Notes on a Scandal

He: What did you think of Notes?
She: Loved it.
She: Have you seen it?
He: Yep.
She: What did you think?
She: I found it caustic but subtle.
She: (if that's possible?)
He: Halfway through I realised what bothered me about it...
She: Go on …
He: The Philip Glass music was way too full on.
She: Oh!
She: Didn't notice.
He: There was a woman sitting on her own watching near where we were sitting.
She: (Like me!)
He: And for about 10 minutes in the middle she started laughing hysterically.
She: (Does that make me a batty old lesbian?)
She: (I did worry.)
She: Oh. Actually, there were two girls to the left of me who found it quite hysterical too.
She: eg,
She: "At last a merry flag on my artic calendar" …
She: induced about five minutes of snorts.
She: So you didn't like the movie at all?
He: I think this woman might have had issues.
He: But anyway I think it was that that made me noticed the music.
She: Which bit was it?
She: Do you remember?
He: Not really. I think it was when Judi Dench was getting particularly intense.
She: I HATED the ending.
She: So contrived and cringey.
He: So I was trying to look at it without the music ...
He: kinda squinting my ears.
He: And I reckon it could play as a comedy ... in a Woody Allen vein.
He: But I still thought it was pretty good.
She: I did.
She: My Mum read the book, but I never have.
He: Not great mind you.
She: I liked the boy.
She: (not like that)
She: But in the sense there was no attempt to make this anything deep and meaningful.
She: Like those Yankee teachers who fall in "love" with their pupils and then after jail marry them.
She: Or whatever.
He: Can't get enough of Bill Nighy.
She: No, he is brilliant.
He: Yeah, the boy was very good too.
She: "I just wanted him!"
She: "Why?"
She: "I don't know!"
She: I was engaged throughout.
He: Bill was particularly Nighiesque, wasn't he?
She: Yes!
He: Do you think they write "splutter" in his scripts, or is that just him?
He: So what would you give in then?
She: I'd give it a shiny 7/10
She: And you?
He: Now *you've* forgotten the ratings system!
She: Oops.
She: 3/5
She: Is that right?
He: I can't remember if it's out of 5 or 4.
She: 5
She: How can it be 4?
He: Leonard Maltin uses 4.
She: Oh, fine.
He: OK, if it's 5, I'm with you on 3!
He: I'm going to look like a complete idiot on SSHS.
She: Well this isn't a classic.
He: I saw it about two weeks ago -- before the Oscars.
He: I would have to say it didn't have much of a "stays with you" factor.
She: No?
She: It’s staying with me today.
He: Nup, it's gone.
She: But like I say …
She: the last park bench scene made me cringe.
He: Oh, with the new bird.
She: Yes.
He: Yes, that was a bit much!
She: Awful.
She: A nice neat little "oh so here she goes again" ending.
He: Did the camera track up into the sky, or is that my imagination?
She: Ummmm … it might have done.
He: Pretty silly.

Notes on a Scandal
She: *** He: ***