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My wife is dying to see this new movie. It's playing this weekend at our rural small town restored theatre. With covid still lingering around I'm concerned about going. Thinking maybe an afternoon matinee might be when there be lower attendance. We have all our shots and booster, but would you feel safe enough to go?
Where the Crawdads Sing
Abandoned as a girl, Kya raised herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the marsh girl haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world. However, when one of them is found dead, Kya immediately becomes the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal many secrets.
Ocelot II
(115,732 posts)though I guessed the outcome long before it was revealed. Don't know how accurately the movie follows the book, though.
unc70
(6,115 posts)The author gets so much wrong it is nearly unreadable. She gets all that praise for describing the marshes, birds, etc., but none of it is authentic. Neither the geography, the shellfish, the people, and the WEATHER! The hurricanes, starting with Hazel, wiped out almost everything that was on the water.
The movie was filmed on the Gulf because nowhere in NC matched the descriptions.
Ocelot II
(115,732 posts)but I did think it sounded more like the deep South than what little I know of NC. Wonder why the author didn't do better research on matters she described in such detail. I've wondered this about other stories and tv shows - like the ones supposedly set in my home state, Minnesota, showing big mountains in the background. We have no mountains except for an ancient, worn-down range that is more accurately described as a row of hills. Are authors and producers so lazy that they can't be bothered to research the settings of their stories?
werdna
(470 posts). . . is there a drive-in theater nearby?
jimfields33
(15,820 posts)It was good. I wasnt expecting much but I actually enjoyed it: go and have a good time.
Callalily
(14,890 posts)and really enjoyed it. I wouldn't mind seeing the movie too.
avebury
(10,952 posts)so I do at least once or twice a week. I have been taking advantage of it more during the heat. There have been a lot of good movies out there.
Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)was one of the first families to settle in NC- and his name was Emile.
Did the author get much wrong about NC? Yes- but- it's a good story, and I loved the book. There ARE marshes and swamps in NC.
Emile
(22,788 posts)and my grandmother was French. It was my father's middle name and that's what he named me. Yes it's an old name that you rarely hear.
Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)And, I hope this makes you laugh--- but I very well remember my great grandmother talking about Emile so much that when my sister and I were little, she named her foster duckling "Emile."