My dad goes to the cinema every Friday night with his best friend. They've been doing this for about the last 3 years or so, and since they live in a town with just one cinema, their choices are sometimes a bit limited. But this doesn't usually stop them from going to see something and so sometimes he goes to see things which he probably shouldn't have bothered with.
My dad is old school. He likes "a proper film". He doesn't like fantasy or anything far-fetched or something which couldn't really happen. He doesn't really believe in suspension of disbelief. Many a time I have tried to argue with him that once the rules of a particular world are established, so long as the story follows these rules, it is OK that "it couldn't really happen". But he's having none of it, His favourites are good cop movie or a western or maybe a gangster film - something a bit gritty. The worst time for him is the summer when all the blockbusters are on and stay on.
He's taken to phoning me and telling me what films are on, so that I can look them up and tell him whether he'll like them or not. It's not always easy to work out what he will like, but it is easy peasy to work out what he won't. When I call him over the weekend, I get a film review from him. Sometimes these are unintentionally hilarious, depending on what he has gone to see and whether it fits into any of the above categories.
Last week he went to see RocknRolla. His review is short and not so sweet. "It wasn't very good. In fact, I fell asleep again".
They are booking ahead for The Duchess this week. Watch this space.
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