 debbyski says: This is a wonderful film for all women everywhere. I do like the novel better (I love Fannie Flagg) but it's charming and full of empowerment. I wanna go visit the Whistle Stop Cafe because the town loves and accepts everyone that society tells them not to. The best line in the film for me was when Ruth was asked why she ran away from her husband to shack up with Igdie and she asserts, "Because she's the best friend I've ever had, and I love her." Do yourself a favor and watch it with someone special--for the first time or again  I love fried green tomatoes, both the fried vegetable and the book/movie. No other movie has ever hit me like this one did. I was only able to watch it once. It brought back all the joy of early infatuation, which at times had been almost too intense. It was during those years that I realized the real pain of being different. I found out that those infatuations couldn't progress naturally, at some point, all that joy had to be destroyed....by me. I would die a little each time. Being a Gay teen is so overwhelming, all the feelings, all the fears. For some reason or another, all the pain I've spent a life time trying to surpress just so I could cope, is coming out and I just can't do anything to stop it. I'm not sure if I should. Got to tell you one more thing before running off into the night screaming (just kidding). I met a women rather recently who I thought I was attracted to but have begun to realize that the whole physical attraction thing isn't what I'm feeling. Not that she isn't attractive, she is . But this feeling is really more like an empathy type thing, something she said maybe that connected, something unique. I wish I could figure it out. My only criticism of this movie is that there was the absence of the original novel's lesbian love story. Their relationship was minimized in the film in that way and I think it left viewers confused as to whether Ruth and Idgie were simply friends. Flagg makes it clear in her novel that they were not and the whole town knew them and accepted their relationship just like other characters were accepted for who they were regardless of color or community status. To me, that was one of the true beauties of the novel. I couldn't put the novel down confused as to whether Ruth and Idgie were simply friends.I've only seen the movie and never read the book and I didn't realise at all, it was about a lesbian relationship until a friend told me. I just thought it was about two great friends who loved each other dearly. Like in Beaches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiS8YokFzeY Dammit TN, Now I'm cryin' again. But it's kind of a good cry. When I was in kindergarten, there was this little Italian girl that seemed to take a liking to me. We became best friends and started a relationship that lasted over 30 years and more than one "intense relationships" of my own. I once told her that I was glad she wasn't Gay because I would really hate to lose her. That was a rare moment though, because she wasn't totally comfortable with my being Gay. I understood. On Aug. 25th, 1999, I lost her to cancer. I sat by her bedside holding her hand. Her husband had gone out for a smoke. She was heavily sedated but managed to open her eyes just a little and said my name. And then she... TN, By the way, Thanks for the beaches clipping. I'm so sorry for your loss, Chestnut. That must have been rough. It's so hard to lose those we love. It really reminds us to cherish what we have and those we love, while we can. I have lost so many people I love. Too many. Life is so short. Thank heavens you never run out of love though. The more you give, the more you seem to have left. I'm glad you liked the Beaches clip. It's one of my all time favourite movies. I'm so sorry Chestnut. I've had very intense relationships my whole life. I think it's the best part of the gay side of me. Let's face it, Gay is intense and I think that's what makes it both different and great. No doubt, it's the part of me that always feels really alive. |
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