“A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.”
---Eleanor Roosevelt
Today I did my monthly coordinating of the Mom's Movie Club. I started this in 2000 when I realized that I wasn't seeing nearly as many movies as I wanted to and thought what fun it'd be to do as an activity with other moms.
Nothing complicated or fancy - just a group of us who vote on the two movies that I choose and send in an email. After the votes are tallied (no Chicago-style - just one vote per person and doesn't matter if you vote early or late), I send out another message telling the title, time, and place where we'll meet. It's kind of like pot-luck people, since a different group shows up every month.
How do I choose the movies? Good question. It's more of an art than a science. I read the reviews and watch online the trailers of movies that sound good. Then I calculate whether it seems like one that spouses would want to see and if so, it usually is not one that I picked. We lean more towards chick-flicks and films about powerful and influential or inspiring women. Of course, romantic films are appealing too, whereas shoot-em-up films are almost never picked.
Like I said earlier, it's more art than science, but even when the movie is bad (and sometimes it really is), it's still fun to get together with a group of women for coffee (before the film) and chatting (afterwards, and occasionally during the film).
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