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This is, as someone has said, "one of those discussions where after a few minutes you feel like your head is going to explode, because it doesn't make any sense." Why in the world would you want to watch a movie about two people who destroy a perfectly good relationship when you're dealing with the pain of having just done that? Or one that pretends that only one person destroyed a relationship, and the other gets to "find themself", and live happily ever after? I suppose the second one is catharsis, but it's not particularly helpful.

That being said, if I were going to engage in "movies as therapy," none of the ones on this list would make it. I suppose it depends on whether it was a "good break" or a "bad break", but I agree with the person who said Casablanca is a great breakup movie. "If you don't get on that plane, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life." "We'll always have Paris." Doesn't that really say it all? My second vote would be "Forget Paris". with Billy Crystal, I think. If you haven't seen it, watch it. After that, there's a big drop off. How about "For the Love of the Game" with Kevin Costner? And it's a sports movie to boot!
- June 17th, 2009, 07:23 am
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I'm not going to waste my time with a chick flick. Well except for Thelma and Louise. But it wasn't about breakup.

Why in the world would any Man want to watch a movie about breaking up? We already have a hard enough time dealing with our emotions.

Oh shoot, I forgot-The Wedding Singer was way funny. First cause I used to work in that industry.
2nd because I think the acting & comedy was first rate. Ack now I gotta eat crow cause "War of the Roses" was a fantastic movie.

Though I would classify it as a comedy.
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What break-ups aren't comedy (thought maybe in hindsight )?
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derrr wrote :
What break-ups aren't comedy (thought maybe in hindsight )?
Well, if "Comedy is tragedy plus time", then maybe that's true. It's just that some of them take a LOOONG time before you see the humor, and I'm not sure watching movies is particularly helpful in that regard.

Oh, by the way, Casablanca isn't a "chick flick", nor is "For Love of the Game." It's a BASEBALL movie that happens to have a girl in it. I will grant that "Forget Paris" is probably a chick flick, but it's not your typical modern, mindless type like "Picture Perfect" or "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," or even "Sleepless in Seattle", which I think invented the term "chick flick." I mean, I like Jennifer Anniston, Kate Hudson, and Meg Ryan as well as the next guy with a pulse, but those particular movies use about as many brain cells as "Rambo" or "Conan the Barbarian" do. I would argue that "Forget Paris" is actually intelligent, though, and not as insulting to your intelligence as most in that genre.
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Now this isn't a movie but it probably potrays the raw emotion and coflicting feelings that relationships inspires. Any guesses?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer; you get to cry with all the break-ups and also esacpe into a larger than life world. There is at least one break-up you can relate to. It also explores the fear that something inherently wrong with you is causing all these failures in the love department. Plus the time it takes to get through all 7 seasons is usually about the time you're ready to stop feeling crummy.
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