More spastic than usual

I am not talking about colon problem, I am talking about posting of articles (can I call them that?) I have good news, I got a promotion!!!!! I am finally no longer in a front-line position where you end up just being the bitch of the office and bored a substantial amount of the time. I have a big girl job, with an office, and responsibilities. I started on Monday and am in that floundering stage where I am trying to figure things out without looking like I don’t know what I am doing. So it has been a little hectic. Because of that I actually have things to do so my post on Underbelly will be, as the title states, more spastic than usual. I am not giving up on this whole blogging thing, I assume people are reading it and I do enjoy writing for it, so I am going to keep doing it. Just not at a frequency I (and possibly you) would prefer. I will try and put something new up at least once a week to keep things going.

Anyways, this past weekend I didn’t head out to the movies. On Friday I was ditched for food and I don’t even think it was free, then the rest of the weekend was so friggin’ cold that I flat out refused to leave home (-20, -35 with the windchill, screw you) so no theatre going for me. But I did see a new movie, well new to me anyways. During the Boxing Day sales I had picked up Away We Go but never got around to watching.

The movie stars John Krasinski and Maya Rudolf as Burt and Verona, a young couple on the verge of parenthood. They live in the same city as Burt’s parent and that is the only connection they have to the place. Six months into the pregnancy they find out his parents are moving to Europe cutting all their ties to where they are. They set out on a journey to see friends and family to find a place to settle down.

Away We Go is about the interaction between men and women, parents and kids, and the concept of family in this modern world. It is a quiet unpretentious little movie that doesn’t preach about the right and wrong way to be an adult it just shows you the different kinds of way people can be.

Krasinski and Rudolf carry the movie really well. They are a believable couple in every aspect. The supporting cast if filled with great actors who play interesting, wonderful, and (purposely) detestable people. They include Catherine O’Hara, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan (if you don’t recognize the name you will know his face), and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The plot is nothing mind blowing. At it’s heart it is a road trip movie with a bit of a coming of age thrown on top (even though they aren’t teenagers they find how to become adults). It is well written as it leaves out the high level of vulgarity, course language and ridiculousness that these kinds of films usually have. It does have elements of these things (as all life does) but in realistic and understandable ways.

One thing that made me like this movie was the believability of the people in it. The couples, the kids, the dialogue. No one tried to say anything profound they said what they meant and hoped others understood. They weren’t excessively quirky nor did they lack personality. They were people.

Away We Go is a good movie, it is definitely worth a watch. Rent or buy it – that may cost you less cuz I only paid $4.99 for my copy.

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