The Hours...

[Mu Satach]

*pings JLB on the nose*

don't be such a 'guy' about it... it has a lot of things to think about in it...

key words... 'you have to think about it'

[JonathanLB]

Sorry, Mu. You are right, there ARE some things it makes you consider, at least. It's not fair to say there are NO themes or messages, but few, IMO, compared to what I might have hoped for or expected.

Still, it made me think a few times, not for long admitedly, and I honestly forget what it made me think about (lol), but I remember thinking once that something in it was significant even if I was bored by the film.

[Mu Satach]

One of the things me and my friends have been kind of debating about is whether Laura's decision to leave her family and go to Canada was ultimately the better choice for her, it is a bit of a ponderer and a bit annoying that we don't really get any resolution about that choice. We have the little comment that her life was death and she chose life... but that's it.

Another thing we keep tossing back and forth about her was whether she was a lesbian and that was part of her reason for leaving the family. Or if she was just so miserable with her life that her actions with her friend was more of an experimentation and reaching out to try and find something she felt she was missing.

And there are so many more things to ponder about.

[JonathanLB]

Hehe, the message I got from the film is that every woman is truly a lesbian at heart and they will be more happy if they embrace it, otherwise they'll want to commit suicide.

So THAT explains all of those lesbian themed porn sites...

Enlightening!

[CMJ]

Funny post Jonathan. I got a similar message out of it that Mu Satach got..but good stuff Bowen.