Weather took a serious turn towards
seasonal change yesterday. I’m hoping this harbinger of my favorite season of the
year hangs around for a while. I celebrate the first cold snap of each fall as
mosquitos meet their annual demise and perspiration goes on hiatus. I know I’m
jumping the gun just a bit and that summer probably has a few more haymakers to
throw our way but it was way cool to sleep with windows open all night for the
first time in a long while.
Our movie catchup schedule continued apace
last night as my wife and I took in Wind River. This is a very stark outing
with the desolate, but spectacular, winter landscape of Wyoming playing a major
supporting character and reflecting the barren lives of the main characters. Jeremy
Renner continues to evolve as an actor and exudes gravitas as a taciturn hero with
the weight of the world on his shoulders but still in hot, if understated,
pursuit of justice for a murdered Indian girl. His Avenger co-star Red Witch
more than holds her own in the talented cast in the crucial role of the sole
FBI agent also trying to track down the killer. There are several startling
shootouts in the cleverly crafted tale. Gil Birmingham, in an all too small
part, once again steals every scene he’s in as a grieving father. This reminded
me in a lot of ways of CJ Box’s outstanding novels set in generally the same area.
I can’t recommend this movie highly enough. I think Renner is going to be
something very special as he reaches middle age and settles into the parts
Tommy Lee Jones has outgrown.
To answer your question, yes it was a
very slow day yesterday, event wise, and I’ve been up to my hips in alligators
all day today with no time to write.
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