Fianna and I went to see a movie tonight with another Franco-American couple whose daughter is in Theo's class. The film was called Thunder Road and I think it was supposed to be funny, dramatic, meaningful and independent, needless to say I was not impressed. For some reason I find it particularly annoying to go to the cinema and be disappointed. This is not true for books or bande déssinée. My initial thought is that I don't like wasting 2 hours of my life, but if I'm honest that's not a good enough reason. I know that I "waste my time" doing all sorts of things which don't annoy me as much. I think its the fact that I feel trapped, I have to spend the full 2 hours in the cinema with limited opportunity to escape. I remember watching Titanic (one of the most popular movies) of all time and feeling if only I could leave but not doing so because of the people I was with. Maybe I should practise going to the cinema alone, sitting on the aisle and leaving in the middle of the movie, that way I wouldn't feel trapped and if I stayed to the end of a bad movie it would be a choice rather than an imposition.
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