# Spoil "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" for me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137 "2012-08-21T04:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/21 "2012-08-21T23:34:13Z")
I won’t spoil it, but if you have had infertility issues, be prepared for the first 3rd of the movie to be a real punch to the stomach. It’s cheesy, schmaltzy, and definitely a Disney movie, but that is exactly what it is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/22 "2012-08-22T00:09:46Z")
So, basically, it’s Nanny McPhee… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/23 "2012-08-22T00:50:12Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > _cough_Mulch_cough_ Is that your son in the wood chipper there? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/24 "2012-08-22T04:34:19Z")
Dust to dust. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/25 "2012-08-22T05:19:54Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > I was going to say something really snarky, but I won’t. > > Instead, I’ll say this: GO SEE THE DAMN MOVIE, AND THEN THANK THE DIETY YOU SERVE THAT YOU STILL HAVE A MOTHER. ??? Um. Okay. I don’t know what your problem is but if you don’t care to be helpful you can leave. Nobody put a gun to your head and forced you to read this thread or respond. I love my Mom but that doesn’t mean I have to be glued to her 24/7. It’s a couple of hours to see a movie that might be depressing and therefore, bad. We live in the same house. We don’t lack time spent together. In fact, I could use a couple of hours to myself. Does it make me a bad person if I’m not into what she wants to do right this minute? I don’t flip out on her if she wants to go do something on her own. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/26 "2012-08-22T16:35:41Z")
> [@Sodalite](#): > > ??? Um. Okay. I don’t know what your problem is but if you don’t care to be helpful you can leave. Nobody put a gun to your head and forced you to read this thread or respond. > > I love my Mom but that doesn’t mean I have to be glued to her 24/7. It’s a couple of hours to see a movie that might be depressing and therefore, bad. We live in the same house. We don’t lack time spent together. In fact, I could use a couple of hours to myself. Does it make me a bad person if I’m not into what she wants to do right this minute? I don’t flip out on her if she wants to go do something on her own. On the same note, you could have just asked us to spoil the movie for you without bringing your mother into the picture. You sounded like Norman bates in your post. The problem is that the tone of your post made it sound like you were tied to your mom, and didn’t want to go to a sad movie with her. And it did sound like you didn’t like spending time with her. That will always strike a nerve with me, not matter how old the person posting it is. That being said, perhaps you shouldn’t see the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/27 "2012-08-22T16:42:10Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > What intrigues me, is that the premise could also be for a horror movie. This 10-year-old child who matches the descriptions you left in a box shows up from your garden with leaves on his legs and insists that he’s your child? I wouldn’t be opening my door and having heart-warming adventures with the kid; I would slam and lock the door and call for help. Sort of like a reverse-_Coraline_ - instead of an Other Mother you’d get an Other Son. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/28 "2012-08-22T16:54:05Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > On the same note, you could have just asked us to spoil the movie for you without bringing your mother into the picture. You sounded like Norman bates in your post. > > The problem is that the tone of your post made it sound like you were tied to your mom, and didn’t want to go to a sad movie with her. And it did sound like you didn’t like spending time with her. That will always strike a nerve with me, not matter how old the person posting it is. > > That being said, perhaps you shouldn’t see the movie. Huh? I didn’t get that at all from the OP. It sounded like she was expecting her mom to ask her if she wanted to go to the movie, and **Sodalite** just wanted a better idea of whether it would be something that she would like. Norman Bates? Wuh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/29 "2012-08-22T23:57:16Z")
I second this ^ Seriously, **ministryman** , I think you’re overreacting to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/30 "2012-08-23T00:11:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Oh good, it’s a learning experience. For a minute there it sounded like an awful tragedy. No, if they really learned something, they’d write down another copy of the list, add “doesn’t dissapear when all his leaves fall off” to the list of traits and bury it in the garden again. Much cheaper and easier than adopting. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/31 "2012-08-23T01:18:12Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > No, if they really learned something, they’d write down another copy of the list, add “doesn’t dissapear when all his leaves fall off” to the list of traits and bury it in the garden again. Much cheaper and easier than adopting. So the kid dies at the end. Nope, not watching this with anybody. I just don’t care for depressing movies. It doesn’t matter that most of it was happy, or that the people learn from it, or whatever. I cry enough about crap that I have no control over. I’m not going to pay to be made sad. