We braved the heavy afternoon rains to buy the necessary picnic food, and our optimism was finally rewarded with weak evening sunshine and the palest of rainbows. Yet, outdoor movie night was far from the great event we had envisioned.
For starters, the organizers had us (and at least 200 people ahead of us in the queue and maybe 400 behind) waiting at the door while they did whatever last-minute preparations they should have done.
And when the first movie finally did start at an hour later than the stipulated time, the crappy sound system had us furrowing our brows and straining to hear the dialogue, not that it would have mattered for the storyline was weak, and we counted at least 20 cliches in that one movie. Make it Happen. Don't bother wasting your money on that one.
The second show, My Sassy Girl, was way better, but the sound system was still equally crappy. The air was cool, the stars were out and there were couples snuggling up all around. Perfect ambience for a chick flick, except that we couldn't bloody hear what Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford were saying half the time!
I'm never going for a GV outdoor movie screening, not for the next few years at least.
All gripes aside, the night was not all that bad. We had one heck of a picnic - Dorito chips, French Onion dip, brown bread, beef pastrami, herb ham, fresh strawberries, chocolate profiteroles, and the strawberry muffins I baked in the morning. And then there was the complimentary popcorn. Oooof. I think I've eaten enough to fuel my beach run with Lanxi tomorrow, and maybe three more after. Haha.
And as Jem said, he wouldn't have minded paying the S$20 entrance ticket just to lay down on the grass and watch the stars. It really was a gorgeous night, really. No regrets.
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