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February 7, 2005
Is It Just Me, Or What?
From Michelle, Who Seemingly Never Gets to See Movies at the Actual Movies...
While Alesia is doing her wonderful Friday Writer's Corner, and Lani is regaling us with her fabulous Lani's Unpublished Stories, what is that other literary chick planning, I hear you ask?
Um, well I'm just going to regale you with my latest mini-disaster, because I seem to have so many of them...Is It Just Me, Or What?
Here's the latest...
Another Cinema Episode
As some of you may remember from an earlier entry, just before Christmas I went to see the new Bridget Jones movie and there was Trouble and the police were called and the performance was cancelled part-way through and we all got our money back. I kid you not. And I am now eagerly awaiting the DVD so I can finally see What Bridget Did Next.
Well, during Teenager #1's visit this last week, she decided that it was time to get me over my silly Cinema Disaster Syndrome. We would go and see a movie together.
Our movie of choice: Closer (well, Clive Owen is just so...so Clive Owen!) Fabulous!
So I found the website for the big movie cinema here in Rotterdam to get the movie times. But it was a bit odd (even in Dutch). See, there were absolutely no movies scheduled for the past few days. And absolutely no mention as to why there were no movies scheduled for the past few days. All current movies were scheduled commencing today (i.e., the day Teenager #1 departed Rotterdam).
What was going on? Were there no movies playing in Rotterdam, or was this just a computer glitch or gremlin or something?
In our wisdom we decided that it was some kind of computer glitch or gremlin or something. Mebbe the website hadn't been updated? Also in our wisdom, we decided to turn up in person and see what was happening. Surely the cinema was showing Closer, because it's such a current movie!
So we braved the tram and the freezing cold and when we got there...all regular scheduling was on hold until today due to the Rotterdam Film Festival. Unfortunately, they forgot to mention the Rotterdam Film Festival on the website. At least, there was nothing that I could see on the homepage mentioning it.
And whilst I approve of film festivals in general, and love lots of different kinds of movies, I just wanted to see Clive. Being Hot. This Weekend.
So, it is just me, or what?
Michelle, feeling just a bit paranoid
Posted by Michelle at 6:39 PM | Comments (4)
Comments
Know somethin', Michelle? Clive doesn't always look hot in this movie, and I happen to think he is sssssmokin' most of the time, with testosterone to spare. Nobody looked good in the movie, actually, except maybe Natalie Portman, and I think it's probably hard to make her look bad. Jude Law looked awful, and Julia Roberts looked like she'd been ridden hard and put up wet -- gaunt, washed out, horrible. And Clive's character is a total PIG in the flick, too. If I'd been rewarded with a love scene or two, I might have forgiven it...
I'll stop rambling now. But as a Clive fan, I was *so* looking forward to Closer, and I left the theatre thinking, "Yeesh, there's $8 and 2 hours of my life I won't get back." :-(
Rebecca
Posted by: Rebecca at February 9, 2005 5:43 PM
LOL Michelle!!!!! If it's any consolation, we have one movie theater in town I flat out won't go to because something ALWAYS happens (IE the film breaks) when I do.
Posted by: Cece at February 10, 2005 5:30 PM
Oh, dear, Rebecca! Now I don't feel too bad for missing it. Success: I have finally managed to prove to the movie rental store that I am a real person and not a figment of my own imagination, and I now have a membership card--I'll wait for the DVD!
Cece, hugs! But I'm glad it's not just me, LOL :-)
Michelle
Posted by: Michelle C at February 11, 2005 4:31 AM
Great blog!
Posted by: ForunaTi at August 24, 2006 2:29 PM
