neitherclosenorfar:

Everything I’ve heard about Me Before You is so terrible. I mean, really. You take two such sensitive nuanced topics and make it into to, “Disabled people don’t think they deserve love and also want to die?” 

Who signed off on this. 

Because my sister decided to pick a fight, let me be clear. I have not watched the movie. I did read a bit of the book before I made a judgement and it’s eh?

Wouldn’t watch it in the first place, because small town girl meets sad rich guy isn’t my cup of tea. 

Sad rich guy is sad even though he has a castle because being in a wheel chair is that miserable is not exactly kosher either, and I think breaks several concepts of assisted suicide, like “Don’t let someone clearly dealing with situational depression make a life ending choice.”

And frankly having to go to all that trouble to “respectfully” represent a paraplegic character with a legged actor seems a bit silly when you could, you know, hire a paraplegic actor. I bet you money they exist. 

But what do I know, I’m too sick to go to the movies anyway.