Lesbians Make The Best Porno's ... *ahem* ... I mean ... Blue Is The Warmest Colour. Seriously, at times I was wondering if we had gone to the movies or gone to a porno theater! [Side note: I don't think these exist in Australia] The whole movie is three hours long and tells the story of Adele (not the singer, obviously!) and her sexual awakening, discovering she may be gay, getting with her girlfriend and, ultimately, cheating on her with a man resulting in the inevitable break up. But it doesn't really have a proper ending, in my opinion. And overall it is only "OK". Worth watching once, but only if it comes on (i.e. it happens to be on TV at the time). The main highlight is that it features fairly explicit, lengthy female/female sex scenes. And surely we all want better from a movie than just that?
Bad Times At The El Royale. Not bad, but could have waited for it to come to streaming or on demand and saved a few $$.
This weekend: Widows and Overlord — unless Instant Family gets good reviews. In other words, most likely Widows and Overlord.
I saw "Hunter Killer" earlier this week. Was nice to see a new submarine movie, though maybe half the movie also takes place above ground.
Hello. Ill give the last 5 things i saw in the theater starting with the most recent. Coldplay headfull of dreams, back to the future, a star is born, doctor who season 11 premiere, and a simple favor. Im a big lady gaga fan and wouldnt normally have gone to see a movie like that , but ended up loving it. Glad to see gaga succeed. A simple favor ended up going down a slightly different path then i thought but it was a welcome surprise.
I saw it in the mid 70's at college when a group brought it on campus and showed it in a terraced classroom. It gave me a taste of what awe people must have felt seeing that chase on a big screen
Seeing old movies on the big screen , especially if you havnt seen them in years, can be very rewarding . It restores them to the greatness . I was a big fan of certain late 60s early 70s films and seeing them in the theater after so long was epic. The graduate, clockwork orange, taxi driver, 2001, godfather 1 and 2 .
Some films you absolutely cannot get unless you see them in a movie theater. My wife sees more than 300 films in the theater every year, and she tried to watch Citizen Kane on television and never got it. It wasn't until she saw it in a 1930s era movie theater that it hit her, and she realized why it is considered one of the greatest films of all time. The scene of Charles Foster Kane in his huge echoing house filled with crates and crates of "priceless junk" just doesn't have the impact on the television screen, it was created to be played back in a huge movie palace.
300! Amazing. She see a lot of retro movies? I thought i saw a lot of movies in theater . Im not even trying.lol. I saw the graduate 2 years ago. First time since like 1997 ive seen it.. In the second waynes world movie, the ending parodys the ending of the graduate. Ive def seen that way more then graduates ending. When i saw it 2 years ago, it really cut across all that to restore the impact and meaning to the whole movie and the ending . You remember now why this movie is a classic.
Her record year was 472, but that was when she paid for a pass to a film festival. For the most part, she tries to see a film every night. People are shocked at that, but those same people watch 3-6 hours of television every night. She's seeing two films tonight - Widows and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. I saw that in the theater, and the main thing I took from it was that I never, ever wanted to hear Scarborough Fair again as long as I lived. Paul Simon used the same three songs several times in the film, two of which he didn't even write!
Yea i def watch a lot of tv. Lol. Does she keep records of what she sees? I do. Shes not on this board is she? I would have so many questions. Lol. What a amazing record!
She created an account, then forgot the password and hasn't bothered to try to recover it. Year before last she Tweeted out every movie, but she inevitably winds up seeing some film that she's embarrassed by and doesn't want to write a short review, and stops. She sees so many films because she has incredibly wide-ranging tastes, equally happy to see art house films as comic book ones. When I was home weekend before last, we went out and saw three films Bohemian Rhapsody, Bodied and The Happy Prince. Bodied was about Battle Rap and produced by Eminem and The Happy Prince starred Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde. I'm fairly confident we were the only people in the world who saw those three films on the same day.
Incredible. Whats your personal record? Mine is a meek 43 . Lol. I possibly might break that this year but not by much. Compared to your wife i hate the movies lol. I can DEFINITELY relate to seeing a bunch of movies in one day that have nothing to do with each. My whole movie going experiences are based on oddities. Lol. And weird and bizarre situations.
I usually average a hundred or so films a year. Inevitably on any thread about seeing films in the theater, people talk about seeing a film on a Saturday night at a fairly expensive theater, paying for parking and a babysitter for their youngest four of their twelve children and being compelled to purchase a large soft drink and popcorn for each of the other eight. Vickie and I know which theaters have the cheapest seats. In Chicago, we often go to the ACM Galewood 14, where tonight's 7:30 PM showing of The Crimes of Grindlewald costs $7.27. If she wanted to see it early at the same theater tomorrow, it would only cost her $5.07. Her viewing of Widows tonight at the AMC Streets of Woodfield right by her work would normally be $13.49. But it's one of her three AMC A-List movies this week. She paid $19.95 for a month of A-List, and as long as she keeps seeing three films a week, that brings the cost per film down to $1.66. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was bought with MoviePass at the Landmark Century Centre via e-ticket this morning on the bus. MoviePass cost her $9.95 a month for three films, and this one cost her $3.32. She's also a member of two different art houses, the Gene Siskel Film Center and Music Box, both of which get her half-price. Between that and free screenings, she can see a film every night for less than $25 a week. Most people pay a lot more than $100 a month for cable.
What can else can be said. Perfection. If you dont mind, id like to share some of my experiences and/or how i look at movie going.
Chris, if you and/or Vickie have seen both Bohemian Rhapsody and Overlord, which did you guys prefer? It turns out a couple of critics I follow liked Bohemian Rhapsody, so now that’s on my radar for this weekend. (I can’t get excited about Instant Family despite the surprisingly decent reviews.)
I've seen Bohemian Rhapsody I haven't yet seen Overlord. I have to admit I'm a little annoyed because I really wanted to film to be about D-Day. One of the greatest land invasions ever, 10,000 men died...but that's not enough they have to put in zombies? I'll see it but I'm not in a rush. Saving Private Ryan was also about D-Day, but again it was just an intro to another story. I really want someone to make the film about Operation Fortitude, the disinformation campaign run on the Nazis that convinced them that Normandy was only one of 3 invasions that were going to happen - which was why Romell and his tanks weren't at Normandy, and the Spanish double agent known as Garbo who invented a network of 27 completely fictional Nazi spies. I think Guillermo Del Toro could do an amazing job with this story.
I know you liked Bohemian Rhapsody, so I might go with that despite its uninspiring Rotten Tomatoes score. Thanks.
