An afternoon at the cinema

We have dragged Sorrel down to the beach for along dog walk, had a very passable roast dinner in a local pub and spent the rainy afternoon watching the pretty awful The Time Traveler's Wife

I have never read the book by Audrey Niffenegger, but I was reliably informed that it was a cracking good novel....you would never have guessed watching the movie though! as I thought it was all rather bland, unmoving and just a little pedestrian .

The central story could have lent itself to an interesting and thought provoking film, as the idea of a married man's ability to see-saw back and forth through time boggles the mind somewhat when you think of how it could affect your close relationships. Alas this film concentrates more on the rather saccharine love story between Eric Bana, and Rachel McAdams to the detriment of the other significant relationships in the time traveller's life.(parents, best friend (Ron Livingston) and daughter)

A brief, underplayed and very moving scene between Bana and his unknowing and dead mother (a nice all too short performance by Michelle Nolden) indicates just how good the film could have been if it had the guts to move away from the crowd pleasing chick flick audience . 6/10

Tomorrow, Chris and Sorrel are off to Manchester for a day's shopping....I am getting stuck in with clearing the garden and a local guy should be dropping off some more unwanted hens to add to the the other waifs and strays in the field.