We had breakfast at the St Lawrence Market.
Sweet cheese bagel and a sesame bagel at St Lawrence Market
Then headed off to our first movie, a really good movie in one of the kinda sucky Scotia Bank Mall multiplex theaters. The Husband, about a guy who is taking care of his baby while his wife is doing jail time for having sex with a 14-year-old. It had parts that were quite hard to watch, this guy doing stupid stuff, but it was very well edited and tight, and also never went too far – real cinema verité. It ends on an up note for dads – they are pretty much the good guys – the moms in the film are either absent or fucked up.
Our second movie was John Ridley’s biopic about Jimi Hendrix, All Is By My Side, starring Andre from Outkast as Jimi. I know Ridley as an NPR commentator and author. The line was all-ages – people my age – boomers – who remember Jimi; kids in their 20s and 30s who came because of Outkast; and Ridley is 10 years younger than me, in his 40s, Gen X – so got that age group too.
Andre as Jimi
We decided to keep it a 2 movie day, and go out to dinner instead. We went to a place called Acadia – but I think I will tell you about that later.
