RE: [WRITING] Why Not Small Talk? #freewrite Writing Advice #1
Context and perspective, too.
My SO and I were scrolling movies at a Redbox kiosk. He clicked for the description of Destination Wedding and I informed him that I had heard it was a good movie. A lady at the kiosk beside us said, "it was really slow". We ended up choosing another film to watch that night.
Last night we found Destination Wedding free on Amazon Prime Video and decided to try it; if we didn't like it we could always find something else.
It was great! Not sure why the lady said it was slow, except for maybe because the entire film was only the two characters- Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder- talking to each other back and forth. That's it! But it was excellent- their on-screen chemistry and sarcastic bantering was perfectly on point. I recommend it, especially knowing what you're getting into so you do not expect anything other than what it is, lol.
The entire movie was small talk. Nothing big-picture "important" or "exciting", simply an hour and 26 minutes of small talk. But, taking in context and perspective, it was a very entertaining hour and 26 minutes :)