Likes and Dislikes about Leaving Normal, Fave Movie for semester
I had mixed feelings about Leaving Normal because there were characteristics that I liked and disliked. First, I liked the ending of the movie since it was happy and they finally stopped running and settled down together. This idea of a happy ending hasn't been achieved without someone dying in every other movie so I was relieved throughout the movie. Some other things that I liked were the relationship that the two strangers had, and the fact that the main character ran away from her husband after he hit her. I am fed up with women staying with their man whether he is abusive, verbally and emotionally abusive, or even a cheating on her. On the contrary, there were also things that I disliked for example, the acting wasn't very good in my opinion or too dramatic. Another thing that I didn't like was the fact that every single thing went wrong for them and serious of bad events went on until the very ending of the film.
As for my favorite film, I would have to say Boys on the Side because I liked all of the actresses and the characters they played. It was my first time seeing the movie and I realized that I liked it even more than Set It Off. I thought the relationship was so strong between the women that seemed like they had known each other forever. It was very precious and I almost came to tears, a couple of times. Those are the type of movies I enjoy with plenty of drama and an overall happy ending. Also, when I say drama I mean relational drama in chick flicks, not when a bunch of things go wrong and there appears to be no hope for anything positive.