before and after
Friday night, pre-movie
I'm about to watch the Man From Snowy River. I remember not loving this movie when I was younger, or at least not admitting to my parents I liked it. But somehow it became an old classic and a year or two ago I walked in on some friends having a watch party for it. My husband thinks it might be boring, even though I showed him the trailer and wow it's so old. I'm excited. Jim and Jess? I think those were their names, the main characters. If you haven't watched this movie, it's about Australia, cowboys, love, wild horses and self-discovery.
Saturday, post-movie
- the music was great
- lots of very zoomed-in face shots
- grainier image than the 30 minutes of Star Wars we watched right before
- a couple great & funny one-liners
- it zoomed in on the eye of a horse 3x in a row (made us laugh)
- some old ideas about feminism
- two kissing scenes
- one angry and protective dad
- a peg leg
- a single herd of wild horses
- one boy --> man named Jim
- lots of mountains
- a couple storms
- some good horse riding scenes
- jerks who try to beat up the hero
- one dad who dies
- some gold diggers who strike a vein
- a mysterious plot about the mother and daughter
- nice rolling credits over old Australian nature shots
- again, great music
- pretty horses
Hm maybe I shouldn't have watched it so late because now I'm tired. Buut, I liked it. It was different than I remembered -- I remembered it very nostalgically and as this great, perfect movie and it's not perfect. But, it's a nice one for sure and it has a lot of good feelings in it and, honestly, movies that are just straight action, intensity, fighting, could learn something from the ones like this that just take you for a more serene, small-town/countryside, morally feel-good, calm and beautiful music, kind of ride.
picture credit: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/breathtaking-merrijig-farmland-from-the-man-from-snowy-river-for-sale/
I feel like I have vaguely heard of this movie like once in my childhood. However, after reading your post I think this would be a fun movie to see. It sounds like a classic, good time movie.
ReplyDeleteI love that you did a comparison of before and after you watched the movie! That is a great idea and you probably got a lot out of it! This sounds like a good movie- I need to watch it! I am always looking for feel-good movies that are cute, chill, and have a good message to them. Every once in a while I think an action movie is fun, but I definitely agree that take you for a ride are more interesting and worthwhile. Awesome post!
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