As we braved the outside cold to complete the short walk from the parking lot to the local Regal Theater in Willoughby after a hefty dose of New year meal at my cousin's, each of us had no idea what we were about to subject ourselves to.
I had a particular bad habit of sleeping off midway into any movie starting later than 19:00 anyways, so my expectations were not set that high.
It was more about my other cousin and his wifey rather than anything else.It was their first visit to yankee and they wanted to compare the local theater to the new sprouting silverbed cinemas in Lagos.
Nobody was in any mood for popcorn, so we just consoled ourselves with the kind warmth of the interior as the Farhenheit was now clocking the teens. It was January in Ohio afterall!
The particular screen we were assigned happened to be one of the smaller ones. The other theater goers were feasting on us as usual. The sight of two black couples,both ladies heavily pregnant, arriving late to a movie theater in Lake County was not particularly commonplace.
My wife knew I revel in this kind of situations especially since November 4th 2008...so she allowed me to slow down our collective pace...so they can all have thier fill.It's not often I get to be the cynosure of all eyes!
The movie was an A+ for me...if only for the fact that I did not bat an eyelid throughout its 167 minutes!. Brad Pitt was in his elements. Even if the plot could not be made to be even remotely believable to the dumbest medical student, one had to give it up to the effort that went into the construction of the deceit.
Progeria is a severe medical condition that was ominously made to look cool in this movie. I am not sure that the Progeria support groups would be flattered.
Whatever one's misgivings about the extreme liberty David Fincher took in directing this twisted love story, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett deserve praise for making it all look even remotely enjoyable.
Must see.
OMC
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