We had heard about the movie "Green and Gold," it sounded interesting, and we finally watched it.
On the plus side, this is the most Wisconsin thing I've ever seen. I was initially delighted with the whole thing. Culver's. Cows. Barns. Near the shore of Lake Michigan. Rural life. Small towns. Packers mania. Target practice with guns. Deer, a bear, migrating geese, and other wildlife. Charlie Behrens on the radio. Tractors. The value of family farms versus industrial farming. The crazy squiggly road up in Door County.
But the movie began frustrating us with the quality of the audio. Of the two main characters, one was pretty easy to understand. But the other had a "fuzzy" voice, very hard to catch her words. And there was no captioning available. We missed a lot of dialogue, as only a few of the characters had clear voices whose words we could understand. And the visuals were dark enough that there was no chance of lip-reading to pick up words we missed.
There was also the ubiquitous problem of the pastor and the congregation (neither of which was tremendously integral to the story) having terrible theology and not knowing what the church is for. But that part is no surprise.
The movie wasn't a complete waste of time. But boy, I'm glad we opted to watch it with commercials for free instead of renting the show.
My conclusion at the end of the evening: I think I'm no longer an Illinois girl. I really have become a Wisconsinite.
