Yeah, I think a lot of us are feeling that way. There's nothing that makes you run to the theatre. My list of films I'm excited to see is leaning more toward the indie theatres here, and unfortunately, the movies there cost too much. (I live near a theatre where I can see first-run H'Wood films for six bucks, but they don't do smaller films. So, I have to pay 8 - 11 bucks per movie to see the indie and smaller flicks, which is not in my plans nowadays).
Due to a lot of reasons, I don't have a super-duper home system yet. Still rocking an old-fashioned CRT "tube" TV that's a flat tube but not flatscreen. Still, I have broadband and a new PC I bought on the cheap, so I'm starting to look at Internet downloads and stuff a lot more. And, things like Redbox and Blockbuster kiosks where movies only cost a buck are increasingly attractive. I will always be a moviegoer, because I love everything about the theatre-going experience, from standing in long lines and talking to people, to sharing a film with a big crowd, to the oversized images and sound which even the best home systems can't duplicate. But with ticket prices now forcing us to drop at least a twenty even for "matinee", and the paradoxical studio attempt to draw us in more by giving us more fluff, I've regrettably had to curtail what was once a weekly trip to the theatre. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryle Lockhart" <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:29:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions I've been really immersed in Bollywood and Asian films on DVD/online lately. "Raaavan" was the best Indian film I've seen in a couple of years. "Kites" was the most accessible, as it's in English. It's playing near you as "Kites: The Remix", which was re-edited by Brett Ratner. I'm down for Last Airbender and Inception, but I gotta say...I'm really not personally looking forward to any big budget films except Tron Legacy. I'm way more excited to see "Scott Pilgrim" than anything else this summer. Daryle On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:54 PM, angelababycat wrote: Saw your original post and felt sad I had nothing interesting to offer. But the new Predators movie opens July 9th and I will be there for the 11:00 am Friday showing of course. Also on my "see at the theater for the special effects vs waiting for PPV" list: June 30th - Twilight Saga: Eclipse July 2nd - The Last Airbender July 16th - Inception August 27th - Resident Evil: Afterlife Other than Predators maybe, not a very exciting summer movie list for me I'm affraid. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Not a suggestion? Anyone watching any movies at the theatre? Recently I've > seen "Kings of the Evening", which was nice, and plan to see a > little-known-but-well-praised foreign flick, "The Secret in Their Eyes". It's > way off the summer-blockbuster path... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:35:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Asking for Movie Suggestions > > > > > Any recommendations on which of the big summer movies are worth seeing? > > Have any of you seen Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, A-Team, Karate Kid, > Splice, Killers, Shrek, Get Him to the Greek > > > > With the summer "blockbuster" season here, we're inundated with all the > next-big-things at the box office: all the CGI- and action-heavy movies. > Typically I start to burn out after a while, as so many of them nowadays seem > to be mediocre films based mostly on explosions, fights, and FX. "Iron Man 2" > was okay, but a bit of a disappointment. I need to watch the money I spend at > the cinema, so don't want to plop down my six bucks for something that I can > wait for on DVD. And there are some indie films like "Mother and Child" and > "Kings of the Evening" that I'd rather see, since they actually rely on plots > and good acting. >
