Cinemagoing

[white_hart]

We had two and a half years away from the cinema - there was lockdown, then when the cinemas reopened there still weren't many films being released, and we weren't particularly comfortable spending time in an enclosed space with a bunch of random people - but while I was off sick we came to the conclusion that Doing Fun Things was more important than continuing to try to keep away from possible sources of infection, especially given working in the office and having to go to in-person meetings.

We've been four times so far.

The Banshees of Inisherin - beautifully-shot drama about the end of a friendship, set on an island off the coast of Ireland during the civil war.

Living - starring Bill Nighy as a local government officer in post-war London who is spurred by a terminal diagnosis to push through a project to convert a bombsite to a children's playground.

It's A Wonderful Life - pre-Christmas showing.

Corsage - a fictionalised version of a year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria as she turns 40 and grapples with the restrictions of royal life. ('Corsage', in this case, turns out to refer to corsets, rather than the sense I was thinking of, which was those flower arrangements you pin to your clothes.)

Comments

[nineveh_uk]

I've been to the cinema only three times, but as spaces go it is one I'm more comfortable in - large, air conditioned, possible to a degree to choose performance and crowd level.

[white_hart]

So far we've only been to daytime showings which have been half-empty, but generally it feels OK.

[mrs_redboots]

I don't dare go to the cinema - not for any covid-related reasons, but because I know quite well that if you sit me down in a comfortable chair and play an enjoyable film at me, I'll be sound asleep within ten minutes, and Oh, what a waste!!!

[alithea]

Kev and I watched The Banshees of Inisherin on Netflix at the weekend - I wanted more of the sister and the other women on the island but I guess they thought focusing on the men and casting known actors was the only way to get a decent size audience for it.

[hunningham]

Okay, you've inspired me. Definitely going to try get back to cinema this year