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| Filth_Wizard |
on Sat 26 Feb 11, 2:05 PM to the Square_Eyes group.
Apart from leaving stains on the back row or holes in the bottom of popcorn buckets, what's been the best time you've had in the cinema?
There have been a few films that have struck me dumb for at least a while. I'd seen the trailer at least three times. I'd pre-pre-pre-booked the tickets. I had mentioned it to friends, relatives, bus drivers...
The original Superman is on now and every time John Williams' tune pipes up, I'm taken back to when I saw Superman Returns for the first time. The film itself wasn't an epic, and Spacey's slaphead didn't help. But the opening credits were so faithful to the 1978 original, they gave me chills. They may have multiplied.
I can only remember a few other moments when I had an uncontrollable geek-out: V for Vendetta (all of it); the big Matrix brawls; Serenity (all of it again); Scott Pilgrim's 8-bit Universal logo and Tron Legacy (all of it times a million) are ones that spring to mind.
What are yours?
| 26 Feb 11, 3:07 PM MisterBear UK(WA), 8 yrs  |
Going to see Iron Man I think and timing it so right there was only one other person in the room with me. It's great when you can watch a film without other people ruining it. We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero. |
| 26 Feb 11, 3:35 PM MizzScarlett UK, 4 yrs |
There are a few which come to mind instantly ... Taking the first submissive boy I had to see In The Realm of The Senses (Ai No Corrida) at the late, great Scala (RIP) in King's Cross one Saturday afternoon. I hand-cuffed him with my (then) newly-acquired hand-cuffs for the duration of the film. And I also remember spending a Saturday afternoon watching back-to-back Woody Allen films (also at the Scala): Hannah and her Sisters, Another Woman, Manhattan, Annie Hall. I also remember being blown away by The Rocky Horror Picture Show when it first came out. It's still a favourite.
And Sophie's Choice took me days to recover ... and also contains the great line, "And Nathan will wear his cock-sucker suit!" (instead of 'seersucker' |
| 26 Feb 11, 5:09 PM Dr_49ish UK(M), 23 mths |
Serenity is the ONLY film I have booked a half-day leave to go to see when it opened. Sitting on my own in a half-full theatre, surrounded by like-minded browncoats, big bag of Butterkist popcorn... what's not to like  D |
| 26 Feb 11, 5:10 PM Ian_2007 UK(N), 4 yrs |
I'm not sure "best" is the right word, but the most memorable and harrowing would have to be "Lilya 4ever". It certainly ought to be required viewing for any ICers who are apologists for the sex industry. Others.... Paths of Glory and 9th Company are very different anti-war movies.
Solyaris - the first time I saw the weightless sequence I was stunned, and the use of Bach to signify memory always get me. Last week I finally twigged that I needed to watch it with Russian subtitles rather than English, and I enjoyed it even more
Spartacus has some of the most concise and dense dialogue ever to come out of Hollywood. Of course, that's in the political bits that ICers probaby fast-forward through Becket - Henry II is a sadist. No question.
Brazil - "you'll believe a man can fly." |
| 26 Feb 11, 5:12 PM MizzScarlett UK, 4 yrs |
I can't believe that the film which has (already) cropped up twice in this thread is one which I had to Google ... then I understood why |
| 26 Feb 11, 5:44 PM ComfortablyNumb UK(RG), 4 yrs  |
Reservoir Dogs. I was completely blown away by the photography, direction and dialogue. I sat on the edge of my seat at the cinema and became entirely engrossed in the whole film experience, not just the plot and characters as per usual. No other film has done that to me.
Tarantino is one of my faves ______________________________ |
| 26 Feb 11, 6:21 PM Caracal UK(SS), 5 yrs      |
I went to see Fantasia when I was about 20 and was so entranced, I perched on the edge of my seat for the whole film. Gladiator, Gone with the Wind and Bram Stoker's Dracula are all films that I have in my collection but the magic of the big screen made all the difference. The nice lady with the whip.
The next adventure? |
| 26 Feb 11, 7:18 PM littlenic 5 yrs |
Both District 9 and KickAss were films that I knew nothing about in advance and went to see in a, "I'm bored, what's on at the flicks?" mood. And both blew me away. I love that! Even better than when you're looking forward to something and it turns out to be great. (Had the same thing with Iron Man but that was on Sky at home so not really qualifying for this thread.) |
| 27 Feb 11, 8:20 AM Mr_Brightside UK(NN), 4 yrs |
Another tick for District 9, I'd never seen a trailer, and I knew naff all about the film beforehand. I expected nothing more than a South African poor mans version of Independence Day but got so much more. 300 was stunning too, from start to finish it was savagely pretty. Months later it was also my first taste on blu ray, but that's another story... Transformers 2. Ok the plot wasn't great but I still loved it. It was half way through, when Optimus is opening a can of whoop ass on all those Decepticons in the forest, it took me right back to the 80s in the best of ways, it was always my fave cartoon growing up and the site of Optimus Prime in full flow was awesome. Of course, the ending of the scene nearly had this full grown man crying. I'm from a little place called Great Britain but I dunno if I love or hate Britain - dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip Edited 27 Feb 11, 8:21 AM by Mr_Brightside |
| 28 Feb 11, 11:58 AM Rigour UK, 21 mths |
1977, 10 years old and a surprise cinema trip to Star Wars. I can still remember what t shirt I was wearing. We couldn't afford much when I was a kid and this just the most awesome thing ever, particularly the rushy feeling when Luke flies down the channel on the Death Star before blasting it. 3 years later I was already a cynical teenager buying fags and cider so didn't end up a complete Star Wars geek but that's one of my fondest memories from childhood. Ice Age, not for the film itself, although it is pretty good, but because it was the first time my eldest went to the cinema. He's watched 100's of films now and can chat about actors and directors and has a great love for film, it makes me really happy to have shared that particular rite with him. More hedonism NOW |
