FILM NIGHT - REDUX

Why's this in mental health & well being? Some of you might be asking.

Well, It's because I used to attend a film night run in someone's house in the eighies and it was a really good way of socialising whilst staying quiet and I first met the (eventual) mother of my child through one of those evenings.

ZOOM offers the additional benefit of multlevel participation, ranging from mic and video off for both film and the expected conversation afterwards so we can cater for the truly anti social to the most outgoing of people, in safety, providing that those who share, take reasonable precautions about how much of their peosonal details they wish to reveal.

Ideally NONE!

It was a spectacular failure last year, attracting precisely ONE member who unfortunately had such an awful muffled mic that after film communication was quite impossible, and he never returned...

I had enlisted a personal friend to help me with the punctual service delivery such an undertaking requires and for which I had a lousy track record, and HE liked "Film night", so I kept it up all this  year anyway, advertising here sporadically with some interest but no takers.

The feedback I've had suggests that it IS a good idea that some will benefit from, but that there are hurdles to be overcome in terms of presentation, having a start time that suits most people, etc. and generally presenting the idea better, all things that I am pretty rubbish at, hence the failure. 

Now if anyone who has told me "what a good idea this is", wants to step up and help me with organising it better, I'd really like to hear from you, because whilst my mates enjoyment of it and keeness to watch all of the "universal appeal" films bar about 2 again next year is enough motivation for me to deliver the service, I would like it to actually benefit some of the people it was originally aimed at.

To be blunt, so many people here talk about loneliness and isolation, yet seem to want "safe sociaiising" That I was moved to try and do something about it, and I still do.

I recognise that I need some help getting it off the ground here, especially because after this years failure, I've become even more disinterested in writing about it each week, and trying to keep it in view in a decent but not excessive amount of time etc. 

If I do it I may do it on Peters Forum, if he'll give me a heading and let me moderate it, because at least there for anyone who is interested, they way that one works I can keep the information easy to find, and avoid the need for repeition this forum imposes on me. 

Many people here clearly have cliques and allies and in some cases adversaries, but film night cuts across all that crap, it's just a film, and maybe a chat about it afterwards for those who wish to. Unlike the mods here, It's all under single point control, and if anyone kicks off and starts getting unpleasant I can just mute their mic before it gets out of hand. If t's me that you find offensive, then just sign out as soon as I (Or ideally slightly before) offend you, but please enjoy the film. I've got some right good stuff on the shelf here...