weekend review

So I didn't do much this weekend at all. I went for a long bike ride on Saturday afternoon and then went to see Hideko the Bus Conductress at the Freer Gallery. During rest of the weekend I shopped at online record stores, practiced spinning and cooked some bean soup. Exciting huh? The film turned out to be excellent, a light hearted comedy set around a young woman working as a bus conductor. To compete with a rival bus line Hideko plans to start a tour guide service to entertain the riders and attract more customers. The film ends with the owner of the bus line becoming involved with mobsters, and at one point the owner tries to get the driver, a passenger (who happens to be the writer responsible for Hideko's tour guide script) and Hideko involved in some type of insurance scam. The scam backfires on the owner as the writer refuses to go along with it, as he's a key witness this causes the whole plot to unravel. In the end a lesson of truth and honesty is extracted from the situation. I was really taken aback by how funny the whole film was, not a lot happened plot wise, but the sum of all the details and side action were entertaining. I give it 4 out of a possible six stars.