At least I remembered the piano...

Have you seen 'The Piano'?

Did you enjoy it?

Do you remember what it is all about?

This is what I remembered:

1. Attractive scenery

2. Beautiful music

3. Mysterious woman playing piano on beach

And that is all.

Nothing else. At all.

As I have already admitted, my memory is appalling.

But in the basis of these three things

I felt qualified to recommend it to MissM

"It is a marvellous film.

Marvellous.

Absolutely marvellous.

You will LOVE it."

so we all sat down to watch it together.

This is what I had forgotten:

1. Heroine is mute (crucial to plot)

2. Steamy scenes of adultery (crucial to plot)

3. Dramatic and shocking climax (should be unforgettable)

I feel despair.

What happens when I watch a film?

Does the information go in through my eyes

and out through my ears?

Did I fall asleep for the last 95% of the film?

I pretend that I can remember it all

and try not to look surprised

at each unexpected twist to the story.

But it all goes wrong at the very last moment.

"Oh! No! Look what he is going to do!"

MissM looks at me and I know that

her worst suspicions have been confirmed.

So my conclusion is that

film recommendations

are not the way forward for this blog.

One more thing:

I plan to watch 'Titanic' again soon...

if you know the ending don't spoil it for me.