Day 95 Sunday 25 July – Twilight: Eclipse

We planned to finally go to the TeleferiQo today, but the sky turned very cloudy. Even if it wasn’t going to rain, we wouldn’t have been able to make any good pictures. Instead, we decided to go to the cinema. Aunt Trina called me while walking down the hill, which was a pleasant surprise. At the cinema, we had the choice between the mage’s apprenticeship (el aprenizaje del brujo) and Twilight: Eclipse. I didn’t know either of them, so I let Mari choose.

Eclipse it was: a film about vampires and werewolves, but not even considering the amount of girls in the room, it was more of a teen romance film. Girl likes two guys, one of them a werewolf, the other a vampire. And of course these two species hate each other. Nevertheless, they work together to help the girl when she is in danger. It was a pretty straight forward film and, if I am correct, based on a series of books of which one of my friends is a big fan. It wasn’t that bad, but come-on, a vampire-slash-werewolf film that isn’t scary or funny? And a stupid girl that chooses an ice-cold vampire over a werewolf…

Day 66 Saturday 26 June – Cinema time

Today I went to the cinema with Mariela. There wasn’t a big choice, because I vetoed “Sex in the City 2”. So the choice fell on Robin Hood. An attempt by Ridley Scott to make a bigger longer story out of the many myths and legends that combine the story. It wasn’t a bad film, really, but I am not particularly a fan of Russel Crow, who is misplaced as an English man in this film with his typical American face. Anyway, without giving out any spoilers. It’s about the period from before Robin Hood starts to battle the sheriff of Nottingham. There is some humour in it, but not much. And there is a lot of violence in it, warranting a remark by Mariela: “your culture is really violent”. I can’t deny that, but at least things have improved.