Last night Mark and I saw Crazy Heart as part of Theology in the Dark. Overall I was very impressed by the film so it deserves a bit more mention.

I won't go into a summary of the plot since you can find that anywhere, but what really impressed me was the smaller elements. I enjoyed that many events in the film were seemingly understated by Hollywood standards.

For example, at one point in the movie a car crash occurs. I liked the way it was portrayed since it wasn't needlessly violent, and like everything else in the film you could see it coming. The driver falls asleep at the wheel, you know its coming, the car goes off the road into a field then rolls a few times but stops upright. You could say this is symbolic of how the main character will regain his footing in life, but I appreciate the way the crash was shown. You don't need a lot of shock and surprise to get a point across.

After the film the group of us went to Boston Pizza to discuss what we saw, but at the end I found I didn't have much to say. There were so many conflicting emotions it was hard to come out with a strong opinion one way or the other. This may be because the film while not having a good ending, had the right ending.