Film Festival

Mums little staycation has coincided with the film festival.  She saw 2 yesterday and today was the busiest planned day with 3 movies.  So she is trying to get some good sleeps overnight so that she is not too tired.  A warm cinema tends to make mum nod off.

Mum ate at a local cafe for her lunch yesterday and had a subway sandwich today.  Tomorrow she has an early then late movie and as bad weather is forecast she thinks she will have time to visit the library and come home to have soup and a bagel for lunch.  Between movies she slips into the cinema bar with her book and has a quiet drink.  Her idea of a nice grown up holiday.

Film Festival

Last night's sky was pretty, but the wind has dragged in clouds and made it muggy today.

So mum decided to have a little film festival.  Yesterday she went and saw A Star is Born.  She knew the story, but didn't have any great expectations for it.  However within a few minutes of it starting she was loving it.  It was a smart story of love, if watching one star rising while the other falls apart and mum thought was done so well.  Both Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper were amazing, and mum loved the whole natural style of the movie.  No cheesiness or trying to be funny, just pure heart breaking drama.  5/5

Today the weather was wilder and mum was glad to be at another movie theatre.  She saw Bohemian Rhapsody which was another couple if hours of awesomeness.  The story mainly of Freddie Mercury it was a bit of a sanitized version of his life, but it did manage to capture the shy and vulnerable side if him, seen away from the public. 

The music did bring tears to mum's eyes several times, and even though some if the movie felt a bit awkward in the middle scenes, mum was impressed.  Best on a big screen with the volume up high she says it is another 5/5.

So she is back home and trolling through The Handmaids Tale season 2.  I am glad to have her home.