"Tomorrow is Today" is just a really nice story with characters who defy expectation. Well, I shouldn't say "just." When the credits rolled on "Tomorrow is Today" for the first time, I was left wondering what happened to the wicked step-mom, brute sheriff, psycho stranger and punk love rival that I "just knew" were in that movie somewhere.
Repeated viewings only left me with more respect for the production.
I'll admit that I can be one of those "I told ya so" types where movies are concerned, but in this case I enjoyed watching my expectations defeated over and over again. That was impressive.
Maybe that's why I like it so much the relationship between this movie and this viewer was like two adversaries swinging punches then realizing: hey, I'm cool, you're cool let's be pals. Of course, this movie didn't even have one of those clichés, even though I "just knew" it coming.
It was also a relief to see some straight-forward story-telling, where I could sit back and take in the film's lessons on love, family, friendship and its other observations on the human condition, without my brain having to dodge explosions, bad jokes, CGI critters, product placement, etc. etc. etc. It seems these days I've been standing in the ticket line for a whole lot of etc. etc. etc.
"Tomorrow is Today" is a nice reminder that it's OK to try out something simple on that great big screen, letting the story, and the characters who inhabit it, work things out for themselves without the disappointments I've come to expect getting in the way.
Repeated viewings only left me with more respect for the production.
I'll admit that I can be one of those "I told ya so" types where movies are concerned, but in this case I enjoyed watching my expectations defeated over and over again. That was impressive.
Maybe that's why I like it so much the relationship between this movie and this viewer was like two adversaries swinging punches then realizing: hey, I'm cool, you're cool let's be pals. Of course, this movie didn't even have one of those clichés, even though I "just knew" it coming.
It was also a relief to see some straight-forward story-telling, where I could sit back and take in the film's lessons on love, family, friendship and its other observations on the human condition, without my brain having to dodge explosions, bad jokes, CGI critters, product placement, etc. etc. etc. It seems these days I've been standing in the ticket line for a whole lot of etc. etc. etc.
"Tomorrow is Today" is a nice reminder that it's OK to try out something simple on that great big screen, letting the story, and the characters who inhabit it, work things out for themselves without the disappointments I've come to expect getting in the way.