ABC "Cyberbully" Movie

FlyingTrue · **ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 10th 2011, 05:30 PM

Saw a commercial earlier that the ABC Family Network is going to air a movie about cyberbullying on Sunday July 17th. I found this page with more information:

http://abcfamily.go.com/movies/cyberbully

It is good that this problem is being seriously brought into the public eye with a common realistic scenario.

Coreless_Serenity · HelpLINK Mentor since 7/8/11

I really have been wanting to see that. As a former victim of cyberbullying, I think that this is great that this serious issue is being recognized.

Maloo · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 11th 2011, 01:45 AM

I can't wait to see this movie!

sweet_angel1993 · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 11th 2011, 02:00 AM

I can't wait to see it.

Mellifluous · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 11th 2011, 04:05 AM

I can't wait for it! It's good that FINALLY someone is going to recognize bullying, rather than glorify it.

Briana · *12.11.09*

I already said my DVR for it. It looks so good and I love emily who is playing the main character!

Minerva McGonagall · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 12th 2011, 08:40 PM

The plot for this movie reminds me of "Odd Girl Out", a Lifetime movie. However, I'm super excited to see this movie. I hope it's good.

Briana · *12.11.09*

It's on tonight!! It looks really good from the previews.

Cabron · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 17th 2011, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FutureBroadwayStar

I can't wait for it! It's good that FINALLY someone is going to recognize bullying, rather than glorify it.

Wasn't aware so many people were glorifying bullying. Anyways. I wanna watch it but I have a feeling it's gonna be dreadfully corny. :/

ALLorNOTHINGforCHRIST · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 17th 2011, 11:35 PM

I do not watch movies, but I have seen ads for this one.

alixthetree · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 12:02 AM

lol it just started here and i have it set to record on my dvr.

Kate* · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 03:10 AM

Watched it, it was corny in places, but pretty good. Emily is a very good actress!

Coreless_Serenity · HelpLINK Mentor since 7/8/11

I saw it. I loved it. It made me bawl my eyes out. It reminded me so much of what I went through. I really hope this movie opened some people's eyes.

Briana · *12.11.09*

I cried, just because I could relate to so much of it. I loved the movie and I am re watching it now.

Floriferous · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 05:11 AM

I only watched a bit of it (My mom and brother wanted to watch some recorded shows with me after 15 minutes. >.>)
But from what I saw it was really good!
Anyone know when it will be on again? xD

Maloo · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Briana

I cried, just because I could relate to so much of it.

That's exactly how I felt.

DivingCheska · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 07:15 AM

I have been cyberbullied by more than one person more than once and it was a fantastic movie. And both me and my grandma are thinking it is an actually true story because of them little note at the end they only really put those things on there when they are true story's.

I loved it and if it comes out on DVD then I will buy it:]

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Originally Posted by Briana

I cried, just because I could relate to so much of it. I loved the movie and I am re watching it now.

I agree I can relate to it so much like I said before I have been the victim of it on about 6 different occasions

OMFG!You'reActuallySmart! · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 07:52 AM

I haven't seen the movie as I have the feeling it'll be a sob story with petty bullying given it's on ABC affiliated with Disney and the target is teens and pre-teens. When people say certain movies bring tears to their eyes, I'm either laughing, asleep or bored, so judging from the reactions of other users. It's safe to say I'm not planning to waste time watching it.

Maloo · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 18th 2011, 01:53 PM

Sure, it's a sob story, but it's incredibly realistic. And anyone who's been bullied knows that there's no such thing as petty bullying. Bullying hurts like hell, so this is a very relateable story.

Briana · *12.11.09*

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Originally Posted by Myss

Sure, it's a sob story, but it's incredibly realistic. And anyone who's been bullied knows that there's no such thing as petty bullying. Bullying hurts like hell, so this is a very relateable story.

completely agree. I read some people's reactions on Tumblr about it and I can't believe what they would say. Some people siad, "why would she attempt over being called a slut"...or "it is corny". I guess, if they haven't actually gone through cyberbullying, then they just don't know what it is like to be bullied and harrassed online.

Full of Regret · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 19th 2011, 09:27 PM

This movie reminded me so much of my owncexperiences. <3 I didn't cry because my mom was there but I did get misty eyed. And that is coming from someone who never cries.

I hope they air this movie on other channels and maybe a short time in select theaters. Cyberbullying and bullying is a serious topic that needs to be handled.

Tynan · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 19th 2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Man And XX Master

I haven't seen the movie as I have the feeling it'll be a sob story with petty bullying given it's on ABC affiliated with Disney and the target is teens and pre-teens. When people say certain movies bring tears to their eyes, I'm either laughing, asleep or bored, so judging from the reactions of other users. It's safe to say I'm not planning to waste time watching it.

Honestly thats how i felt at first. but i was bored so i watched it. It does raise attention to the cyberbullying subject which is good. But on the other hand i couldnt relate at all to the movie, its not that i was never bullied its just i never let it bother me.

semiunbalanced · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 19th 2011, 09:41 PM

I wish I had seen this movie.

VFAFfan22 · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 19th 2011, 10:39 PM

I can understand relating to this movie, but why did she NEVER delete anything? Not her profile, which I can understand, but not any of the posts against her either? If someone posted on my Facebook page something THAT hurtful, I would delete it and block them, not make myself look stupid by trying to argue with them. It also would have been a lot more relatable if they actually used Facebook, and not some sketchy "Clicksters" website. Cyberbullying is generally more subtle too, not just people posting directly hurtful things about eachother all the time for everyone to see.

Just my opinion. I wish it would've been different, but it's still nice to see people trying to take a stand against it.

moyshi239 · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 19th 2011, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Minerva McGonagall

The plot for this movie reminds me of "Odd Girl Out", a Lifetime movie.

