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This movie made me cry and feel so depressed

posted 13 years ago by KristenStewartForever
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Not Just because she was raped or because she was played by my beloved Kristen Stewart. But because of how all those people were so cruel to her. She barely speaks, she doesn't look to well, she cries her heart out, goes someplace private and screams, causes pain on herself, wakes up with nightmares, and all they can do is scream at her, swear at her, grab her by the neck, and give her hell. She's got a problem, the best thing to do is keep her home until you find out what's wrong with your daughter. I mean, here she is in school being screamed in the face, being expected to do oral reports when she's too scared to speak and demand her to speak, and her grades are going down and all they can do is demand her to bring her grades up. It's so sad and I Just can't help but cry or feel depressed.

To be honest, even though I was never raped or anything, but there have been tons of times when I would be so quiet or whatnot, yet in school I was treated Just like Melinda, and my parents never asked me what is wrong. I would Just sit quiet. It makes me cry to even think of how that poor Melinda girl was treated when she was sick and scared. (Sighs) Not to mention, when you see someone as beautiful as Kristen Stewart being treated that way. And how she had to walk miles home all alone after Just being raped. It's awful.

Sometimes, I didn't even wanna go to school because I was too scared of what would happen to me. I was kind of an outcast myself, still AM.

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[–] combatreview 13 years ago

It sounds like this film struck a lot of nerves in you; interestingly you've identified what seems to be the BIG theme of the film and which often gets overlooked - isolation and withdrawal - rather than rape specifically. The rape is the cause rather than the specific condition we watch unfold throughout the film.

I think, though, that it's a fact of life that... well, people often *don't* see what really ought to be obvious to them. That's why the film is called 'Speak', I think - because the only way out of a situation like that is to speak up. And after all... take Kristen's mother in the film... it's not natural for her to imagine something extreme as an explanation for the surly but not obviously extreme behaviour of her daughter. After all, many parents expect their kids to become antisocial and moody when teenaged, and sometimes the best thing to do with moody people is give them space to work stuff out.

And perhaps that was the right course in this case. I mean, maybe if anybody had tried to get Melinda to talk, she would have just clammed up even more tightly... that's how it works sometimes. Sometimes the best thing really IS to not get into somebody's face... and sometimes it isn't... so how can we ever know the best thing to do? So I think perhaps this is the point of the film's title, as I say - the cure for Melinda's condition was to finally 'speak' for herself, because there was no way that anybody was ever going to know the truth - only she could tell it to them.

[–] KristenStewartForever 13 years ago

I couldn't agree more. Yes, it did strike a lot of nerves in me.

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[–] KristenStewartForever 13 years ago

It struck more nerves in me than ever before and I've never been raped.

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[–] KristenStewartForever 13 years ago

Thank you very much. It especially struck me since it happened to the beautiful and talented Kristen Stewart. I am so in love with her. I'd give anything to meet her. :( Seeing her get raped like that, it Just struck me so hard.

No Day But Today. Today 4 U. One Song Glory.
How we gonna pay last year's RENT?!