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Being Single is Hell in “The Lobster”

 

This new sci-fi film (released today in the States) takes place in the near future when single people have 45 days to find a compatible mate, or else be transformed into an animal and released into the wild.

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32 comments for “Being Single is Hell in “The Lobster””

  1. Jules says:

    Ugh! Can’t get by this initial concept. Reminds me of Jodie Foster talking about how scripts written by men consistently rely on rape to move the plot and develop characters.

  2. Jules says:

    Just have to add, the trailer is made me giggle.

  3. Kathleen says:

    Sounds dumb

  4. Sabine says:

    It seems I’m the odd woman out, here: I think the trailer is hilarious and delightful, and I can’t wait to see the film. (And if I stay single, I plan to transform into a bird.)

  5. Kathleen says:

    I mean this in jest but this was on the news:

    “World’s Oldest Woman Said Secret To Long Life Is Staying Single”

  6. Claire says:

    I’d like to become my dad’s next dog. Those animals have it better than we did as kids.

  7. Robin says:

    When I read your caption I thought, whaaat?! But then I watched the trailer and it does look pretty funny.
    And I would be happy to turn into an animal … if I get to pick the animal.

  8. Leyla says:

    I think the point is to exaggerate how marginalized single people actually are. Some people DO already regard us as strange animals that can’t be fully understood.

    • wendy says:

      The longer I go being single, the more I LOVE it!!

      • Robin says:

        I am with you on that, Wendy. I also wonder if anyone else gets a kind of envious vibe from married friends or acquaintances at times? Like they wish they had considered a life like yours as a viable option, instead of opting for the ‘traditional’ path they took?

        At least now (thinking of your subsequent post and your early distaste for a ‘regular’ life) – you are anything but regular now! It’s always hard to be a pioneer but it’s kind of heroic I think.

        • wendy says:

          I have a few married friends who have expressed a bit of envy. But, really, everyone’s life is filled with immense challenge. It’s what we do with it.

        • Dee says:

          I identified with Wendy’s post about not wanting a regular life. When I was in my 20’s I was terrified of ending up “normal” e.g. married w/ kids. Now in my late 30’s I sometimes wish I was normal, but it’s usually a fleeting feeling. I get that way when it just feels hard being single with no kids in a coupled world.

          But I love my life! I would never trade it for being a suburban house wife….EVER!

          PS. This film looks stupid in my opinion. 😉

          • wendy says:

            I wonder if married people feel “normal.”

          • Dee says:

            Hmmmm…good question. I think they feel normal as far as being in a relationship. But I’m sure they have other things that make them feel abnormal. 😉

          • wendy says:

            Unless they’re miserable in their relationships and feel not normal compared to the ideal.

  9. Leyla says:

    I enjoy not being married, but if you think about it, most media is about married people. The only movies about single people are about them FINDING a person. So this is movie will be an interesting surrealist sci-fi take on what happens to single people when they don’t find someone. I think I’d see it.

  10. Lola says:

    I think the movie looks funny! Going to see it alone is going to be particularly poignant, don’t you think? 🙂

    My animal would be either an eagle or a dolphin. The air or the sea for me…

  11. Navarre says:

    I liked the trailer. Please make me a fat little river otter, cozy in my lair, eating silvery fish, and sliding down the snowy banks with my brothers and sisters for all eternity.

    • wendy says:

      I love that you not only have the animal but your environment, your food and companions. Great image.

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