The Queen
This afternoon I decided to go to the movies. I went to Pittsford Plaza to see Helen Mirren in The Queen.
A word about Pittsford for those of you not-in-the-know: Pittsford is one of the rich-people suburbs of Rochester. It has a very pretentious town square with quirky little shops and horrid parking. Establishments must fit the color scheme of the town. There are, like, eight Starbucks. Pittsford Plaza is liek the buffer zone between Pittsford and the rest of the world. It has many, many stores (including the Barnes and Noble and Wegmecca). It stops the gawkers before they hit the quaint Village of Pittsford.
Pittsford Plaza looks like an SUV dealership. Every other car is an enormous gas-guzzling behemoth. Parking in Pittsford Plaza is always a joy. Not only do you have to search to find a place that isn't three miles from the store, you run the risk of getting blocked in on all sides by pretensford soccer moms in their monster behemoth cars.
As is always the case....the movie theater in the richest suburb has some of the cheapest prices. So I like going there and being able to afford popcorn too.
I went to the first show- which was at noon. I didn't think there would be many people there but I was WRONG! There were many, many people there. And I was younger than all of them by several decades. It isn't often I get the joy of being the youngest person in a social situation, so I played it up. I sashayed around like a teenager on crack and said things like "Yo, mamcita, nice rinse!"
Okay, I didn't do that.
Anywho, the movie. Helen Mirren was very good and understated and did a great job of looking at the camera. her presence is remarkable and her performance was realy thje only thing of interest in the movie. The movie wasn't bad, but you know how it's going to end. So everythig hinges on Helen Mirren and she does an excellent job.
Which means I liked it and would say "See it" if asked.
A word about Pittsford for those of you not-in-the-know: Pittsford is one of the rich-people suburbs of Rochester. It has a very pretentious town square with quirky little shops and horrid parking. Establishments must fit the color scheme of the town. There are, like, eight Starbucks. Pittsford Plaza is liek the buffer zone between Pittsford and the rest of the world. It has many, many stores (including the Barnes and Noble and Wegmecca). It stops the gawkers before they hit the quaint Village of Pittsford.
Pittsford Plaza looks like an SUV dealership. Every other car is an enormous gas-guzzling behemoth. Parking in Pittsford Plaza is always a joy. Not only do you have to search to find a place that isn't three miles from the store, you run the risk of getting blocked in on all sides by pretensford soccer moms in their monster behemoth cars.
As is always the case....the movie theater in the richest suburb has some of the cheapest prices. So I like going there and being able to afford popcorn too.
I went to the first show- which was at noon. I didn't think there would be many people there but I was WRONG! There were many, many people there. And I was younger than all of them by several decades. It isn't often I get the joy of being the youngest person in a social situation, so I played it up. I sashayed around like a teenager on crack and said things like "Yo, mamcita, nice rinse!"
Okay, I didn't do that.
Anywho, the movie. Helen Mirren was very good and understated and did a great job of looking at the camera. her presence is remarkable and her performance was realy thje only thing of interest in the movie. The movie wasn't bad, but you know how it's going to end. So everythig hinges on Helen Mirren and she does an excellent job.
Which means I liked it and would say "See it" if asked.