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There's no question but that "Wind River" was beautifully photographed. Jeremy Renner was super in that film, as well.
So was Elizabeth Olsen, and the other woman.
Hi, SpringBlade. You've made some articulate points about all the characters of West Side Story that you've mentioned who were your favorites. I agree that the Shark gang leader, Bernardo, was really cool, but he was often too overprotective of his younger sister, Maria.
I saw the new movie "It" a week ago, and it sure didn't look like it was a kid's movie.
Often, though, the only trouble with sequels to films is that, with rare exceptions, sequels (and re-makes, as well) generally don't turn out nearly as well as the original film.
I never saw the old version of "It", but I tend to agree that Sophia Lillis did a wonderful job playing the role of Beverly in the newer version of "It".
Throughout the 1960's, and from the seventh grade on through high school, I knew plenty of girls who were sexualized at that age. Beverly was, too, obviously.
I kind of like the fact that Bev was tough and pretty in the new movie "It". The fact that Bev was tough and pretty provided short of a shock factor for the boys, if one gets the drift.
Actually, however, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, the Somerville Theatre, and the Brattle Theatre, which are all located here in the Boston area, have sizable movie screens that don't look like Big TV's, at all.
Also, even the Cineplexes have been participating in the brief national re-release of older classic films, as well, now.
The frequency with which I attend movies depends on what happens to be playing at the movie theatres that I like to patronize, at the time, if one gets the drift.
While I see why you prefer to be at home watching a movie on TV, the reason that I go to movie theatres to view movies is because the experience of seeing a movie on a great big, wide movie screen, in a real movie theatre with the lights down low, and sharing the experience with a bunch of other people, whether one knows them or not, is very, very special. I mostly attend movies at the three independent repertory movie theatres that we have in our area. With rare exceptions, I do not attend the cineplex theatres.
"Crossing Delancey Street" is pretty good, too.
To me, the experience is just not the same, that's all. I don't especially like staying home to watch movies, which is why I don't have any type of DVD player or home theatre system. Nor do I intend to get one.
That's what I understand about Alamo Drafthouse, Prelude. I wish they'd open a cinema here in the Boston area. I read that post about the woman who got kicked out. She was too persistent in using her cellphone, even when she'd been told more than once not to use her cellphone in the movie theatre, chichis why she got kicked out. No sympathy for her, at all, from me.
You're right on the money, croft_alice! Way to go. Well said. Thanks.
Good point, BillHicksFan. There are far too many movies, both out and coming out, that are long on style (if one can call it that with a straight face.), woefully short on substance, no (real) story or stories behind them, and far too graphic and violent, to boot.
I saw "The Shining" on TV some years ago, and I felt that it was kind of overrated, also.
Nope. "Jaws" was not made by the Coen Brothers.
Thanks. I'll try that.
The first letter of a member's first name or last name. or the member's username?
Also, how do I get into the ATM link?
I think that probably depends on the location of the movie theatre, as well as the kind of movie(s) that play there.
In the movie theatres that show better-quality films, the texting and talking on cell-phones is less of a problem. I have found that usually, speaking politely and matter-of-factly about it to the offending person(s) produces good result.