Dear Mopes and Mopettes -
Happy Holidays, safe times and a box of old movie posters someone
hands you and says, "I found these in an old house, you want them?"
When I was a kid I probably went to the movies 4 times a week.
Would often take a cab from elementary school to the local theater in
Asheboro - this was early 1950’s.
I was all alone at the first show of some AIP hit like I WAS A TEENAGE
WEREWOLF - nobody but me and the occasional bum on the back row
sleeping it off.
Like my own private screening room.
Now, I kind of don’t care where it comes from as long as I can watch
an average of a movie a day.
Of course being a big 3D fan - I liked them at the theaters - but also
watch 3D at home - but for some reason the 3D home choices are being
dropped by my providers.
What I am a true fan of today is something that did not exist until
recently -
10 hour movies -
I just watched Mindhunter and Godless and I gotta say - 10 hours of
something I like in 2 or 3 sittings is like heaven to me.
First noticed the 30 minute scene (pretty much non-existent a few
years back) on Breaking Bad.
Just totally got into the 1 to 1 moment of it - The Greeks knew what
they were talking about - read Aristotle’s poetics - real time
minute for minute is the epitome of drama. One can go so deep into
story, context, character. 1 to 1 creates a kind of mental 3D that
takes one deeper into the story.
So, anyway, now all the shows have them -
Mindhunter - and what a show or movie or whatever it was that was! -
had these 40 minute dialogue scenes between the heroes and chained up
mass murderers - jeez, I was on the edge of my seat - did I need
thundering hordes - no - just 2 guys in a room with the drama pegging
max -
Just love it - and just love these binge treats -
So things change - they evolve - I still love theaters for the
religious aspect of communion -
But I started out as a little kid watching TV in the dark and now I am
69 watching TV in the dark and still loving it.
When can we just plug it in our neck and be there with the drama?
Hope I can live long enough to catch a few of those films.
I guess the pornos will be first -
Pornos always take the point on the cutting edge of technology.
Not sure I got it in me for a 10-hour Be-there-now skin flick plugged
into the side of my head.
But I am available and eager for what technology has next in store.
What do you think movies will be like in 10 years - 20 years - 50
years?
The anticipation of it - the trailer etched into the brain - there was
always something so exciting about being first to the theater when its
something you really want to see.
My favorite movie - Forbidden Planet - can’t get away from it - was
never the same after I saw it as an 8-year-old.
What fun - I think I’ll go flip some dials and see what’s cooking!
Alan
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On Dec 19, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Alan Heimann <alanheim...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Responding to another point in the original query..watching movies
particularly on TCM has motivated me to persu buying posters for
movies ive really enjoyed
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 8:50 PM MoviePoster Collectors
<moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> wrote:
Alamo Drafthouse hee-lariously ejected a texter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs [1]
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Glenn Taranto
<exit82afi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have found that going to the ArcLight cinemas lends itself to an
audience interested in behaving. Most likely because they charge a
little bit more so you aren't bombarded with annoying ads before the
film. All they show are trailers. Also they don't let anyone in ten
minutes after the movie has started.
GT
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Kirby McDaniel
<movieartaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding that issue that Robert mentioned about rude audiences in
theaters. Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin keeps audiences polite by
throwing out disrupters, texters, talkers. It works too.
On Dec 19, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Glenn Taranto <exit82afi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I mostly watch movies at home. I am privy to numerous free
screenings through the WGA and SAG. I also pay to see some films.
Generally those are the ones I feel warrant a big screen/audience
experience. Hanging out with friends after a film and discussing it
over dinner afterward is part of that experience.
Since the advent of big screens for the home I confess I am less
inclined to see the average film at a theater.
GT
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:20 PM, MPC
<moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ha, both of my assistants have/use VCRs, which became obsolete 20
years ago!
Ticket prices have been stable, inflation-adjusted:
http://www.natoonline.org/data/ticket-price/ [2]
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 19, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com>
wrote:
Througout the VHS era I was contemptuous of home video because of
the poor picture quality and, initially at least, the sound was
mono. DVD raised the bar a bit. Blu-Ray and 4K and the fact that I
am fortunate enough to own an Oppo to play them and an LG OLED TV,
clearly one of the best screens I have ever seen, have really meant
that I see more films at home than I do in theaters. Still, I think
you get something at the theaters that you will never get at home.
You don’t have to answer the phone or the front door. The screen
is big. The audience is live and experiencing the film with you.
In my opinion, ticket prices at the theaters are too high. Do any of
the rest of you feel that way?
Kirby McDaniel
movieart.com [3]
On Dec 19, 2017, at 5:01 AM, MoviePoster Collectors
<moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched tons o' movies when I was a youngling, but I'm 49 now and
my entire post-college life have attended a movie theater once/twice
a year, if that much. I never paid for cable TV and have never used
a DVR, so rarely watched them at home.
Now that I'm not working I'm the King of Free Time and have
hitch-hiked to theaters to see "fun"/roller-coaster thrills/sci-fi
movies like:
Blade Runner 2049 (twice)
Wonder Woman (twice)
SW:TLJ (this week, partly spoiled after I unwisely skimmed a
negative user review)
Murder on the Orient Express
Close Encounters 40th
Justice League
I also feel obligated to support historical films in theaters:
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour (future)
The Post (future)
The gameplan was to watch lotsa movies on pretty-cheap streaming
services like Netflix/HBO/etc. but so far I've only watched a grand
total of two (Wizard of Lies/DeNiro and SW:R1). Why? Too busy
entertaining/terrorizing several online forums and watching 3-4
hours per day of MSNBC news shows and infotainment shows like The
Today Show.
How about you - and also does watching movies motivate you to buy
the MP (yes, almost always for me)?
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Charlotte, NC USA
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