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Welcome to Plathville (2019)
Interesting Series
It is interesting to watch as a conservative faith-based family deals with life. If I had to come up with a slogan for the show, it would be Mr Rogers Meets The Waltons.
I am 70, so over the decades I have seen the world change and also have seen my share of reality shows. The first reality show was PBS's An American Family, which followed a family as they traversed life. Just as taking the temperature of an object changes the temperature of that object, a reality TV show changes the lives of the participants. Being in front of a camera can effect how people interact and I am sure that also has happened to this family.
Without giving any spoilers, we soon learn why the Mother is overly protective of her children. As the shows progress I just want Dr. Phil to come in and explain to them why things are like they are. "How's that working for you?" would be one of the best questions to ask the family as they learn why there is turmoil.
Parents are supposed to teach and guide their children to deal with life. It seems as though the parents are holding them back. One has to wonder that if a tragedy took the parents lives, how would these children handle being thrust into the world away from the comfort of their current situation at home? You have to wonder as one child has never had a soda until age 20. Imagine the children not having Internet access unless hovered over or being able to watch television.
Yes, you can try to protect your children from every possible perceived evil in the world, but at what cost?
This series is an interesting study in family relationships.
Running for Grace (2018)
Great!
OK, I'm biased because I live on the Big Island where this was filmed. Still, I give the movie a great review because even though it is a somewhat simple love story, it does blends in other aspects of Hawaii life back then.
The movie is a feel-good love story and it is worth seeing. I actually bough tickets and took friends.
Because it was filmed here, almost everyone in the theater waited through all the credits to see who they knew. At one point in the film I saw some farmland and realized that I had been in that spot a few months back.
Donovan's Reef (1963)
A wonderful Movie with Great Scenery
I've seen this movie often and continue to enjoy it. I used to wonder what it would be like to visit an island such as this and now I've been there!
The filming locations included Kauai (one of the Hawaiian Islands) and it is still as beautiful as the movie depicts years ago. Towns like this still exist too, although the island of Molokai might be closer to that shown in Donovan's Reef.
I agree with other comments that the film does not take its self too seriously and neither do the actors. It is a fun movie with breathtaking scenery.