What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Montana Sky - 2007

It was movie night, and it was Mom's turn to pick. I tracked this title down for her, and we settled in to watch it.

Ella's father is dead, and her two half sisters show up late to the burial. She can't wait to get rid of them, but the will stipulates they have to spend the next year together or forfeit their share of the ranch: approximately $8 million. That must all be land value, because they only had 3 farm hands and not much cattle.

Around the ranch, brutal slayings start with a cow, then a dog (ugh), and escalate to a man named Pickles. Along with this, a horse is made sick. One of the sister's ex-husbands is lurking around the ranch, stalking his wife. He'll be an issue, but I'm not sure what he does most of the time. They just show him occasionally peering at her through binoculars. He kidnaps her toward the end, but other than that, did he just watch her for months? I figured he'd be more threatening.

Also, the other two sisters have romance side quests. The one guy acted creepy most of the time, so I wasn't sure why I was supposed to root for him. Ella was like the physical embodiment of a hedgehog. She was prickly with everyone and irritating the whole time. I think the most decent couple was the L.A. woman who barely wore clothes (they made comments about that all the time) and the old-fashioned sheriff.

The twist at the end was weird and didn't make sense. I won't get into it, but the way crazy man was going about getting what he wanted wasn't going to work. Not sure what his plan was. And I wasn't on board with the mutilating the animals and showing it. Sure, it's not real, but they made a point of showing it. I'm the type that cares more about the animals than the people in movies, so that brought the movie down immediately. The relationships were weird as well. Ella shared a father with the sisters, but she also called the one guy her brother. Half-brother. So did they share a mother? They mentioned it more than once, so I'm not imagining it. For a while, I thought Adam and Lilly were brother and sister, which made their budding relationship cringy. But then, the father didn't have a son. It was just odd.

Anyway, the movie was just not for me. Sorry, Mom, this one was a downer, and I only really liked the sheriff. And the animals. But they murdered the dog. If you want me to like a movie, never murder the dog!



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