The Festival

After the movie, #1 Son met us for lunch.  He played at the
Lebanon Community Day this morning.

We went to an Indianapolis Film Festival Film today.  The film is called Bluebird.  It's a sad movie and here's our review.

Lw:  So what did you think?

Hm:  I thought it was a very good movie, very well acted.  I liked the sense of place, the way the camera would linger on different factories and whatnot around the town.  I was a bit dissatisfied with the ending.  I found the soundtrack at times overbearing.

Lw:  The main character is a bus driver for kids.  Did you ever take the bus to school?

Hm:  Yes, I did.  For many, many years.

Lw:  Do you think the bus driver character can ever recover from her tragic mistake?

Hm:  Yes.  As mistakes go, it was a very understandable one.  At some point, she'll forgive herself.

Lw:  I thought the bluebird was kind of dumb.

Hm:  Why?  I didn't think that.

Lw:  A bluebird doesn't usually fly around in the middle of a snowy winter.

Hm:  I'll grant you it's unusual.  But it's plausible that it might happen.  If it were a run of the mill thing it wouldn't have distracted her.

Lw:  That's a good point, but I thought it might be a bit of superfluous symbolism.  Fist of 5?

Hm:  I'm going to give it a 3.8.

Lw.  I'll give it a 4.  Bluebird.  Pretty sad, but pretty good.  People should see it if they feel like it.