Last night I watched the movie ‘the black balloon’. It was a very touching movie about the stuggles faced by a family coping with an autistic child. As far as acting goes, I’d say it was brilliant. At no time did I feel i was ‘watching’ a film, I honestly felt like I was getting an incite into the lives of a real family.
Movies like this are never ‘easy’ to watch and there were numerous scenes that just made me feel deeply for those involved. I was very emotionally connected.
Probably the most disappointing part to the whole film was that when it finished I couldn’t help but feel ‘oh…the end?’. Only afterwards did i realise that the resolution the movie was aiming for was the brother accepting his autistic brother…which the final scene shows. Still, I can’t help but feel it ‘missed’ something. At the same time but, I appreciate movies that leave you feeling you could have watched more, than movies that drag out.
Definately one of the best movies I have seen in ’08.
PS, and off topic – anyone else using wordpress having SERIOUS issues with the new changes? I’m going to have to do something about it…I can’t actually see much while I am typing…so if there are typo’s I apologise. I may have to revert to blogger…and I don’t want to do that, but if these changes aren’t ‘fixed’ this blog is almost unusable. I tried to add an ‘image’ but couldn’t resize due to issues. Let me know if you too are having issues.
i listened to an interview with the writer. it’s essentially about her upbringing, as she had 2 autistic brothers and she was the ‘normal’ one. She talked about how she struggled with hating them, feeling so embarrased by them and being fiercly protective of them.
must be so hard as an older sibling to disabled brothers or sisters, i bet you have so many more expectations on you, and you would be ignored so much….
anyway, i havent seen it yet, did you get it from a video store?
Yeah, it is in video stores now in Margs…so has prob been out for quite some time lol. Definately worth a watch.
I loved it, watched it on dvd about a month ago.
I thought the ending was one of the best aspects.
The problem or struggles the family will have will continue, it is only how they react to those struggles that might find them some joy/peace.