Salmonberries

Qiao and I watched the movie Salmonberries via Netflix DVD. I really enjoyed it. The characters are quirky and intriguing; the scenes were often unexpected and surprising, keeping my attention and stringing along my curiosity. The movie kept *my* attention, anyway. There seem to be many negative reviews of the movie from other people. One reviewer wrote that the movie doesn't have any plot. If that is true, perhaps I should look for more of these so-called plot-less movies. This movie was much more interesting and entertaining to me than the type of movies where characters rush around blowing things up and fighting and killing, trying to "save" the world and conquer bad guys (ho-hum booooorrrring...).

At the end of the movie, there were a few parts of it that I was still somewhat puzzled about. Then again, if those parts had been better explained and if more of the story had been fleshed out with extra scenes, it might have had less of a magical/mysterious air to it.

There even really is a fruit called a salmonberry!