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What films can you no longer watch since having a baby?

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orangejuicer · 31/07/2021 13:22

Or TV programmes?
I hadn't realised how much I'd been affected until I started watching Tangled and had to turn it off when the baby is taken by the witch. Nope, nope, not happening.

What have you realised you can't watch, or you feel differently about since having a child?

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SpunBodgeSquarepants · 01/08/2021 00:49

Shutter Island, where Leonardo Di Caprio's character comes home to find his wife has drowned their children in the Lake. Both me and DP were sobbing at that a couple of weeks ago.

Lemonnhoney · 01/08/2021 02:26

Handmaids tail is far to traumatic to deal with after a baby

NorthernChinchilla · 01/08/2021 08:23

My Dad excelled himself taking my Mum to see Alien when she was heavily pregnant with me, which funnily enough gave her the collywobbles....my husband inadvertently followed this tradition by getting us the new (as was) Mad Max to watch for NYE when I was a few weeks off a c section with DD....Hmm

To be fair I can still watch both but those scenes always give me the shudders!

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mayaknew · 01/08/2021 12:22

@Lemonnhoney

Handmaids tail is far to traumatic to deal with after a baby
I love the Handmaids Tale but definitely a difficult watch.

I can only watch a few eps then I have to watch something lighthearted like brooklyn nine nine for about a fortnight. Its too grim.

MyFloorIsLava · 01/08/2021 14:08

Someone said Room. Even before I had children I was a hysterical mess reading the book.

I couldn't watch any nature programmes after I had my babies. When DD was tiny I watched a mummy barnacle goose throw her babies off a cliff in search of food, half of them died on the way down and several of the survivors got eaten by a fox. I. Was. Distraught.

CoodleMoodle · 01/08/2021 14:09

@OrangeJuicer

It's about a teenage Princess who rebels against the ideal of being a Princess (getting married, being "ladylike", not making her own decisions, etc). She argues with her Mother and they have a massive row, then she gets hold of a spell which she hopes will let her DM see her point of view... and it turns her DM and three little brothers into bears. Typical "have to change them back before the sun comes up or they're stuck" sort of story.

But the film is mostly about the Princess (Merida) and her Mother trying to understand each other, and the end bit where you don't know whether they've been successful or not... I love it, but it gets me every time.

orangejuicer · 01/08/2021 15:02

[quote CoodleMoodle]@OrangeJuicer

It's about a teenage Princess who rebels against the ideal of being a Princess (getting married, being "ladylike", not making her own decisions, etc). She argues with her Mother and they have a massive row, then she gets hold of a spell which she hopes will let her DM see her point of view... and it turns her DM and three little brothers into bears. Typical "have to change them back before the sun comes up or they're stuck" sort of story.

But the film is mostly about the Princess (Merida) and her Mother trying to understand each other, and the end bit where you don't know whether they've been successful or not... I love it, but it gets me every time.[/quote]
Sounds great for a cleansing emotional sob fest! Grin

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elp30 · 02/08/2021 02:08

@FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop

Rosemary's baby. I first watched it when pregnant with DD and couldn't sleep for days

Oh dear.
I read the book whilst pregnant with my oldest and fell in love with the name "Adrian" and gave my son that name.

Susannahmoody · 02/08/2021 02:09

I can only watch positive, happy mindless rubbish since having kids. Any hint of violence in any form and I turn it off.

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