Trysts

I’ve been watching quite a few movies over Christmas and New Year, and I’m determined to keep that going during January. I enjoyed “Mary, Queen of Scots” and that has sent me on a little Saoirse Ronan watch-a-thon because I think she’s a great actress and she’s made more films than I’d realised.
Tonight, I gave “Ammonite” a go, which stars Miss Ronan alongside the ever-watchable Kate Winslet. It started out being about 19^th Century female fossil hunters but then rapidly became about female lust and lesbianism. And now I’ve watched it, all manner of similar themed ‘gems’ have started showing up in my ‘recommended viewing’ section. My God, there are a lot of them. Just about every actress you can name seems to have been in a ‘two strong women thrown together by circumstance ultimately end up in bed together despite the problems it will undoubtedly cause both of them’ art flick. If you watched all these films you’d get the impression that it’s impossible for two women to be within ten feet of each other without ending up touching each other’s netherparts. I’m sure there are a certain group of people who are delighted to see so many of these similar movies on their chosen streaming platform, but I think I’ll pass over them all and watch “Some Like It Hot” instead. One of the best comedies ever, and currently available on iPlayer.

RC 7-1-22