Old Habits Die Hard
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (168334)
Boise, Idaho
October 29, 2023 3:50pm CST
I hate that I can't turn off a movie once I get started. I am watching "The Cleaning Lady" and it is really awful. But I have to see what happens. Sometimes I have to see what the writer decided to do as far as the storyline. Other times it is because of my extreme curiosity. This one is the curiosity thing. What will the cleaning lady do next? I guess it was so sick they actually made a TV show out of it. Only lasted for two seasons.
This lady who is seeing a married man and trying to get away from him makes friends with her cleaning lady. The poor gal has scars and the woman tries to bring her out of her shell a little by showing her some make-up techniques. She's a real homicidal maniac and I can see why. Her mother is a real jerk.
The movie even ends weirdly. I hate that kind.
I don't think I'll be making friends with any cleaning ladies any time soon. That's an hour and a half I will never get back.
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15 responses
@DaddyEvil (137629)
• United States
30 Oct 23
If a movie starts off bad and I can't get into it, I just shut it off....
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@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 23
I can turn it off if I haven't gotten too far in to it.
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@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 23
@DaddyEvil ........That's about it for me too unless something stirs me on.
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@DaddyEvil (137629)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@celticeagle If I'm not engaged by ten or so minutes, I don't see a reason to keep watching it.
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@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 23
I may have watched a few episodes.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 Oct 23
Sounds right up my alley 
I know what you mean cant turn it off.
I know what you mean cant turn it off.4 people like this
@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Oct 23
Yup, seen plenty of movies like that, I just gotta know and in the end I am mad I wasted my time on the movie,
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@Deepizzaguy (104192)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Oct 23
That is one reason I do not go to the movies anymore is that the ending of some of these movies do not have happy endings anymore.
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@Deepizzaguy (104192)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Oct 23
@celticeagle That is true.
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@HomeBase (1153)
• United States
2 Nov 23
Well, now you've made me interested in seeing The Cleaning Lady movie. When I watch a movie, I watch about 5 minutes of the beginning, then skip to the middle and watch a little, and then skip to about 5 minutes until the end and watch the entire end of the movie. If I like what I've seen I'll go back to the beginning and watch the full movie. I do that all the time.
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@xFiacre (13157)
• Ireland
29 Oct 23
@celticeagle I do that and I always regret it. Most movies should never have been made.
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
30 Oct 23
I used to waste time watching a movie that I didn't like but now I just turn it off. I used to do the same thing with a book and felt obligated to finish once I started but now I just put it aside and start something else.
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@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Oct 23
@RubyHawk ........My mom loved Holmes and Watson. She read a lot of them. Used to read them to me.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
31 Oct 23
@celticeagle It ruins the whole book. I watched a movie last night. Sherlock Holmes and Watson. You can be sure they got their man.
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@aninditasen (16501)
• Raurkela, India
30 Oct 23
I do watch TV serials but those having family issues. I can identify myself with them.
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@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 23
I think that is the major draw to many of these shows. People identify so well with the characters.
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@aninditasen (16501)
• Raurkela, India
31 Oct 23
@celticeagle Yes, I sometimes find similar issues that I had confronted in life.
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
30 Oct 23
I did that with a couple of movies this week; and I'm sorry I stuck it out. As you said, that's time I'll. never get back. Have a good week.
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