I finally got around to watching Blue Ruin tonight. I had been hearing good things from people whose opinion I value. I had ordered the DVD, and it had been just sitting here waiting for me to get around to it.  Long weekend = extra day = time to watch Blue Ruin (after watching last night’s Walking Dead, of course, which I missed because we were enjoying SNL’s 40th).

It’s the kind of movie I like. I like difficult movies with dark themes, deep conflicts and ambiguous endings. (Hard Candy, anyone?)  Not that this ending was particularly ambiguous, I guess.  Pretty much everyone involved got what they deserved.

The most important theme, running through the entire movie, is consequence. The characters make decisions, and consequences result from those decisions, which probably could be predicted and prevented, but you know, that whole free will thing gets in the way of common sense and good manners sometimes.