just the other night. And SECOND SERVE--Vanessa Redgrave is awesome. I taped that film off of TV. It doesn't seem to be available in any format.

What movie helps me with being trans? I self-identified as FTM a long time ago, but I've been suppressing my identity for years. This summer, I had a humongous breakthrough. One TV show and a movie made this possible: QUEER AS FOLK (US version) and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. For Pride month, QAF was on sale, so I bought the first three seasons and watched them through in a few days. Got the last two seasons and watched them in a few days. Obviously the show has its flaws, but it had a profound effect on me. First, I was so saturated in the show that I couldn't go back to suppressing my identity. It just wasn't possible anymore. Second, seeing all of those gay guys made me realize something. It's not that I want to be a gay guy someday, after I get my doctorate and have time to explore my identity...I AM a gay boy, now, even though I'm no-ho and no-op.

It was an amazing experience to realize that. I'm still high on it.

BROKEBACK illustrated the coping mechanism that I've been using for many years. Like Ennis and Jack, who were able to hang out and sleep together only occasionally, I only allowed myself to think about my identity issues a few times a year, when I would watch a few movies or read a few books (gay or TG fare) that tend to trigger me. Then I'd go through a whole range of feelings: anger, envy, frustration, depression. Then I would put myself together again and go on with "normal" life.

This coping strategy was largely unconscious, but when I saw BROKEBACK on the heels of QAF this summer, it suddenly hit me.

Both of these shows freed me. Of course, my life is once again filled with uncertainty and confusion over my identity and its future, but the dam had to break sometime.