My friend Dot & I resumed our cinema afternoons yesterday. We hadn’t been for a ages of course but we both really fancied seeing Belfast.
An excellent film but although I’m used to the Irish accent I did struggle to hear what was said which rather spoilt it….it would be rude to suggest subtitles although that was actually said in the film.
A very swish cinema with velvet sofas & wine or coffee available if you wish.
Afterwards we met up with Dots daughter Nicci & her friends for a bite to eat.
We spent four hours in a wine bar enjoying drinks & tapas!
I must say I thoroughly enjoyed myself listening & chatting to the young ones!
Three good things:
1. Nobody robbed us as in my rush to get in the car I left the front door wide open with the car keys in the lock! Harry came home an hour later to find anybody could have walked in!
2. Nicci Dots daughter is beginning to remember the good times with her little son Charlie & not nightmare journey their family have had over the last three years while Charlie was so ill.
3. We have unloaded & packed two big tote bags of firewood this afternoon.
Looks like a very plush cinema. Such a fun afternoon. I know Dot's daughter appreciated the time out with friends after the difficult and heartbreaking time she's endured.
I heard Kenneth Branagh on an NPR interview about the film. I have 'Belfast' on my watch list.
It's been ages since I have been to the cinema, not only because of Covid. We are still very careful where we go and with whom even though restrictions are disappearing. It must have been a wonderful time for you with Dot and later her daughter. Subtitles tend to draw your eyes to them instead of what is going on in the scene, so you get something and lose another.
@sangwann I agree totally Dione you do miss so much by looking at the words, it’s a fine balance between not knowing what they are saying but not seeing the scene in detail.
I heard Kenneth Branagh on an NPR interview about the film. I have 'Belfast' on my watch list.