Same here Xeno, except it was the first movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring. If you remember how the movie began, even before the title came up, you know that she didn't last longer than a couple of minutes. Did you stay for the rest of the movie? I did.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > Feste is actually in semi-permanent hiding at an undisclosed location > > (although it's possible he could be tempted out by the prospect of meeting > > the divine Ann). > > > > Just to add to your picture of Fairfield, we just lost our movie theater > > here. Closed. Gone forever. We are now a small midwestern town without a > > movie theater. Perhaps some bright spark will organize some movie nights at > > the Sondheim, but I can't see anyone coming along to buy the old Co-Ed. > > Pity. > > Wow, I used to go to movies there. I went to Batman (the first film with > Michael Keaton) with a date and she walked out because of the 'negative' > vibes of the film she created in her mind. I have not been to Fairfield in a > long long time now. No movie theatre in the town I live in now either. A > dying breed. Too expensive to install digital projection equipment without a > big organisation or other financial backing, a theatre cannot make enough on > the pitiful portion of the entrance fee they get to keep and on the popcorn > etc, to buy this stuff, and are too small to provide the variety people now > expect. Used to be we got two movies, a serial, news, and a cartoon - that's > the late 1940s and the 1950s for me. > > Does that leave Ottumwa, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids? I never went to a movie > in Ottumwa. >
