Movie: Ambulance Girl

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Hey people, the other day I was watching TV and ran into the movie Ambulance Girl starring KAthy Bates

I thought it was a really cool movie, because it also explores the feelings as the protagonist goes through with her course and becomes an EMT

I recommend it to you guys! At least i loved it
 
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Geez.. Yeah, it made me feel all "mushy" inside, enough I wanted to puke after watching it. Non-realistic, typical Life Time for Women feel good movie, based upon the book from a NPR radio show Chef.. yeah; run a few calls and we have some real credibility.

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I think bringing out the dead was the best EMS/Medic movie, Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, come on that many big names and a better screen play than most.
 
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I really liked it, too! :)
 
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Second said:
I think bringing out the dead was the best EMS/Medic movie, Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, come on that many big names and a better screen play than most.
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Bringing Out the Dead? That's a terrible movie. Nicholas Cage and Patricia Arquette are the worst actors. It glorified being burnt out and made it seem "cool" to be burnt out. It also had a corny script and just got boring. The book was a bit better, but not what I would call good.
 
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Sasha said:
Bringing Out the Dead? That's a terrible movie. Nicholas Cage and Patricia Arquette are the worst actors. It glorified being burnt out and made it seem "cool" to be burnt out. It also had a corny script and just got boring. The book was a bit better, but not what I would call good.
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I'm actually a fan of the book, but certainly not from an EMS point of view. It's an interesting from a literary perspective, and EMS lends itself nicely as a setting for an introspective and phantasmagoric novel.
 
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I'm actually a fan of the book, but certainly not from an EMS point of view. It's an interesting from a literary perspective, and EMS lends itself nicely as a setting for an introspective and phantasmagoric novel.
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I just got so depressed while reading the book. One bad thing after another. Certainly more realistic than saving every patient but god dang, give us something to be happy about.
 
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Hmmm Let's see Bringing out the Dead. About a burned out, psychotic Paramedic that begs to be fired. His partner beats a psychotic patient with a baseball bat, he unplugs a patient from a vent to let them die because...." he hears the dead people speak to him"....

Yeah, watched it again last night. I always wonder if people wonder if the medic they maybe getting is similar to the one portrayed?

Yes, the movie gives EMS a black eye... horrible movie, horrible acting and the book sucks as well. Written by a medic that should had received psych help instead of royalties.

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Ridryder911 said:
Hmmm Let's see Bringing out the Dead. About a burned out, psychotic Paramedic that begs to be fired. His partner beats a psychotic patient with a baseball bat, he unplugs a patient from a vent to let them die because...." he hears the dead people speak to him"....

Yeah, watched it again last night. I always wonder if people wonder if the medic they maybe getting is similar to the one portrayed?

Yes, the movie gives EMS a black eye... horrible movie, horrible acting and the book sucks as well. Written by a medic that should had received psych help instead of royalties.

R/r 911
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The best thing in that movie was John Goodman and he only gets like ten minutes of screen time!
 
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Anyone ever see the movie "Broken Vessels"? I saw it on Amazon.com and it has some pretty good ratings. I've never seen it, but looking into maybe picking a copy up.
 
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emp430 said:
Anyone ever see the movie "Broken Vessels"? I saw it on Amazon.com and it has some pretty good ratings. I've never seen it, but looking into maybe picking a copy up.
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It's about two medics who buy and do drugs on the job.

With all the film and TV depictions of seriously damaged people working in EMS...I wonder how many folks really think of us as a bunch of disturbed, perverted addicts.
 
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It was this or start a new thread..."Ambulance Girl"

I honestly thought it would be some variant on "Tank Girl" (hahah) until; I saw the name Kathy Bates. It was directed by her as well, so forgive the gaffes and plot troubles, she was learning.

I am a Bates fan ("Tawaanda!!!") but I liked the exploration of the reasons people can have to become an EMT, the feeling you can have crossing the line from "public" to "authorized person", and the ways it can change interpersonal relationships (it was Bates' equivalent to her husband's twelve step meetings). Yeah it IS firmly a ladies' daytime network movie but I still think it has some redeeming features, much more so than the "heroin/Apocalypse Now" -chic "Bring Out Your Dead".

Although I found that a fun watch also.:cool:
 
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