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Old 01-22-2010, 08:25 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by guccilvr View Post
no, I've thought that their emotional reacation was their attachment to fantasy and their inability to move outside of the fantasy world. I might have emotional reactions to a movie, and that doesn't mean it's great filmmaking, but once I stand up out of my seat, the real world is kind of hard to miss.

People and their stupid grass is greener complex.
I also realize that those who respond this significantly are likely already depressives. So the film was likely just a trigger anyway. The thing about many depressive states is that a disconnect between the real and the imagined (i.e. thoughts) happens quite easily and persistently.

I don't think this film actually caused anyone to become depressed. I wouldn't give it that much credit.
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