Spontaneity
Jan. 23rd, 2003 01:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coalescentThe other thing I did today was decide to go and see a film. Specifically, City of God. After a month of enthusing by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brassyn, Geneva's review was the final straw...
It proved somewhat harder than expected to find a screening, though. The Guardian website film section has a handy toy which allows you to put in your postcode and see what cinemas near you are showing. The nearest cinema to Maidenhead showing City of God turned out to be the Phoenix Picture House. In Oxford. And it's only on until tomorrow evening. And I'm busy tomorrow evening.
Still, what is having your own car about if not for things like this? On the off-chance, I called Tom to see if he and Victoria wanted to see it, and they did, so I picked them up on the way past. I felt a little guilty about being in Oxford on a wednesday and not going to the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ousfg discussion meeting, more so because it was a meeting hosted by e_pepys and those tend to be good, and even more so because I was taking Tom away from the meeting as well. Still, needs must.
The film itself turned out to be...not as good as everyone said it was. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but I didn't think it was mind-blowingly wonderful. Eye-candy, certainly; filmed all (or almost all) on location, the film was stunning to look at, and only enhanced by the various directorial tricks on display. It was also involving; whilst the basic plot is not hugely original, it is executed with a great deal of style and verve. But when all was said and done, there was just something missing. That extra component, that magic ingredient; whatever it was, it was missing.
Mind you, I'd still encourage people to see it, if only as a contrast to Gangs of New York.
brassyn, Geneva's review was the final straw...It proved somewhat harder than expected to find a screening, though. The Guardian website film section has a handy toy which allows you to put in your postcode and see what cinemas near you are showing. The nearest cinema to Maidenhead showing City of God turned out to be the Phoenix Picture House. In Oxford. And it's only on until tomorrow evening. And I'm busy tomorrow evening.
Still, what is having your own car about if not for things like this? On the off-chance, I called Tom to see if he and Victoria wanted to see it, and they did, so I picked them up on the way past. I felt a little guilty about being in Oxford on a wednesday and not going to the
ousfg discussion meeting, more so because it was a meeting hosted by e_pepys and those tend to be good, and even more so because I was taking Tom away from the meeting as well. Still, needs must.The film itself turned out to be...not as good as everyone said it was. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but I didn't think it was mind-blowingly wonderful. Eye-candy, certainly; filmed all (or almost all) on location, the film was stunning to look at, and only enhanced by the various directorial tricks on display. It was also involving; whilst the basic plot is not hugely original, it is executed with a great deal of style and verve. But when all was said and done, there was just something missing. That extra component, that magic ingredient; whatever it was, it was missing.
Mind you, I'd still encourage people to see it, if only as a contrast to Gangs of New York.