That's exactly what I thought of when I first saw the trailer for Cyberbully.

I watched the movie today and I thought it was okay. Like others have said, it did a good job of raising the issue of cyberbullying. A lot of scenes in the movie seemed very realistic, but some parts seemed a little too scripted and whatnot. But anyways, it was definitely a lot better than what I was expecting. :]

Briana · *12.11.09*

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Originally Posted by VFAFfan22

I can understand relating to this movie, but why did she NEVER delete anything? Not her profile, which I can understand, but not any of the posts against her either? If someone posted on my Facebook page something THAT hurtful, I would delete it and block them, not make myself look stupid by trying to argue with them. It also would have been a lot more relatable if they actually used Facebook, and not some sketchy "Clicksters" website. Cyberbullying is generally more subtle too, not just people posting directly hurtful things about eachother all the time for everyone to see.

Just my opinion. I wish it would've been different, but it's still nice to see people trying to take a stand against it.

It really isn't that easy to just delete it...because like what she does in the movie, she goes back and reads it because people are going to talk about it in school. Sometimes your brain wont let you delete it because it's a reminder, i can't describe it well...but when I was bullied online, I could never delete it. And, even if she did delete it...she still read it...it still hurts. Other people still read it. Deleting doesn't exactly fix everything. Ya know?

savealife723 · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 20th 2011, 03:32 AM

I didn't get a chance to see it on Sunday, but I am for sure watching it when it comes on tomorrow!

I'm really excited to see it!

Floriferous · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 20th 2011, 03:52 AM

I didn't get to see all of it on Sunday and I won't be able to see it tomorrow because I have driver's ed until 8:45 and then I have to go look at a house that we might rent. I was looking forward to watching the rest too.

Guess I'll have to watch it the next time it's on. (Watch me have something that night too. :P)

BECCALICIOUS! · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 20th 2011, 04:43 AM

I didn't like it. I've been bullied and cyberbullied and for this day and age I thought it was very unrealistic. In all the experience my friends and I have gone through with bullying, no one has ever been stupid enough to do it so OPENLY where they could be directly connected by name (i.e, Facebook). It was always "AIM wars" or whatever.

Their anti-bullying strategy was way too direct. The support group comments and how Taylor stood up to the bully at the end? Way too cheesy.

I'm not trying to minimize the problem, as I understand persistent bullying like what Taylor endured can drive many people to desperate acts. I just think the way in which the media portrays cyberbullying is almost too public. I thought Odd Girl Out was so much better and realistic.

Dez · Self Expression Forum Mod 4/23/12

I just watched the movie today and I could say that it was pretty good, better than I expected it to be. I actually cried in some places.

MegaMadness · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 22nd 2011, 11:38 AM

Not my type of thing to watch. I'd probably end up yelling at the tv or getting bored.

sweet_angel1993 · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 26th 2011, 02:43 AM

Its based on a true story but in the actual story the girl killed herself.

Beetbox · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 26th 2011, 11:32 AM

I didn't like it, I felt it was too dramatized. I think it is good they are trying to raise this issue to the general public but I could guess what was going to happen from start to end. The bullying comments a lot of them were just in my opinion not actually very bad

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. I went through this myself and I felt if that was all that happened to me I would have been very happy.

I think that in today's world that this is not how it would happen and so they were promoting the past and not the present. I just felt that overall if they really wanted to raise this issue they should have maybe made it a lot more realistic. Triggering spoiler

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I can't say I was disappointed with it though because I never expected it to be realistic.

Rainbow Dash · 11:37 PM

Ummmm, I don't really know what to think. I like how it's trying to show awareness of online bullying but there were too many questions unanswered.

1) Why didn't she just block the people on her profile?

as soon as it started happening she could have blocked them. I know at one point she says "I never thought of that" but, really? It's the the most obvious solution.

2) Better question, why didn't she delete her profile? or make a new profile and then block everyone who was bullying her.

3) Why did Scott suddenly believe all the rumours? one second he was saying it was stupid and he got hacked before and then the next he's believing everything on her profile.

The twist with Samantha was just stupid

Beetbox · **Re: Cyberbully [2011] -** July 26th 2011, 07:29 PM

I answered this in the other thread but overall I think this movie is pretty unrealistic and I felt like I wasted some time by watching it when I am so busy.

Rainbow Dash · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** July 27th 2011, 11:41 PM

Oh, God >.> I didn't realise there was another thread. I just had to merge my own thread, fail.

Just pretend that never happened

Also, that video they posted on her profile made me laugh more than anything. It was the stupidest thing I have ever seen.

escape_thereal_world · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** August 6th 2011, 06:13 PM

I personally didn't like it. It was overly dramatized.

Nicole! · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** August 8th 2011, 10:43 PM

I didn't really like it either, a lot of it was unrealistic and over-dramatized.

Sincerely Yours ♥ · **Re: ABC "Cyberbully" Movie -** August 9th 2011, 12:03 AM

I liked it. Yes, it was over-dramatized, but what made-for-TV-movie isn't? Emily did a great job acting & I actually teared up at certain scenes, because it reminded me of when I was bullied. It's not an award winning movie or something I can watch over & over, but it was enjoyable.

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FlyingTrue Offline TeenHelp Sponsor I've been here a while ******** Age: 20 Gender: Male Location: United States (FL) Posts: 1,037 Join Date: March 31st 2010	ABC "Cyberbully" Movie - July 10th 2011, 05:30 PM Saw a commercial earlier that the ABC Family Network is going to air a movie about cyberbullying on Sunday July 17th. I found this page with more information: http://abcfamily.go.com/movies/cyberbully It is good that this problem is being seriously brought into the public eye with a common realistic scenario.

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