Two Weeks' Notice
Feb. 9th, 2003 12:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenMy mother, Becca, and I went to the cinema tonight. Yes, I finally managed to ring up the cinema by way of Southport Tourist Information, and they actually knew what film/times I was talking about. I was very impressed.
Ditto the film. Two Weeks' Notice - I was expecting a mediocre chick flick, made bearable by the fact it had Hugh Grant in it, who can make anything gently hilarious. But I was wrong. It was a chick flick - but a sharp, nicely done one. The audience were constantly laughing out loud, but you never saw the film making a self-conscious attempt to be funny. It was all very natural and the two leads played their parts well.
Oddly enough, the funniest line in the film is the last one. It's Hugh Grant saying, "You know you can walk from one side of the apartment to the other in six seconds?! Look!" - and he disappears offscreen taking huge steps.
Guess you had to be there.
After that, we ended up going for pizza. It wasn't planned, but it was fun. Becca agreed with my mother about the stupidity of IELTS - no, it did not go well. She's fed up, I think. Enough is enough.
But yes, she seemed to enjoy the night with me and Becca. We enjoyed ourselves without actually doing very much, which makes me happy. I was wearing those army green pants with dangly bits, which made my mother wring her hands in horror, but they proved a talking point.
We even met Sophie at the cinema with her parents, and also Alej Hargreaves. Sophie said hi, Alej ignored us - all's well with the world, then.
After reaching home, I started thinking about the Flagg fic again. It is now haunting my dreams, I swear it.
Ditto the film. Two Weeks' Notice - I was expecting a mediocre chick flick, made bearable by the fact it had Hugh Grant in it, who can make anything gently hilarious. But I was wrong. It was a chick flick - but a sharp, nicely done one. The audience were constantly laughing out loud, but you never saw the film making a self-conscious attempt to be funny. It was all very natural and the two leads played their parts well.
Oddly enough, the funniest line in the film is the last one. It's Hugh Grant saying, "You know you can walk from one side of the apartment to the other in six seconds?! Look!" - and he disappears offscreen taking huge steps.
Guess you had to be there.
After that, we ended up going for pizza. It wasn't planned, but it was fun. Becca agreed with my mother about the stupidity of IELTS - no, it did not go well. She's fed up, I think. Enough is enough.
But yes, she seemed to enjoy the night with me and Becca. We enjoyed ourselves without actually doing very much, which makes me happy. I was wearing those army green pants with dangly bits, which made my mother wring her hands in horror, but they proved a talking point.
We even met Sophie at the cinema with her parents, and also Alej Hargreaves. Sophie said hi, Alej ignored us - all's well with the world, then.
After reaching home, I started thinking about the Flagg fic again. It is now haunting my dreams, I swear it.
