Scott, apparently you weren’t smoking enough! For me, The English Patient and Out of Africa were major snooze-fests.
Thanks, MD > On Jan 13, 2022, at 6:23 PM, Susan Heim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's funny Scott. The first time I saw Fantasia was in college in about > 1974. I fell asleep about 15 minutes in. I kept waking up every 20 minutes > or so and tried desperately > to keep my eyes open but to no avail. My best friend, who was my college > roommate was a huge Disney fan and went on to be a Disney Imagineering > Designer for 30 years and > just retired. She still teases me about falling asleep during Fantasia as > she considers it sacrelegious. I have to admit that the same thing happened > to me for Star Wars. I went > to the opening at Grauman's Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd. We waited in > line for hours. We finally got to the ticket booth and they had just sold > the last ticket and the next > showing was at like 4:00 in the morning. So, we sat down on the sidewalk. A > few minutes later a couple came up to us and asked if we wanted to buy two > tickets as they had bought > two extras for their friends that never showed up. We jumped for joy went > into the theater and got seated. The movie started and that beautiful John > Williams music began and in > the scene where Luke is flying the ship and there is no dialogue, I was > gone.....Now, I love Star Wars and have since seen it many times.....but I > totally get it on Fantasia. > > Sue > Hollywood Poster Frames > HollywoodPosters.com > > From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Burns > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 9:36 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Silent hills, please > > I’ll probably get some heat for this one, but…. > > Back in my younger days when I regularly patronized movie theaters there was > only one time I ever got up and left a movie before its conclusion. The > offending title? > > “Fantasia.” > > Yes Disney’s animation masterpiece. My sincere apologies to MoP’er (and > Disney fan) wdposter AKA Martin May. 😊 > > Sorry, but it bored me silly. And I have no desire to ever try watching it > again. I admit, I’m not a big animation fan and I don’t seek such titles out. > But I don’t find viewing “Snow White” or “Pinocchio” to be painful like > “Fantasia.” > > Now the paper on “Fantasia?” That’s a different story…very nice! So there’s > that. > > P.S. > A more recent “never want to see” title for me? I tried watching “Mank” on > Netflix and gave up after 35 minutes. I have no desire to ever go back and > (try) to finish it. > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > From: MoPo List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tommy Barr > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 6:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Silent hills, please > > Is there a film that you have made a decision that you never want to see, in > the cinema , TV or any medium, even if the reason may be completely > illogical? For me it is The Sound of Music. > > Tommy > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
