"Taking Chance" - Worth seeing. True story about a general who volunteers to escort home the body of a young soldier killed in Iraq. The story stayed away from being pro/anti war but focused on the reactions that everyone has to this general as he escorts the body home to Wyoming. (I haven't had a sob-fest like that since Brian's Song.) The film-making was a little strong-handed at times and they could have backed off on the music - but the story was important and eye-opening.After the movie, the director, the general (who's experience we had just watched), and Kevin Bacon (who played the general) all answered questions. [So if you play "6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon" - I'm now one degree from Bacon.]
That was the best part of Sundance... being able to hear real commentary on what the experience was like creating a project like this.
Most touching part was the final question from the audience when a lady explained how grateful she was to see the process of bringing a fallen soldier home. Her son was killed in Iraq and until she saw the film she had no idea that this process existed... that each soldier killed is handled with such respect and dignity.
