Summer Cinema

 It was my last chance to go to the movies this year.  The cinema has closed now till next summer.  It's on a roof top, open air. 

My daughter and Grandaughter suggested we go and see 'Book Club'.  They picked me up in their car, took me by the hand and led me up the stairs to the roof.  Otherwise I probably would have been a stick-in-the-mud and stayed at home.   

When we reached the top of the stairs the film was already playing and it sure wasn't 'Book Club'.  We expected a comedy and got drama.  3 hours of 'Oppenheimer' and atomic bombs. 

Rain was forecast for the premier of 'Oppenhiemer' the next night so at the last minute they switched films.  The change was advertised on Facebook but none of us ever look at Facebook so it was a bit of a surprise.

Had I known, I would have googled Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb before I went.  I have read two reviews on recent blogs but  skipped over those briefly, never expecting to actually see the film.  Being recent history it was  interesting, just not what we had geared up to watch. 

 

When I go to the movies, once every few years, I like to be entertained, have a laugh and come out feeling  happy, ready for a beer, or a g&t and a souvlaki.  Usually

The flash of the bomb.  

The noise was tremendous.  Don't know how the people living in the houses right next door stand it night after night.

We didn't stay till the end. 

We left after the bombs exploded on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I didn't see the bombs exploding either. I had to go to the loo. Too much diet coke. 

Granddaughter Poppi had a very early morning rising next day. She's the assistant coach for the younger Poros rowers and they had a long journey north to take part in competitions in Thessoloniki.

We got the gist, the story. The rest I read up on later. 

One of those houses used to belong to a priest (greek orthodox), a priest with 5, or 6, children. 

I remember many years ago watching him, amazed, instead of the film, as he came out onto the balcony with his long pony tail and his long black robes and proceeded to hang out the washing. 

My last visit to the movies was with my brother and sister in law.  I think it was 2019.

We saw 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'

A comedy-drama

It was my era, my music

Described somewhere on the internet as

'a bonkers fairy tale in classic Tarintino style....brilliant screen play....star studded cast..'  That about sums it up.

I loved it .............

But my grandaughters didn't understand it at all

Poros gets all the latest movies and a good variety.

I hope it's not 4 years before I go again. I think I like a night out at the movies, even if I don't eat popcorn and I shouldn't drink diet coke. What a glorious buttery smell the popcorn had.  I stuck my nose in my granddaughters popcorn bucket and got  a good whiff.