{"id":8656,"date":"2021-05-21T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T07:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/?p=8656"},"modified":"2021-07-12T18:57:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:57:51","slug":"confessions-of-a-film-buff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/confessions-of-a-film-buff\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a film buff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phew, I am still shaking! That was a wonderful, magical, slightly scary and very exciting experience.<\/h2>\n

If you haven\u2019t guessed what I am talking about, it\u2019s the moment I walked into screen eight at the Milton Keynes Odeon on Monday evening (17 May) \u2013 the day cinemas in the UK reopened their doors to the great British public.<\/p>\n

I confess I took a moment to survey the seats; a moment to look at the enormity of the screen, after month\u2019s of watching films on TV; a moment to look at the lights and the speakers all dotted around the room; and a moment to breathe in the atmosphere\u2026 before the a guy behind me started eating his tub of popcorn and the moment was lost.<\/p>\n

But nothing was going to spoil this glorious, wonderful, joyous moment, not even a the loudest of popcorn crunchers.<\/p>\n

Main dish<\/h3>\n

As the lights go down, the adverts begin \u2013 and I love everyone around me. I don\u2019t care what they are, a sense of love washes over me for all around me. Then we are on the film trailers! Yes, oh yes.<\/p>\n

I quickly calculate: must see that; not so keen on that one; and definitely, that looks good! Then come the safety instructions and, last but not least, an edict to switch my phone off. Boy, I am lapping this up and we are still minutes away for the main dish of the night.<\/p>\n

Then comes another note to self, for this film you are not going to be able to look up IMDB to see who a particular actor is, what other films the director has made and how often the cinematographer has worked with this same crew. No checking the running time.<\/p>\n

And if I want to go out to the loo during the film, well that\u2019s just tough. I don\u2019t have a remote with a pause button, so I am just going to have to miss something.<\/p>\n

Then the big screen starts to shift. It gets wider. The sound volume increases. And lo and behold, the film I have come to watch miraculously appears. This is too good to be true. And it must be because I don\u2019t even think about complaining when an idiot in the opposite row does indeed turn his phone on. Nope. Not even he is going to ruin this moment.<\/p>\n

Prime suspect<\/h3>\n

Two blissful hours later I emerge into the Milton Keynes gloom with a glowing heart, a twinkle in my eye and a lightness of step. I have profusely thanked every member of the staff I can see (I wanted to hug them - but hey, steady on) and came away thrilled. This trip was worth every penny, every second.  I wouldn\u2019t have missed it for anything.<\/p>\n

Oh, I nearly forgot \u2013 what about the film? Well The Little Things<\/em> was really good. Yes, a lot of Rami Malek's dialogue is inaudible, due to his persistent mumbling, but Denzel is excellent. Thomas Newman provides a fine score and Jared Leto is suitably weird as the prime suspect in this \u2018serial killer cop thriller\u2019. I enjoyed it, and so will you.<\/p>\n

But, to be honest, right now the film is secondary to the occasion. I have been back to the cinema \u2013 and that is all that matters.<\/p>\n

And in the words of one of my great cinematic heroes: \u2018I\u2019ll be back' \u2013 very soon.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Andy Godfrey is a film reviewer for Sorted<\/em> \u2013 and an evangelist, Bristol City fan and a leading member of the Mark Kermode Appreciation Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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