I'm ever so grateful for the good things Air Canada does, and it would be great to honour that company for it's successes. The individual touch operated free video monitor in front of each seat, is not a common feature in many other airlines - you won't find them in any US Airlines, i was sad to learn. What it provided is a large selection of movies, TV shows, news, from a variety of sources that you can watch, pause, stop and come back to it later in the flight. One one flight from Vancouver to LA, I saw "The High Cost of Living" in the Canadiana movies folder. Having been a great fan of Zach Braff from Scrubs, then Garden State, I was excited to give it a try. I was so happy I did. It was a jewel of a film, shot in Montreal, with a bilingual - sometimes trilingual - cast who, hold their own, but don't overshadow the Hollywood star. This movie could be seen as Zach's Apocalypse now, where the terrible circumstances the film portrays allows the actor to show some good depth. It's not a feel good movie, and Zach is not a hero. He is looking like a man who is nearing middle age and who feels the best parts of his life are already behind him. In fact, Zach's chuteness (Charm and Cuteness) from his previous works, fits in perfectly with the story to draw the portrait of a man who is truly pathetic - a broken man who is living on the drudges of society spiraling down. Until in one terrible night he runs over a beautiful and caring pregnant woman and does a hit and run. It's a clash of cultures and lifestyles. What ensues is a sometimes uncomfortable pursuit of a guilt ridden man trying to atone for his cowardice. Despite the dire picture I painted above, it's still quite a funny movie but never straying to far from sadness, though it's hard not to feel good after the movie ends, well at least, grateful that you are not them. Watch this movie!
Review of The High Cost of Living