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/32 "2012-08-23T01:21:45Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I second this ^ > > Seriously, **ministryman** , I think you’re overreacting to the OP. Waaaayyyyyy overreacting. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/33 "2012-08-23T01:52:09Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Coinkadinkally, one of the morning news shows just featured a video of two little boys in meltdown mode after having just seen the movie. All I could make out was “I didn’t want him to DIE!!!”. So, if your kids are particularly sensitive, I would give this one a pass. Here is the video. [http://youtu.be/-aFV1r45sAQ](http://youtu.be/-aFV1r45sAQ) Is it wrong that I laughed at this? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/34 "2012-08-23T02:14:12Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > Here is the video. > > [http://youtu.be/-aFV1r45sAQ](http://youtu.be/-aFV1r45sAQ) > > Is it wrong that I laughed at this? Well, _ **MeanJoe** _, that’s exactly what we’d expect from the likes of you 😛 To be honest, I thought it was funny in the sense that they’re such over the top drama queens, but then I don’t have a maternal bone in my body. I just found it odd that someone who is supposed to love these little people would have a laugh at their expense and share it with the world. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/35 "2012-08-23T13:03:35Z")
So I have a rule. If one person says/thinks/posts that I am \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, then I dismiss it as a difference of opinion. If two people do it, same reaction. However, if three people have, then perhaps it is true. I will be curious to know if sodalite goes to see the film, and the reaction to it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/36 "2012-08-23T16:57:47Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Well, _ **MeanJoe** _, that’s exactly what we’d expect from the likes of you 😛 > > To be honest, I thought it was funny in the sense that they’re such over the top drama queens, but then I don’t have a maternal bone in my body. I just found it odd that someone who is supposed to love these little people would have a laugh at their expense and share it with the world. That is what I found funny, that they are SO over the top drama queens. I do not have children of my own but if I did, and they acted that way, I’d have to spend some serious time trying to figure out how I failed so badly as a parent to have such delicate flowers of children. Or I’d film it and shame them with it so they never acted so emotionally over-wrought over a movie every again. The video would show up at their high school graduation, emailed to their girlfriends, and shown at their wedding as a lesson in maintaining some self-respect. I’m kinda mean I guess… ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/37 "2012-08-23T18:24:43Z")
Timothy doesn’t die at the end. He has done his job, and he just goes away. He disappears in a temporary black-out due to lightening & thunder. Big deal. Not so sad. They remark on how he has affected his “parents,” his friends, and the community in general. I knew what was coming, and didn’t see it as sad. I saw it with my mother, so THERE! 😛 Very cute. The whole story is told from the point of view of the parents reflecting back on their experience with Timothy while being interviewed for adoption. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/38 "2012-08-23T18:26:42Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > **WOOKINPANUB** , are you in L.A.? I heard about this on the Handel show & watched the video on KFI’s web site. So sad, but the mother, who isn’t seen on the video, is nearly in fits & giggles talking to the kids. I think the boys were feeding off each other’s sadness. > > I still want to see it, though. > [@MeanJoe](#): > > Here is the video. > > [http://youtu.be/-aFV1r45sAQ](http://youtu.be/-aFV1r45sAQ) > > Is it wrong that I laughed at this? I’m laughing my head off. MOM: Should people go see this movie? KID: You’ll tear your eyes out!!! MOM: (busts out laughing) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/39 "2012-08-23T23:50:22Z")
I don’t want to see the movie. From what I saw on the trailers, it’s not because the movie looks sad. To me, the movie looks nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137/40 "2012-08-24T08:31:57Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I don’t want to see the movie. From what I saw on the trailers, it’s not because the movie looks sad. To me, the movie looks nauseating. Yeah, there’s that, too. I hate sickly sweet films. I had hopes that this movie would just be some light little fluff. A benign time killer. A lot of laughs, maybe just a bit touching toward the end and then Happily Ever After. I wanted something pleasant and non-violent to watch with my Mom. She just doesn’t enjoy explosions and the undead like I do. If I see ParaNorman in the theater it will be with my friends. Oh, and Mom doesn’t want to see it either now that she knows they don’t get to keep him. It’s just not as interesting if they don’t get to be a family. She thought it would be funny if they flashed forward and showed Timothy married, with a couple of kids growing out back in cabbage patch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green-for-me/632137.md?page=1)