I understand why that appeals to you. I guess that is why I like our family movie nights. It makes even bad movies fun. I love the after movie discussion, the movie background look up, the jokes, the teasing, the imitating, the pillows on the floor, the fireplace, the fun meals. We probably got into them, because i was too ill to walk or go out much in public. But now that I'm close to being cured and go out regularly, we still do this family thing a lot. We have two friends into sci that have joined in and will be starting to rotate houses.
Bosco Bosco wrote: > I also love the theater experience. For me the experience of home > theater versus movie house is the same as the difference between > record shopping and song downloading. They both have great qualities > but the shared communal experience of buying records from a store is > really uniquely satisfying. > > Bosco > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> my living room is rather narrow and long, and we watch TV across >> the narrow width, so I don't quite get the theatre experience. Even >> if i did, and even when i get that much-desired 50" plasma TV, i >> still don't see the theatre being replaced for me. I love the movie >> going experience: the crowds, talking to people in line, being part >> of an opening-day phenomenon, sharing the action, sadness, and >> humour with a large crowd. that's what makes movies fun to me, so >> that even if the movie itself sucks, the overall experience can be >> enjoyable. >> >> -------------- Original message -------------- >> From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>> That is how we do our movie nights. My daughter is always asking >>> >> for us >> >>> to turn the living room back into the Movie theatre. Because of >>> >> how we >> >>> watch our movies, I do not enjoy the theatre as much as in the >>> >> past >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> definitely a generational thing. I won't watch a movie on DVD >>>> >> at home unless i >> >>> can be assured of watching it in one sitting with minimal >>> >> interruptions. Don't >> >>> take phone calls, prepare my food ahead of time. I get that >>> >> stopping and >> >>> examining the film is cool (do it myself). But they're meant to >>> >> be digested at >> >>> one sitting, with all those things you mentioned fllowing >>> >> together to make a >> >>> good whole. >>> >>>> -------------- Original message -------------- >>>> From: Daryle >>>> >>>> The Lord Of The Rings movies bore me because they move entirely >>>> >> too slow. >> >>>> There are entire scenes dedicated to establishing shots. I know >>>> >> I'm >> >>>> Generation X and I'm used to MTV style editing and all that, >>>> >> but I just >> >>>> think the entire first movie could have been covered in 30 >>>> >> minutes and then >> >>>> we could have gotten on with the second film, which is where >>>> >> the action >> >>>> sort of was. >>>> >>>> When I saw these movies in a theater I immediately sympathized >>>> >> with people >> >>>> who don't like Star Trek. If you've never cared about any of >>>> >> the Trek >> >>>> series, and the first time someone sits you down to watch it, >>>> >> it's the >> >>>> first movie, you are going to fall asleep. Because it is a long >>>> >> and drawn >> >>>> out story about people with whom you have no connection >>>> >> whatsoever. >> >>>> I didn't grow up reading Tolkien. I grew up reading Asimov and >>>> >> watching old >> >>>> Flash Gordon. When my friends in high school played D&D, I was >>>> >> reading >> >>>> Douglas Adams. It's why I don't get "Beowulf". It's why I've >>>> >> never played >> >>>> "Zelda". >>>> >>>> So when I watched the movies on DVD, I was able to study the >>>> >> filmmaking. I >> >>>> could stop and check the details. I could go get a sandwich. >>>> >> Take a phone >> >>>> call. I was impressed by what I saw, because it was like >>>> >> someone had taken >> >>>> all this time to put all this data on screen. It was made, in >>>> >> my opinion, >> >>>> to stop and take it all in. Freeze frame, slow-mo. The LOTR >>>> >> movies are >> >>>> the best argument for HD that I can imagine. >>>> >>>> On 12/22/07 1:26 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> why do you think LOTR bored you at the theatre? what was the >>>>> >> difference in >> >>>>> your home viewing experience? >>>>> >>>>> -------------- Original message -------------- >>>>> From: Daryle >>>>> >>>>> And here is where the fandom line is sort of drawn. I have >>>>> >> said this before, >> >>>>> and I will say it again. I saw LOTR in a theater and I have >>>>> >> never had such a >> >>>>> good sleep outside of my own bed. I tried again with the >>>>> >> second picture, and >> >>>>> again, fell asleep. These just aren¹t my kind of stories. I >>>>> >> can appreciate >> >>>>> the production value, but I simply have never cared about >>>>> >> these stories. So >> >>>>> last year I watched all three on DVD, stayed awake, and was >>>>> >> amazed at what I >> >>>>> saw. Peter Jackson is a great filmmaker and tells stories >>>>> >> better than many >> >>>>> of his contemporaries. >>>>> >>>>> Raimi has done stories that I DO care about, and I have to say >>>>> >> that he is >> >>>>> remarkably inconsistent. Consistently FUNNY, but not exactly a >>>>> >> string of >> >>>>> classics. I like Sam himself more than the pictures he¹s done. >>>>> >> WITH THE >> >>>>> EXCEPTION of Spider Man 2. >>>>> >>>>> On 12/22/07 11:15 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> i gotta disagree on "Hellboy". That movie rocked. And some of >>>>>> >> the pieces: >> >>> the >>> >>>>>> initial magic working with Nazis, the religious dude, the >>>>>> >> look and feel of >> >>>>>> their headquarters, all show a deft hand with set design, FX, >>>>>> >> and even CGI. >> >>>>>> It's not a direct one-to-one correlation with the world of >>>>>> >> the Hobbit, but >> >>> my >>> >>>>>> point is the basic skillsets and abilities shown there can be >>>>>> >> adapted. I >> >>>>>> mean, >>>>>> after Blood Simple (think that was it) and The Frighteners, I >>>>>> >> never would >> >>>>>> have >>>>>> pegged Jackson to be right for LOTR, but New Line saw >>>>>> >> something in him... >> >>>>>> -------------- Original message -------------- >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>>> In a message dated 12/22/2007 1:44:29 AM Eastern Standard >>>>>> >> Time, >> >>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>>>> >>>>>> for some reason I feel del Toro's immersion in fantasy (Pan's >>>>>> >> Labyrinth, >> >>> Hell >>> >>>>>> boy) would work, combined with his natural ebullience and >>>>>> >> childlike sense of >> >>>>>> wonder >>>>>> >>>>>> Pan had other theme intertwined in the movie. The Hobbit is >>>>>> >> not a mature >> >>>>>> prequel. Maybe he could do Tne Simarillion. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hellboy was a cheap comic book adaptation. It is good for the >>>>>> >> Sci Fi channel >> >>>>>> or FX. I don't see The Hobbit being a sci fi or FX kind of >>>>>> >> movie. 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