After rather a whirlwind of laundry, packing and social activity on Monday we drove to Ullapool on Tuesday, where we are spending most of the month of August. Since we arrived we have had a peaceful and pleasant time, enjoying mostly sunny weather, despite hearing of very rainy weather further south in Scotland and in England. It has even been warm enough for us regularly to sit outside on our bench for coffee. The cats love this and roam around near us when we’re outdoors.
However Thursday was correctly forecast to be rainy so we decided to go to the cinema in Inverness in the afternoon. And not just to see one film, oh no! We joined a current trend called Barbenheimer, which is watching both of this summer’s biggest films, Oppenheimer and Barbie back to back! We watched Barbie first, due to the times that the films were showing that suited us best. I really enjoyed it; I hadn’t been sure what to expect but it was fun and clever and had a strong feminist agenda. Margot Robbie was flawless as Barbie and Ryan Gosling was very funny as Ken, who wanted to embrace the patriarchy. And of course there were many other Barbies (as indeed there are) such as Dr Barbie, Astronaut Barbie, President Barbie etc - my favourite was the mention of “Proustian Barbie” (that one was made up!) which had not sold well! And of course there was “Weird Barbie” with felt pen marking her face and her legs permanently in the splits position, who had been “played with too much.”
We had a short break before going to see Oppenheimer. At three hours long I thought that it might drag a bit, but I needn’t have worried, it was captivating from start to finish. Cillian Murphy was excellent as the complex genius, and the whole cast were brilliant. The timeline jumped about a bit but I soon got the hang of it; and the music swelled so much at crucial moments that the dialogue was almost drowned out - but somehow it all worked. And even though I knew how things would turn out, I was on the edge of my seat as the story unfolded. I predict that Oppenheimer will win Oscars for Best Film, Cillian Murphy as Best Actor, Christopher Nolan as Best Director and a difficult choice between Matt Damon as the irascible General Leslie Groves or Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss as Best Supporting Actor. Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh were also very good but they had much less screen time. We discussed the films all the way home to Ullapool.
However Thursday was correctly forecast to be rainy so we decided to go to the cinema in Inverness in the afternoon. And not just to see one film, oh no! We joined a current trend called Barbenheimer, which is watching both of this summer’s biggest films, Oppenheimer and Barbie back to back! We watched Barbie first, due to the times that the films were showing that suited us best. I really enjoyed it; I hadn’t been sure what to expect but it was fun and clever and had a strong feminist agenda. Margot Robbie was flawless as Barbie and Ryan Gosling was very funny as Ken, who wanted to embrace the patriarchy. And of course there were many other Barbies (as indeed there are) such as Dr Barbie, Astronaut Barbie, President Barbie etc - my favourite was the mention of “Proustian Barbie” (that one was made up!) which had not sold well! And of course there was “Weird Barbie” with felt pen marking her face and her legs permanently in the splits position, who had been “played with too much.”
We had a short break before going to see Oppenheimer. At three hours long I thought that it might drag a bit, but I needn’t have worried, it was captivating from start to finish. Cillian Murphy was excellent as the complex genius, and the whole cast were brilliant. The timeline jumped about a bit but I soon got the hang of it; and the music swelled so much at crucial moments that the dialogue was almost drowned out - but somehow it all worked. And even though I knew how things would turn out, I was on the edge of my seat as the story unfolded. I predict that Oppenheimer will win Oscars for Best Film, Cillian Murphy as Best Actor, Christopher Nolan as Best Director and a difficult choice between Matt Damon as the irascible General Leslie Groves or Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss as Best Supporting Actor. Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh were also very good but they had much less screen time. We discussed the films all the way home to Ullapool.
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