One of my very favourite places to be in Toronto is the rep. cinema. It's cheap, they show better films that you get in the regular cinemas, the snacks are inexpensive, they have a balcony and the limited decor is quite art deco. It's also quite close to my house and although in a student-y neighbourhood, it is generally free of students. Well, not entirely free - but they are severely limited. I went through a period of time when I thought that I just didn't like films - this is not the case. I just don't like most films - the ones I do like I love with a fevered intensity. I don't like rom-coms, 90% of comedies, blockbuster type dramas...so...yeah - I'm fussy.
The great thing about the Bloor Cinema is that they show old films [some kinda old, some really and truly old]. Joseph and I have always planned to go see an old film on the big screen, but we have never done it because they tend to show them on weekdays or Sunday afternoons [I don't like watching films in the middle of the day]. Tonight was a bit of an exception and I went to see a classic film in a cinema. The film? 2001: A Space Odyssey. I had seen it before when I was a lot younger [I always liked the cover of the film @ the video store and my dad rented it once], but it is the kind of film where the impact is more authentically felt in a cinema. And also, when you're not nine years old. It's a great film, to be sure, but the monoliths made me feel a bit sleepy - they certainly did not spur my consciousness onwards to greatness. Oh well...
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