Hehehe exactly. Water was one of the most COMMON metaphors throughout the film. If you haven't seen it yet, watch for any water scenes. It's a metaphoric barrier between him and people (and the rest of the world). It's him feeling detached and outside everyone else's reality. less

I'm SO glad to see other people notice those details! THAT is what makes a movie for me. Interesting plot, realistic character personalities and development, and meaningful cinematography. I think that's why I hate so many more recent movies. They're all about sex, expensive CGI, and explosions. Ugh. Lazy and empty-headed. It's become like mindless TV to me. less

Choices for this month! Honestly, this is probably one of the craziest parts of running this club! Finding movies that seem interesting and fun for a wide variety of people! These movies really called out to me, and I hope one of them interests you. I’m going to go ahead and include the synopsis from Netflix on them so you don’t have to go back and forth!

Indie:

Multiple Sarcasms: In 1979, architect Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) begins questioning his existence, avoiding work and escaping into the fictional world of movies. When he starts writing a play examining the choices he's made, it creates issues with his wife (Dana Delany), daughter (India Ennenga) and friends. Meanwhile, he tries to convince a brassy literary agent (Stockard Channing) to represent him and confides in his best friend (Mira Sorvino) in this indie drama.


Howl: James Franco steps into the shoes of famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in this star-studded biopic centered around Ginsberg's poem "Howl" -- and the widely publicized obscenity trial that followed its publication in 1957. Documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Times of Harvey Milk) direct, with an A-list ensemble cast that includes Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels and Mary-Louise Parker.


Mainstream:

Unthinkable: When the government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons, locations unknown, it's up to a seasoned interrogator (Samuel L. Jackson) and an FBI agent (Carrie-Anne Moss) to find out exactly where they are. A suspected terrorist who's already in custody is their only chance for a timely answer. But what will it take to get him to talk? Michael Sheen, Brandon Routh and Martin Donovan co-star.


I realize this next choice is very niche, but my reason for choosing it as an option is because Part 2 comes out next month and if we choose THIS film as our Flick, it’d be neat to choose Part 2 next month and go to the theaters!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1: The first installment of the two-part conclusion to the Harry Potter series finds the bespectacled wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) walking away from his last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever. less

I am incredibly sick of it. I prefer "classic" movies where they actually had to put meaning in films and not rely on fancy visuals to sell tickets. My family, however, does not share in my tastes and feed into all the stupid, "cool" explosion type movies. Ugh.

We had an argument once when I asked them if they saw Dark Knight. I thought it was amazingly done. Amazing. And my mom said, "I don't like those kinds of movies."

"What? No, it's so much better than the old batman movies. It far surpasses them all put together. Those were just silly super-hero movies."

"No, I don't like any of those kinds of movies. They're stupid and a waste of money."

"And yet you think The Hulk, Hellboy, X-men, and Iron Man were artistic masterpieces?"

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I am incredibly sick of it. I prefer "classic" movies where they actually had to put meaning in films and not rely on fancy visuals to sell tickets. My family, however, does not share in my tastes and feed into all the stupid, "cool" explosion type movies. Ugh.

We had an argument once when I asked them if they saw Dark Knight. I thought it was amazingly done. Amazing. And my mom said, "I don't like those kinds of movies."

"What? No, it's so much better than the old batman movies. It far surpasses them all put together. Those were just silly super-hero movies."

"No, I don't like any of those kinds of movies. They're stupid and a waste of money."

"And yet you think The Hulk, Hellboy, X-men, and Iron Man were artistic masterpieces?"

UGH! less