Today is a weird cinema day for me… ive spent money to go & see a film… a film i know nothing about… whats happening to me ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anyhow yea a £3.50 trip to the local smaller cinema to go & see Brian & Charles which won awards at Sundance this year. All i know about the film is that its about a man who builds a robot in his shed, thats it. so i am really looking forward to this.

So the other local cinema also does £3.50 mondays & had Thor Love & Thunder on at 8:15. but it sold out, so there were a few people who rocked up to this screening (as the only other £3.50 film on a monday was elvis this week) because hay why not. So it did fill up & was a mix from people aged about 20 to 70. & im not making this up i heard people when they came in saying that they were sad they couldnt see thor this week.

I did also learn that the balcony studio screen does not have air con. Its one of the hotest days of the year & theres no air con in there. Thank god i brought a cold water bottle with me. I held it for most of the film to cool myself down.

Trailers that railway children return (probably nothing else new is out next week), Fishermans friends (maybe) & then some helen mirren film linked to the film wonder from a few years ago, cant remember what it was called. We also had the local this is on from the national theatre thing.

& then the films started… & it was sweet. I can see why this won a lot a sundance, it makes a lot of sense.

So this is basically a modern day remake of Frankenstein & his monster. A Man Lonely & depressed in the middle of nowhere makes a robot but accidently gives him AI & they become friends but then he wants to see the world & other people discover him. I mean if it aint broke dont fix it right.

I didnt cry but it was very sweet & i welled up at the end. That was very touching.

I loved when Charles basically went through his stroppy teenage give me freedom years, i loved that. That rang home quite a bit. Especially making the hula Skirt out of curtains & then dancing like a mad person in the kitchen, which lets be honest if you dont dance up & down your kitchen when you make dinner you are doing it wrong.

The Brecon Beacons are always a good place for some cinematography. Im sure i went to that village on my A level geography trip, im sure of it. So idyllic but also so bloody grim, because it always rains there.

I loved the other gadgets he made too, which were so useful as well. The cabbage gun was epic. So fun. It would be what you would attempt to make tho which would then just make things actually harder in the long run.

I get why we had to have the bully to prove a point. But they werent strong enough. I know it was filmed during a pandemic & is a low budget british indi film but still. I always knew what the outcome was going to be & it was nice that life lessons were learnt along the way. Good for sticking up for the little man & principles. Showed good character growth.

Weve all been to a bonfire night like that at one point right? Which isnt well organised & is carnage.

Over all it was a nice little 90min ditty of a film, which didnt lose its core values of sticking up for yourself & its okay to be an introvert & do what makes you happy. At the end of the day thats all we all want at the end of the day to just feel happy right.

When this is on netflix come october ill tell you all to give this a view.