At the Movies

We aren’t huge movie goers but venture into the theatre maybe once every other month.  I am not sure if it is for the movies or for the movie popcorn and candy :0 The types of movies we like tend toward comedies or "makes ya feel good" shows.  I am definitely not into scary or disaster movies.  I have enough going on in my life without having to worry about the possibility of a giant earthquake, or asteroid, or tsunami that could consume the earth.  And someone jumping out in the dark?  Uh-uh, no way can I take that kind of heart attack!

Last Friday we saw a noteworthy "makes ya feel good" movie.  In the past I have based whether or not I go see a movie on what the critics have to say about it.  That is, if a critic likes a movie, I have found that I don’t like it and if a critic says it is a lousy movie, I love it.  So it was with some trepidation that we went to see Final Season because our critics here really liked it.  At first, I went to see it only because it was filmed in Iowa and about a small town in Iowa but I am here to tell you that it was just a dog-gone good movie.  While it takes place in Norway, Iowa, it could be about any small town across the United States that is being pushed into a government pigeon hole.  I really liked how small towns were portrayed.  Yeah, there is good and bad to living in a small town but give me a small town over a big city any day.

I don’t want to give away any of the premise of the movie but I want to say that twice I had to stop myself from cheering out loud.  I really did forget that I was only watching a movie.  So if you go to see it, or get it on Pay-Per-View, or wait until it is out on DVD and you like it, remember I recommended it.  If you don’t like it, remember I am not a critic (and feel free to develop a case of amnesia about who recommended it)!!

[tags]movies, comedies, small towns[/tags]