everyone is staggering their summer box office this year. Fair enough they all want their share of the money after not having any for the last 2 years, however as a cinephile who loves at least 2 film trips a week, when theres old films still in the box office (no offence but we have all seen top gun twice now right {still an epic film dont get me wrong}) but im only getting one film a week. It means my 100 cinema trip club is slipping away, i want to do it.

So to cut a very long story short, it went & saw the new Railway Children reboot. i mean why not, it might surprise me. The Railway children missed my generation if im honest. so i am actually looking forward to this

I felt very out of place. Anyone who came with kids looked like grandparents & there kids. so like 10 year olds & there 70 year old guardians. There were a couple of older adult couples but i was the only odd one & i was definitely the only millennial watching it.

Trailers super pets (yes) Fishermans Friends (maybe) Where the Crawdads sing (which is always odd after an advanced preview 2 nights before) & something else which i cant remember… i wasnt bothered by it whatever it was.

& then the film started… & i am fully aware i am not the target audience for this so when it sound like im very meh about it i am, but i know the target audiance did love it.

Mainly because all the 10 year old girls & boys who were there with grandparents were living their best life & were laughing & giggling & going oh no at points. & thats what this is meant to do. Its not meant for me at all, but as a film fan i had to see it. Im glad they all had a good time.

I’m currently bingeing Game of Thrones ( justice for Oberyn {do you ever get over that peoples? Its a serious question please}) so seeing the guy who plays Sam in that whos one of the best characters in the show be an inept guardsman at a train station, was very odd. But he was very key. He was good, but he does need to go back & defend the wall.

As a kids film & being from an old english traditional story, it was very easy to see exactly where this was going. There was enough mild peril & drama for a kids film, including did someone die from being about a mile away from a bomb blast. I can see how kids would sit there & be like oh my what happened there will they survive this, hows it going to effect them. I can see how they would be captivated.

It dealt with racism very well, on a level for kids to understand. It was a good way of showing that.

Jenny Agutter getting to be in it now as the person who take charge, that was very nice. The film makers understood the assignment, especially when she said i was once evacuated too. That was a very nice touch. Us as brit get that kind of thing right we really do.

Some of the kids over acting is a bit much at times, i mean bless them they are trying their hardest, but other than the two main kids the rest of them its a bit cringe at times. I mean i do sit here & look at the chamber of secrets & go oooh over acting here so i can see why they do it.

There needed to be more trains. I liked their hide out & that they did still use the trains but i think there could have been a few more, linked to the story. Just felt a little lacking until we got to act 3.

Some very nice views of the english country side & some cinematography at point. I mean i know this film isnt all about that, but still, they were very nice. Im spoilt here. I live in a village next to one of the coolest citys in the world, 1h away from london, the beach on my doorstop (literally) & the country side 10mins away, but its always nice to see the country in all its glory.

So i do feel very much meh about this film. I probably will forget ive seen this if im honest, but the target audience had an amazing time & were all leaving going that was brilliant. So im very happy for them. I was more excited about the aircon that the film.