Walks: Hood/Presidio
Average: 4 miles
Not a very eventful time recently so Ciwt was Delighted to see there was a movie at our local Vogue theater that has a 94/96 critics/audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That was all she needed to buy her ticket to The Sheep Detectives. As usual she didn't read any reviews because she prefers to read them after she's formed her own opinion.
She did notice the movie is filled with stars and, obviously from the title, is a detective movie. So off she went expecting to see that whole list of stars and be challenged by a knotty mystery. Hugh Jackman filled the screen in the opening scene, and Ciwt sat back to see what star was going to appear next. Imagine her surprise when it turned out to be a talking sheep?! And then another and another. Somehow it hadn't occured to her that would happen, even in spite of the title: The Sheep Detectives.
Her expectations sank; she thought about revising her no reviews ahead of time policy,even leaving, but ended up glad she stayed. The mystery was a bit ho hum to her, but the sheep were stunningly believable. To a fault: they slowly grabbed Ciwt's heart and proceded to break it several times. If she'd read any of those reviews, she would have learned that much of the audience - especially the adults - end up in tears. Ciwt was quite melancholy for hours after.
She can't really tell her readers or whoever might ask to go no matter what. But she can say you will be impressed with the movie making - ai, cinematography, script - and deeply touched by those sheep.
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