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Astrology And Movie Reviews: Scorpio, 8th House, Pluto Titles…
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I wish we could have a movie of the month club but can’t see how it could be done. We can compile a list of movies one would associate with each of the planets though so let’s give it a whirl starting with Scorpio, Pluto and the 8th house.
These movie picks should involved sex and psychology… perhaps betrayal, double cross, you get the idea. Please leave as many details as you can (without spoilers).
My pick is The Beguiled
This is a Clint Eastwood movie filmed in 1971 that holds up completely 35 years later. Can’t even complain about the hairstyles as it is a period peace.
I saw this movie last weekend (first time) and was shocked. It has a lot of audacity even for today. It is overtly twisted but also sublime and as sophisticated as you may be, you could probably spend many months unraveling just exactly what is going on and who is to blame for what.
Here’s the Rotten Tomato Review.
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32 Responses to “Astrology And Movie Reviews: Scorpio, 8th House, Pluto Titles…”
Love Clint Eastwood flicks. He’s just got something about him, very sexy 
I’ll have to check this one out!
If you like mystery and want something to unravel over and over again, here are 2 picks for pluto/scorpio/8th house:
Tell No One - twisted and well put together w/great soundtrack. Has all the ingredients - crime, betrayal, corruption, the underworld, deep love and lots of twists and turns. French w/English subtitles. Loved this one.
Mulholland Drive - dark, mysterious and hard to unravel. Also great soundtrack. Betrayal, crime, mafia, love gone awry, decomposition of dreams. Slight neptunian flavor. David Lynch’s best.
OMG–I was just looking up this movie online the other day for a poem I was writing. I saw The Beguiled only once–when I was 12, I think, and it STILL sticks with me; the ending scene is seriously messed up, worthy of any Poe short story. Weird sychronicity that you should mention it. “Blue Velvet” is very Scorpio twisted; I saw that movie three consecutive nights when it first came out in the theater way back when (Scorpio Moon conjunct Neptune here). My other fave: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Cult classic with my favorites, Bette & Joan! And what’s interesting about that movie is that there is an astrological chart hanging on the wall in the sisters’ kitchen (if I am remembering correctly). Always wanted to freeze frame that scene and take a closer look…
I think Fatal Attraction has to be mentioned.
but I also think Harry Potter movies fit that bill as well.
here’s one that might seem a bit of a stretch but I think so
and I LOVE it:
Shaun of the Dead. hello, zombies… plus the protagonist faces death and has a major transformation from working stiff to hero. and zombies.
The Eyes of Laura Mars! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077530/
And Caché. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387898/
“Closer”… definitely.
Mulholland Drive
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Double Jeopardy
Frida
Manchurian Candidate
The 6th Sense
Ghost
Rob! I loooved “Closer”.
Especially that song at the end by Damien Rice.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a Scorpio book…
I recently watched “A Passage to India” (again). I love this movie for its distinct subtleties and obvious wisdom and mystique of Mrs. Moore and Professor Godbole.
What exactly happened in the Marabar Caves? ? ?
I don’t know that he’s actually a Scorpio, but anything with Ralph Fiennes. What a freaking hot and twisted mofo. Deep. Sexy. Completely mental and manipulative and knows what you’re thinking before you think it. It’s not just raw, stupid anger or aggression or sex, it’s intensified and refined through a mental filter. An cool exterior that hides his depth.
Yeah, I like old Ralph a lot 
indecent proposal
What about Sunset Boulevard?
It’s narrated by a corpse, for one. (That’s gotta count for something, right?) But it’s all twisted up with sex and psychology - I don’t wanna go into TOO much detail but the Norma Desmond character is a study in manipulation and madness. (She’s got neptoon, too, you KNOW she’s gotta) Plus there’s the creepy butler who has his hand in turning everything sideways, and the main character is just jacked up seven ways to Sunday.
I (fingers crossed) linked to the Rotten Tomatoes review up there if you wanna read the synopsis and such.
Last Tango in Paris with Marlon Brando
anything film noir…
henry & june…
Pixie, i think Ralph is a Virgo. I think some Virgo´s get to be scopionish, especially the guys. I like him too.
