Message 369

I just got back from Starbucks and grocery shopping on my regular Saturday outing. Yesterday I had a quiet day at home reading Science and my new book. Last night after watching the usual Friday night PBS news shows, I watched a DVD of the movie Frozen River. It was about poor whites and Mohawk Indians living in upstate New York in winter near the Canadian border. It was very realistic and familiar to me since I have lived through about ten winters in that area and six more in Alaska, which is a very similar environment. It even has cars driving across an ice bridge over a frozen river like I did in Alaska. I was not familiar with anyone associated with the movie, and it was a low budget independent production. Even though it was generally very grim and gritty, I thought it was very well done. I am tempted to give it five stars, but I have decided to give it only four because it is not what I would consider entertaining. Entertainment is generally why I generally watch movies, and I feel it is perhaps unfair to downgrade a moving and realistic film because it is not exactly fun to watch.