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The Trouble with Rain (2016)
A Powerful Film about Choices
What seems to be a small choice at the time can lead to far-reaching consequences. This film begins in a train station in which four strangers meet. The conversations they have set the stage for their future relationships with one another. Every choice each person makes is meaningful--it is like the Butterfly Effect in Chaos Theory--a small change in initial conditions can lead to large changes in the future.
The acting is excellent, and I felt an emotional tie to the characters. These are characters an audience can care about and with whom they can sympathize and emphasize as they watch the film. It is a deeply moving, powerful film that will leave the audience members thinking about their own choices in life and the consequences that arise from them, both good and bad. I highly recommend this movie.
Lucid (2013)
A young woman is haunted by dreams in which she kills her boyfriend. Desperate for help, she goes to a sleep therapy guru, but things are not always as they seem.
Lucid is a fine horror film. The struggles of the main character, Monica, are gut-wrenching as she struggles with dreams of killing those she loves. The acting is above average to excellent, and this film is better than the vast majority of horror films made today. The viewer does not know what to expect, and there are multiple, surprising plot twists. We have all experienced dreams that are so realistic that we have to gather ourselves together when we wake up and say with relief, "Thank God that was a dream." A world in which dreams and reality merge is one that is frightening--and even more so when dreams threaten to become real. This film reminded me of a horror version of the famous French flick, Last Year at Marienbad. It becomes difficult to distinguish the real world from the dream world as Monica's condition worsens. I will not include any spoilers--the film is full of surprises, and the overall "creep factor" is high. I plan to include this movie as one of those I show in my Introduction to Philosophy classes. I highly recommend Lucid.