"Leaving Normal" and The most memorable/favorite film
Leaving Normal was a film that was mediocre for me. It ranked right in the middle of all the others that we have watched throughout this course. I could relate to the characters (Darly more than Maryanne) but I did not enjoy the storyline. The reason why I could relate to both is because there are times when things just go wrong, one after another, and there just does not seem like anything will go well again. Like Darly (when her car got trashed) I would really try to remain optimistic but that last event, the one that breaks me, will cause me to give up all hope for everything else. Maryanne plays that side where she accepts things as they are, whether good or bad. Even when Maryanne had no other place to go but to stay with her sister and accept whatever plans her sister had made for her, she accepted that outcome. It was obvious that Maryanne was not happy staying with her sister but she did not express that dislike. Maryanne was not the one to scream and yell out of anger or frustration, but Darly changed that. There was a scene where Maryanne was seen calling for her wedding ring back, it was a shock because she was screaming and demanding. Overall it was a good movie but probably not one that I would go rent.
My favorite film out all the ones we watched in this course was Little Miss Sunshine. It was the only film that I liked all of the characters. It is probably a film that I would watch over again in my spare time.