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wow,I just watched the saddest movie ever.leaving los vegas.with Nicolas cage and Elisabeth shue.the soundtrack was awsome.songs by sting,who I love.

 

 

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Yes, it was...very dark & depressing.  I can't watch it; once was enough.  I enjoy both actors but, good gosh, that movie was sad.  My ex-husband was an alcoholic, a high functioning one, to the point I didn't even know it until one morning we were in the hospital for an outpatient procedure he was having and the nurse asked him how much he had to drink.  I was shocked; I had no clue.  My heart sank.  That's all the detail I'll go into, but, bless his heart, his drinking killed him at 45 years of age.  It was so heartbreaking & still is to even think about it.

Time is just a drop in the bucket compared to eternity. It isn’t how long you live that matters; it is how well you are prepared to die. ~~Colonel Robert B. Thieme, Jr.
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I am very sorry to hear that suferwife.i hope you have moved on from saddness.yes,this is a very dark movie.ive read,after this movie,Elizabeth left showbiz.

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I recorded that movie but not sure I will ever watch it.  Not a fan of Nick and I don't need depressing stories.  Think I'll just delete it.

 

 

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Re: Leaving los vegas

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 @Luvsmyfam  I recently watched the movie Leaving LAS VEGAS again, too. It was so intense and tragic.

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and to think,this is real with pp..suferswife shared,she lost her husband from this diease

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I have seen it a few times in recent months, so powerful and so sad. Shue deserved an Oscar too, but it went only to Cage. 

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That movie left me feeling dead inside, but powerful performances for sure and had the impact it was supposed to have. 

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That movie hit real close to home for me. I've lost loved ones and family members to alcoholism. The disease nearly killed me, too, but I've been sober for over a decade and plan to stay that way. It has been a difficult journey and continues to be.

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@SilleeMee Congratulations!