So last night I watched The Black Balloon. This came out while I was in Canada so I never had the chance to see it and since I’ve been back there has been a lot of hype around it due to the AFI Awards over the weekend. Australia seems to have this fascination with suburban family life (maybe its not just Australia…) which is not a bad thing but it seems like the films set in the suburbs, storylines built around the battlin’ Aussie family, always seem to do really well (for example, at said recent AFI awards, The Castle was voted best Australian film of all time). I guess this is because people generally like things they know… That all said, this film was super good and I totally understand why there was so much hype! The story was great, really something different, and it showed a different side to a family living with an autistic child. It was very intense and confronting at some points, the performances were amazing at these times. The only performance I didn’t really enjoy was Gemma Ward’s, I know why she’s a model now and not an actress… But the relationship between her and Thomas really well done and exactly what you would expect from a teen romance. I would have liked to have seen more of a character development from the father because there was something going on there but it was never fully explained. But no, it was super good and I really enjoyed it.
In other news, I have a super fun week planned full of Ikea and friendship. I am also so excited about summer (even though the weather has been shitting the last couple of days…)! We have started up a regular Beach Club on Sundays that we will hopefully keep up for a while. I’m moving out this Saturday which is exciting and scary at the same time. It will be great to live so close to my friends and hopefully I will make some new friends due to proximity. Yeah! Thats my life right now.
