Keith, I also love the movie theater experience. I have a high-end surround sound system and flat screen at home, but it's not quite the same. I go in the middle of the day during the week--it's a select crowd of true movie lovers (with some unemployed folks thrown in). We all talk to each other. And despite having a pretty strict organic/cruelty free diet, I even get the popcorn with TONS of fake butter. I have to down a giant cup of Coke with it to stop from being sick. It's my secret time to be a kid once every few months. I leave the theater relaxed and day dreaming about flying a rocket ship or whatever I just watched. It's worth the occasional $20 and greasy circle on my jeans!
Sorry the pickins are relatively slim this summer. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > 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...@...> > 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 <KeithBJohnson@> 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" <keithbjohnson@> > > 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. > > >
