The Neverending Story @ Rooftop Cinema
Is there any better way than to spend an evening freezing your tits off overlooking the city watching dubiously classic cinema?
I think not.
And now you can! Melbourne's newest outdoor cinema sits atop Cookie and it is replete with deck chairs, faux grass, a bar and bitterly cold winds.
Sounds like a plan.
Steff and I went for the garlic chive dumplings but stayed for the über-germanic fantasy fest, The Neverending Story. What memories. It still holds up reasonably well but it is interesting how much film making has changed since 1984. The flow of the editing is all very heavy handed and the plot is overly plodding where it needn't be. Important scenes, such as Atreyu's fight with G'mork, which would have been an extended set piece in today's world, are utterly perfunctory.
Still, I loved it. Sliced childhood. Yummy! (And so were the dumplings, by the way.)
Labels: cinema, film, friends, movie review
posted by walypala @ 10:00 am
5 Comments:
been seeing a few films lately, hey mikey?
love your reviews.
margaret and david, watch out.
Is there a website that has a listing or what?
Cookie's nice, but can be way too crowded.
Yeah R*YAN, seeing a few films.
Keeps my mind off things.
x
And Monsieur Camel,
The link in the post has the programme in it.
Hey, film buff, have you checked out Popcorn on Channel 31? They're looking for one-time-only film reviewers. You get sent to a movie, come out and do a Norma Desmond moment, get a copy, they kiss you goodbye forever and the show's hosts, Dan and Julianne, do their own review in comparison to yours.
You'll get ya mug on telly, albeit at the fuzzy end of the spectrum. (I couldn't tell whether Dan – hmmm, Dan – really does have rotten teeth or Julianne really does look like crazy Sheila.)
Happy NYE. Drink a bucketful ... Bathe in it!
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