Men's Group, the movie

Went and saw the movie, ‘Men’s Group’ last night. What a great movie! A confronting, hard hitting realistic view of Aussie Blokes dealing with the stuff of life which bends them out of shape.

A confronting movie not for the faint hearted but rewarding and revealing. As you watch it you identify with the characters, recognising them in others and in bits of yourself.

At times harrowing, at times embarrassingly stereotypical and other times close to home it is, in the end, a hopeful movie. Hopeful for the characters in the movie as they discover that as you confront the pain in your life there is a way forward, not matter how difficult and faltering the path may seem.

It is hopeful of blokes in that it shows us how blokes deal with stuff and can support one another meaningfully and deeply without talking about sex and football. It looks at language and how we use it to cover up stuff, how we present our selves to the world, it deals with fathers, touch, image, relationships and shows that stuff like that impacts each of us regardless of age (the age of the actors extends from late 20’s to somewhere in the 70’s).

After the movie I rang home and said I would be a little late as I needed time to process some of the stuff. I stood next to the car at Rozelle and looked up, the moon was hidden by a black cloud and against the night sky only the faint glimmer of light said the moon was there. As the clouds moved the moon glowed larger and came into view, except because of the time in the moon’s cycle, it wasn’t perfectly round. It was bent out of shape, a little off kilter. Yet it shined brightly and lit up the night sky.

That, to me is the message of 'Men’s Group', the movie. No matter how blokes are bent out of shape there is hope that we can come out from the dark cloud of brokenness and shine.

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Men's Group - The Movie

As discussed at the last Bloke's Breakfast we are organising an outing to see the movie 'Men's Group'.

Men’s group is the story of six very different men; Paul, Freddy, Cecil, Lucas, Moses and Alex . They meet once a week at Paul’s home to talk. When they begin they are complete strangers.

They soon discover that they have something in common, being male. As trust grows between them they gradually begin to share as they learn to listen to each other. They discover that they are not quite so alone in their fears as they had presumed.

It takes a tragedy for the men to finally understand that they must take responsibilities for their own lives and those of their loved ones.

It begins screening 13th so we can either go Saturday 15th in the afternoon or some time the next week, perhaps Wednesday 19th.

Think about it and we will arrange a time on Saturday at the big Degustation Breakfast.

Movie Night Friday 8th @ 6p.m. @ The Ritz

As previously blogged have arranged the movie night to see "When Was the last Time You Saw Your Father?" for this Friday night at the randwick Ritz. We meet at 6p.m. and depnding upon when the movie screens have a meal before or after screening. I know it's the opening ceremony of the olympic games but with that and the rugby mad blokes its almost impossible to pick a suitable night.

Let me know by email if you are coming.

"When Did You Last See Your Father?"

"When Did You Last See Your Father?" is a movie recommended by David off the Movie Show as essential viewing for men. The relationship with our father is a formative one and often when we have the most difficulty resolving throughout our life's journey. For us to move on with our lives and to become fathers our selves it is important to reflect on our own experiences.

SUGGESTION: That we get together one Friday or Saturday night after it opens (31 July) and go as a group, having something to eat and drink after or before it. What do you think.

If you are interested let me know here or on my email dellmar@optusnet.com.au.

For more information on the movie go to http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/whendidyoulastseeyourfather/trailer/