Yellowstone and Happy, the Movies

We recently joined the 21st Century and got a laptop.  We have been trying to simplify things, so cable was changed and we signed up for Netflix that we stream. The laptop enables us to do this easier, so we have been utilizing the technology.

Our children suggest movies they think we would like such as Tiny; Mile, Mile and a Half; and Bottle Shock. All have been good films. But one thing I wasn't expecting was the, "If you liked this movie, you might like these," suggestions at the end of a Netflix streamed film. Wils said you know you are hooked when you start watching those suggested movies.We have started watching them.

The first was Where the Yellowstone Goes. This films chronicles a drift boat trip down the longest uninterrupted river in America, the Yellowstone. A good story about the people and the towns the boaters meet along the river.


The second movie we watched is Happy. This is a film about what makes people happy, and what are the consistent things happy people do no matter where they live or what they do.  From the slums of India to Okinawa to Bhutan we are taken to discover what makes people happy.













This is a good film and really brings home how we Americans have it easy in many ways, yet still are unhappy. This movie illustrates how others really think differently. In one case they did an MRI on a man the started to meditate on calmness during the MRI and his brain waves changed. The doctor said it caught on fire, and you could see as the brain patterns started exploding in reds and yellows.

This film sure made me think and rethink some things about my life.