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Monday Movie Meme - Somebody's there but Nobody's Home
Monday, June 24, 2013 at 10:35PM 
Last week was a dud, where my updating of the Monday Movie Meme is concerned. I apologize for the delay; let’s get this thing back in business, shall we?! The theme for this week’s meme is fairly a pretty straightforward -- but challenging (for me, at least) one: Nobody’s Home.
Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring somebody who is brain dead or in a vegetative state.
The person who fits this bill would have to be clinically diagnosed as having little to no brain function. This would likely mean that he or she is also hospitalized, but that does not necessarily have to be the case -- especially in scenes or situations where people are receiving home visits from their doctors, or being assessed out in the field on their state of health, or something like that.
Here is my one selection (Yes, that’s right...I am even having difficulty thinking of more than one movie that fits this topic) for this week’s Nobody’s Home theme.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I am not sure how accurate my selection is, since I didn’t read the book that this movie is based on. There is a scene in the 2011 version starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, however, where the Lisabeth character (played by Mara) visits her former Guardian after he had a stroke. She talks to him but he doesn’t respond to her in any way, so if I’m not mistaken, I believe that he was in some sort of vegetative state following his stroke. I’m going out on a limb here with my movie pick this week, so correct me if I’m wrong...
What movies featuring brain dead people, or those in a vegetative state, would YOU add to the list?
Reader Comments (4)
You know... no movies come to mind straight away when I think of this (though I really am more of a TV person... I can think of some TV shows, like Grey's Anatomy, for one)... hmm... I tend to watch "lighter" movies when I do watch them (or big epic ones), so I'm not sure!! :)
Oddly enough, the first person that came to mind is the son in A.I. Of course he recovered, but then Mr. Freezes wife in Batman & Robin would work too.
Oddly enough, the first person that came to mind is the son in A.I. Of course he recovered, but then Mr. Freezes wife in Batman & Robin would work too.
Erika,
It sounds like we're in the same boat...it was tough for me to think of a handful of movies that fit the bill for this particular theme too. Although it is a show, Grey's Anatomy is great for the "brain dead" factor. Strangely enough, I've watched a few seasons of Grey's and am having a hard time remembering specific episodes where brain death occurred...which one would think wouldn't be hard to do, given McSteamy's specialty an all. Thanks for visiting :)
Maurice,
I cannot seem to recall A.I. -- will have to Netflix that one, but Batman & Robin is a goodie!