Showing posts with label Tropic movie theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tropic movie theater. Show all posts

Friday, 4 August 2023

Oppenheimer versus Barbie

 So funny, you wait ages for a good film and then two come along at once.  

First up! Oppenheimer.  I went to see this in the Tropic (yay!) with Patrick, and simply put, I thought it was exceptional.  Thought provoking and beautiful.  Entertaining, yet challenging.  And of course no surprise, I thought Cillian Murphy was just wonderful, I am tagging him now for the oscar.

Barbie.  Well, I have to say that I had the most wonderful evening going to see this with my Barbies, or "Squad" as we like to call ourselves.  We all dressed up and (see pic below) didn't we look great??? Afterwards we retired to The Saint for appetizers, cocktails and movie discussion.  I really, really enjoyed Barbie. But I guess I was not as wowed with it as a I thought it would be? Like it was really beautiful, stylistically and thematically.  I thought the mother daughter storyline was just gorgeous.  And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED America Ferrara's inspirational monologue.  And everything resonated with me (ugh! unfortunately).  But I came out of the cinema just  a little underwhelmed.  But....now as I type...I am feeling it more and more.  Hmmm.  Imagine that.

In summary, as you've guessed, my favoured film was Oppenheimer. 

....but my favourite photos are Barbie! Lol









Monday, 10 July 2023

Movies Under the Stars

 In conjunction with Monroe County Public Library, The Tropic Cinema continued their popular outdoor screenings series ("Movies Under the Stars") and I was delighted to go to Grease!

Myself, Megan and Jacqueline got in the spirit by dressing in 1950s outfits.  Well, this was the best I could muster from my wardrobe without ordering online

Megan had an official Pink Lady jacket!

I joked that I was Patty Simcox :))

You can see the start of the set up here in this pic.  The Tropic provides the big screen and the movie and you bring your own chair. And of course you can pop into the Tropic to get your cinema food.  Popcorn, mmmm!