THE BURNING PLAIN: NOT AS HOT AS IT SEEMS

A beautifully shot film, this follows the stories of a mother finding love in another's arms, Gina (Kim Basinger) and a young woman Sylvia (Charlize Theron) who tends to find love in who ever's arms are nearest. Gina has a home in New Mexico with her often away husband and children. Sylvia lives in Oregon, a seemingly successful business woman. The story weaves back and forth between the two women as well as Gina's daughter and impending love interest. Admittedly, it is hard to watch and wait to see how the two, or if the two lives intertwine. They do. When they do, it's shocking. The dialogue was pretty nonexistent, but the complex way the story was spun was amazing. Basinger shows again how good she is at playing fragile, vulnerable women just as Theron shows how good she is at portraying intense and complex women. The DVD extras explains a bit about the elements of the movie in relation to the elements (water, fire, earth, wind) and adds valuable insight. It wasn't an extraordinary film, but one well done and worth seeing.