shay baranowski

Grew up in conservative, Bible belt etc in the south. But was born in Bangkok to military family and had a lot of transitions in my life. I think that helped me keep an open mind. Someone I dearly love transitioned and I supported her thinking that was all it took to get her support. Not only was I terribly wrong but my naivety cost her more pain and I have felt, her whole life, my one job was to protect her. Even though for many years, she was a he. I love her unconditionally and I thought I was the understanding one in the family that supported her no matter what. Until I watched this. She has always been amazingly open with any questions I had and we just talked about this BECAUSE of this series. I told her that I didn’t go on the journey with her and no matter how many questions she answered I didn’t know about the fear (duh i should have) or the 2nd guessing or the massive feeling of not being seen. My main character syndrome just made me believe if I accepted her, every one else would. At 55, I know how complicated life is. Why did I think it would be ok for her. I love you, you know who you are. Aunt Angel

Warning: I filled out a rating on this movie that required me to choose from waaaaay to many descriptive words and you need to blame my ADD! i have to say im a toddler of the 70’s and i watched and adored jackie chan from go. for those of you considering the quality or scripts of any early movies: dude. you gotta pay your dues. my FEELINGS are that the man should have been a shooting star from start but we all have our paths. the funny thing was as a child i just loved how charming and disarming he was. his physicality was a wonder but as i child i didn’t appreciate the effort. ive seen almost every movie, in the early days on purpose in my later years by accident. i don’t like to be tied down for the length of a movie but occasionally some can grip me and hold me tight for the duration (if i pick up my cell it’s over). IRL there are tiers of death and suffering. if you are lucky it goes from tier to tier. what u expect even though u don’t really think it’s ever going to happen. you lose people in order of “expectation “ first a pet then a great grand parent then a grand parent and maybe a friend. and you think you know pain and sorrow. then you get down to first tier. a spouse a parent. i don’t know what it’s like to lose a child but if my tier is hell their hell must be apocryphal. jackie masters a look of loss. the vacancy, the futility, the lack of any life. the man has always had a huge spark in his eyes. what was he thinking about how did he access that? thats why i answered both dark and enchanting in the request for descriptives. the man makes me appreciate everything about him one piece at a time. he is a marvel. then pierce brosnan. ive always thought he was handsome and had an italian supercar elegance. i don’t know what he was thinking about but the irish accent seems so real his persona seems so real. actors mostly don’t control the script or the blocking etc. but when they act OUT of it and suspend disbelief and you love the ride? totally watch this movie.