Ralph Fiennes is actually a Capricorn with Moon and Venus in Scorpio..
http://www.astrodispatch.com/2008/10/02/we-look-at-ralph-fiennes-horoscope-after-the-air-hostess-controversy-by-glorija-lawrence-2/
Here’s another: “Quills” with Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, and Joaquin Phoenix (he is my Ralph Fiennes). This film is about the Marquis de Sade being held in a madhouse for his deviant writings, and all the Scorpionic shenanigans that take place there. Not for the squeamish, rated R, and the film did receive 3 Academy Award noms. Intelligent, intense, sexual, manipulative, power games…all very Scorpio. The real obsession, though, in my opinion, in the film is how far de Sade will go to write, for at one point his writing materials are taken away from him…but he is not thwarted! (I won’t give away the details).
Ohh, great topic:)
Two of my favourites in this genre would be
“Dangerous liaisons” (1988) and “The Shawshank redemption” (1994).
I also heartily recommend “The celebration” (Denmark, 1998) if you can get hold of it…:) It takes on family secrets and -scapegoating. Unforgettable!
I really like this idea. Im going to have to make a list and watch some I havent seen.
I few that I think can be quite scorpio are
Cruel Intentions (one of my favorites)
Silence of the Lambs
Tristan and Isolt ( another favorite)
Perfect Stranger
Gossip (A gemini scorpio theme!)
Ooohhh, I loved Closer too!
Shell - that song is “The Blower’s Daughter”, and it is so good
These are all some great movie picks, I’m gonna write them down.
Uh, I spaced out and shared a Pisces-type movie. Doh!
my husband (scorp rising) is big on scorpio flix so we see a lot of them. last night, for example, he had to watch half of Bladerunner to see which version was being played on tv, the regular or director’s cut. why he felt compelled to know i have no idea.
One that I haven’t seen mentioned here is A Simple Plan - other people’s money bringing a heck of a lot of shadow.
And Boogie Nights, loosely based on John Holmes life is another (which Mulholland Drive is also, although less loosely and a lot more Neptuney version).
Shell… Wonderful movie, yeah? Damien Rice’s music is used as the score to this almost completely throughout…
Come to think of it, “Closer” isn’t just Plutonian… it’s Neptunian and Saturnine, also.
Will be back to post it for those threads
What a great idea! There are so many I can think of but really “In The Realm of the Senses” would have to be my recommendation. It’s a Japanese film about the the true story of a woman who became obsessed with her lover’s penis and eventually chopped it off and carried it around with her in her purse. You kinda just have to watch it.
Oh “True Romance,” for sure. I always thought that Alabama Whitman was the most Scorpio of female lead characters.
@spidermoon - I can’t believe I forgot Quills. You’re so right!! (and write ) Good call, definitely Scorpio action there, and definitely not for the faint of heart. *smile*
I thought of a few, but as much as I remember liking them they’ve gotten horrible reviews on RT. I haven’t seen them in this century so I won’t list them.
Does “Pan’s Labyrinth” count as Plutonian?
No one’s mentioned “Flowers in the Attic?!” Abuse, incest, power struggles, murder, cheese, it’s got it all!
Someone listed “Silence of the Lambs,” but I think “Red Dragon” (with Ralph Fiennes, Ed Norton, and ex-Sir Hopkins) is a better fit here.
I’m more attuned to books.
I would recommend “In the Cut” by Susanna Moore, although the movie slaughtered the awesomeness right of it. See also “Lunch” by Karen Moline, which is so distinctly Scorpionic it’s variously amusing and appalling. Both are about sex, murder, and obsession, although the treatments are vastly different.
In fantasy, The Black Jewels series (especially the first three) by Anne Bishop follows a marvelously Plutonian family through a time of trouble and war, as the child grows up and learns how to wield her enormous magical power responsibly.
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“Unfaithful” with Richard Gere and Diane Lane.
I think it’s very Scorpionic……..
And even if you don’t think so, at least you’ll get some hoooot sex scenes involving Oliver Martinez…(whew…fanning myself at the thought of it). I think it portrays all of the emotions of having an affair, and also the rage a spouse feels when they discover they’ve been betrayed. I love it!