"Cold Weather" (2010): Toughing it Out
I liked this Movie. I also totally get why many folks may not.
I like deliberately paced films. Films that let you get to know characters and what their lives are about. And I tend to like movies with spare dialogue, as well, because they generally allow the viewer to determine on their own what the filmmakers are trying to communicate without having to be sledge hammered over the head about it. This said, "Cold Weather" had even me wondering literally about halfway through it when the hell something of import was finally gonna happen.
And then it did.
And we watched as people not really unlike you and I decided how they were going to react and behave when faced with extraordinarily disruptive circumstances in the midst of their otherwise ordinary lives. This, to me, is genuinely fascinating and compelling.
Now in the interest of full disclosure, I am a native of the Pacific Northwest and have lived in the region most of my life. The movie's main characters are precisely the kind of folks who live where I do. Hence, I relate to these people perhaps more so than the vast bulk of Americans who don't reside way up here in our little corner of the world.
Initially, I didn't like the way this flick ended. But now I think I may understand it a little better. In the wake of exceptional challenge, brother and sister have forged a bond that clearly didn't exist before. And individually, they have come to realize that just maybe they each have more going for them than they heretofore believed themselves.
Even if you hated "Cold Weather", there's always something to be said for the triumph of the Human Spirit.
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