

Scribblesinink (Scribbler) Fandoms: Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)Īlone on the evening of his wedding day, Ray wonders about the choices he's made and the future that awaits him. When their two paths collide, can they learn to love each other and leave the past behind? Language: English Words: 34,882 Chapters: 31/34 Comments: 97 Kudos: 117 Bookmarks: 23 Hits: 2553 Kristoff Bjorgman is a simple man running his family farm after the death of his brother at Pearl Harbor. ****He was 35 in 2005, so he was ten years older than Cole Sprouse’s 25 years in 2017 when Riverdale debuted.Rohirrim_Writer Fandoms: Frozen (Disney Movies), The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)Īmidst the backdrop of WWII, Anna Arendelle must navigate a changing world climate and her own changing life. I wonder if he was then the age of the actors who play his kids on Riverdale?**** Mare Winningham as Ulrich’s sister Florence tended to pull focus from most people when she was on screen. Ministers daughter Olivia Dunne is pushed into a hastily arranged marriage after a one-night stand with a departing American soldier leaves her pregnant. If you’d like a fuller picture of the Japanese American experience in World War II, I suggest the book The Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda. This is untrue as the 442nd Infantry Regiment was a volunteer unit. Plus, one character states that the Japanese American men who went to fight in the war were drafted. I think the movie leaves viewers with an inaccurate picture of what it meant to be a prisoner. They didn’t get to go gallivanting around. Japanese Americans were in a prison camp. But I’m pretty sure that they were not able to go into town to shop for material at the dry goods store, and I’m almost positive that there is no way the farm wife would have been able to take them for a drive in the county. I could even get on board with a farm wife on whose land they were working striking up a friendship. **I appreciate the side story of the Japanese Americans living in internment camps and being used for farm labor during the war.

*Plus, it was on the shelves at my library branch and DVDs that don’t have to come from other branches are filled much faster than those that come from afar.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.Where watched: at home Consider also watching: The two words that prompted me to watch a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie are Skeet and Ulrich.* This was a decently acted little film, though I did give some of its historical detail the side eye.** This was a film that fulfilled its HHF duty and was an okay way to spend some movie time.*** The verdict: GoodĬost: Free via DVD from the Multnomah County Library.
