My friend, Donnie sent me a text message in class that he was going to watch the movie "Antwone Fisher" and he wanted to know if I had watched it and if I thought it was good. I sent him a message back that said yes, I did see it, and I liked it, but it was sad.
On a break, I called Donnie to see how he liked the movie so far. He said he liked it, but he wanted to know what the sad part was so he could be prepared. I wouldn't tell him.
Another break rolls around, and I called him again and asked him if it was over. It was, and I could tell he had been crying even though he wouldn't admit it. He said, "That was a sad movie, but it had a great ending. It was sad, but a happy sad. He reconnects with his family and everything."
At this point in the conversation, I started to feel confused (wow, there's something new). Admittedly, unless I watch movies a million times, I tend to forget a lot of the details, especially if it's a sad movie because I HATE sad movies and I immediately block them out as soon as they are over, because they traumatize me.
Now, I didn't remember the movie ending "happy sad" and I didn't remember anything about the main character reconnecting with his family, but I chalked this up to my movie amnesia. So I said, "I didn't think the movie ended 'happy sad,' I thought it just ended sad." And Donnie said, "Really? Why?"
I said, "Well, didn't you feel sad for Forrester at all?" And BW said, "Who?" And I said, "You know, Forrester, the teacher..." and BW said, "Um...what teacher?" and I said, "Isn't that Sean Connery's character's name? Forrester?" and BW said, "Uh, yeah, that's Sean Connery's character's name. In FINDING FORRESTER. However, I'm watching ANTWONE FISHER."
I've never seen Antwone Fisher.
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