Day 115 - The Constant Gardener

Now that my full school schedule has started, it's hard to keep up with all the evening activities that I started when I first came here (i.e., Christian Union, 2nd church, 3 cell groups). Lately I've had to work during the evenings because I'm in class during the day. But tonight I needed a break from everything.

I took a certain girl (see Day 108 :) to dinner at Strada, an Italian restaurant at the Oracle, then to the Vue (cinema) to see 'The Constant Gardener'. It was very fun and was a nice break from everything.

The movie was a little long and slow, but very interesting. It was the first real British movie I've seen here. I used to automatically dislike movies where the dialogue was with English accents -- they always seemed frustrating and hard to follow. But this time it seemed completely normal -- even more so than the American dialogue in the previews.

I always like when movies are set in places I've been. Though most of this one was set in Africa, some scenes were at very familiar places in London (e.g., Waterloo Station). I'm now as familiar with London as with L.A. That might make me a lot more interested in British movies from now on. And if there are any movies about Wales, the East Midlands, Whitley (or chavs in general), Manchester, or Birmingham, I'm sure I'd love them regardless of how good the story is.

posted by Matt @ 11:45 PM