Life is grand

A movie is doomed when half-way through you are thinking to yourself “Is this any good?” That the movie is a good 140 minutes long can only make the verdict worse. Spider Man 3 is uneven, unfocused and unconvincing. There is an excellent movie in there, I just wish they hadn’t thrown in the other three movies.

On a brighter note we tried out the Dungarvan cinemas for the first time and they are grand, far nicer than the death trap that the Waterford cinema is. Big, clean stadium seating with great sound and picture. Very friendly staff too, not something you can often say for a cineplex.

Perusing the Oscar nominations list I realised how living in Waterford has pole-axed my cinema habits. Back home in Cape Town I had the choice of 7 or so cinema complexes all of which were good quality. Here in Waterford we have one dingy complex that I have been to two times too many. I saw more films at the cinema during my months holiday to South Africa than I have seen in over a year here in Waterford. Supposedly Dungarvan has a nice cinema but driving 45 minutes for a cinema is crazy.

Waiting for DVD is now my habit.

Of the Oscar list I have seen just 8; The Devil Wears Prada (good), Cars (entertaining), Pan’s Labyrinth (brilliant), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (entertaining), Children of Men (very good), United 93 (good), An Inconvenient Truth (very good) and Superman Returns (disappointing.)