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We have a Sundance Cinema in Madison that has assigned seats, you pick them out when you purchase the tickets. I kind of like it.
I am going to buy The Hangovertoday, as I have yet to hear anything bad regarding it.
I am going to buy The Hangovertoday, as I have yet to hear anything bad regarding it.
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Jim wrote: "Once you have a daughter Gus, there isn't anything that will stop you from protecting them."
I have twin nine-year-old daughters. There is already a 38-ounce Louisville Slugger I got at Free Bat Day at Tiger Stadium in 1970 behind the door in anticipation of when the boys come calling during those difficult teen years.
I have twin nine-year-old daughters. There is already a 38-ounce Louisville Slugger I got at Free Bat Day at Tiger Stadium in 1970 behind the door in anticipation of when the boys come calling during those difficult teen years.
Clark, that bat could be worth some money. Maybe you should switch to aluminum. Easier to wash off the blood, too.
RandomAnthony wrote: "Clark, that bat could be worth some money. Maybe you should switch to aluminum. Easier to wash off the blood, too."
Doubtful. Willie Horton autograph but more than gently used. The collector's mentality wasn't quite in vogue 39 years back.
But you make a good point about aluminum.
Doubtful. Willie Horton autograph but more than gently used. The collector's mentality wasn't quite in vogue 39 years back.
But you make a good point about aluminum.
Jim wrote: "We have a Sundance Cinema in Madison that has assigned seats, you pick them out when you purchase the tickets. I kind of like it."Is that the one with the really good popcorn?
I've been there. They have an ice cream place right next door and they're kind of...behind a different store/mall, right, Jim?
Sarah Pi wrote: "Jim wrote: "We have a Sundance Cinema in Madison that has assigned seats, you pick them out when you purchase the tickets. I kind of like it."
Is that the one with the really good popcorn?
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I'm not sure I've ever gotten popcorn there. It's not your typical food/candy in the lobby. I remember they had a big variety of coffee type drinks, like a Starbucks, but I know it wasn't a Starbucks, and the scones, muffins etc that accompany the coffee. They may have had a small assortment of sandwiches too, not really sure as its on the other side of town and I've only been there twice, and once we went right after eating.
Is that the one with the really good popcorn?
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I'm not sure I've ever gotten popcorn there. It's not your typical food/candy in the lobby. I remember they had a big variety of coffee type drinks, like a Starbucks, but I know it wasn't a Starbucks, and the scones, muffins etc that accompany the coffee. They may have had a small assortment of sandwiches too, not really sure as its on the other side of town and I've only been there twice, and once we went right after eating.
RandomAnthony wrote: "I've been there. They have an ice cream place right next door and they're kind of...behind a different store/mall, right, Jim?"
It's attached to a really upscale mall, that has an Ice Cream shop in it not too far down the mall.
It's attached to a really upscale mall, that has an Ice Cream shop in it not too far down the mall.
Okay, seriously y'all - tonight was one of THE coolest movie nights with family that I've ever experienced. I went with my sister, brother-in-law, and 8 year old nephew to see Invictus - my nephew's choice! My NEPHEW picked it. Anyway, seeing as how I don't watch television, I've not seen any ads or trailers for it, so I didn't know what it was about - only that Morgan Freeman is in it. Wow! Wow, wow, wow! And they left out the bit about Matt Damon's in it, Clint Eastwood directed it, and it was going to be hugely inspirational.
A great holiday flick... loved it. :) Two thumbs up, three if I had another...
I just watched Inglorius Basterds. It was lame.
What did you think of the ending, RA?
Yes...I like some Tarantino...but this film was lame, Misha...sorry:)The ending? Lame. The dialogue? Hackneyed. The plot? Yawn. Sorry, Misha. The whole movie...I guess I can say...it sounded so much like a Tarantino movie, about his ego and approach, that I couldn't get lost in the film.
Oh, but the owner of the cinema was smokin'.I just heard Brittany Murphy died.
I did like that scene in the movie theater with the fire and the image projected onto the smoke. I loved Christopher Waltz, and yes, the actress who played Shoshanah.But other than that, I thought it was too long and slow, too talky, and the mix of humor and violence clashed really badly, in my opinion.
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Sally wrote: "Brittney Murphey! Dead at 32. I'M 32!"It's very sad, isn't it? I mean, sad that she's dead...not that you're 32.
It's very freaky. I mean that she's dead. Not that Sally's 32.
I kind of wish Tarantino would set aside his fascination with 70s B-movies for once and just make a frickin' movie. I did find it refreshing that he didn't feel the need to use nonlinear storytelling in this one, which in Kill Bill felt a bit gratuitous, like he was doing it just because it had become his signature.We're not that much in disagreement, Misha, because I agree with all this:)
I really want to watch 'Iron Man II' and also 'Alvin and Chipmunks II'.. i saw Avatar trailer, the effect looks great, is that a good movie?
Welcome to TC, dhy_dhy!I might take my oldest son to see Avatar Tuesday night...
All Who weekend at Casa Paull. My kids were typically unimpressed, pointing to Pete Townshend and asking, "Hey Dad, who's the old guy?" Later on I checked in the mirror for ear hair.
Exciting integration of interviews, early promos, television clips, and passionate, barefisted live footage of The Who ripping huge chunks out of the scenery, chips on their shoulders, fighting and fucking everything in sight, and trampling everything – their audience, their songs, even themselves – into submission.
Compilation of clips with no discernible rhyme or reason but there's plenty here to recommend, even if it all seems like a desperate trip in the wayback machine to a time when heroes did truly walk among us, before MTV did for rock & roll what the full-length mirror did for Liberace.
Shot with six cameras in stunning 35-mm clarity, “Kilburn” is a force of elemental anarchy that deposits the frustration, epic confrontation, and around-the-bend, semi-punk roughhousing squarely in your lap and when Townshend bristles at some unheard taunt from the throng with “There’s a guitar up here if any bigmouth little git wants to take it off me,” you instinctively take one giant step back in the hope you don’t get any blood or grey matter on your clothes. What works onstage often falls flat in one’s living room, but not here.
Exciting integration of interviews, early promos, television clips, and passionate, barefisted live footage of The Who ripping huge chunks out of the scenery, chips on their shoulders, fighting and fucking everything in sight, and trampling everything – their audience, their songs, even themselves – into submission.
Compilation of clips with no discernible rhyme or reason but there's plenty here to recommend, even if it all seems like a desperate trip in the wayback machine to a time when heroes did truly walk among us, before MTV did for rock & roll what the full-length mirror did for Liberace.
Shot with six cameras in stunning 35-mm clarity, “Kilburn” is a force of elemental anarchy that deposits the frustration, epic confrontation, and around-the-bend, semi-punk roughhousing squarely in your lap and when Townshend bristles at some unheard taunt from the throng with “There’s a guitar up here if any bigmouth little git wants to take it off me,” you instinctively take one giant step back in the hope you don’t get any blood or grey matter on your clothes. What works onstage often falls flat in one’s living room, but not here.
I second RA's welcome dhy_dhy.
I can't believe that no one else is as impressed as I am that my 8 year-old nephew picked Invictus for the family to see! I mean, if it was last year, I knooow we would've been seeing A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey. I mean, last time I went to a movie with him at Christmas time, it starred the chipmunks, for goodness sake!
i watched Land Of The Lost remake last night. laughed 7 times. i am sorry. that is all
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i watched Land Of The Lost remake last night. laughed 7 times. i am sorry. that is all"
That's about six more times than I laughed. Even my kids didn't care for it and they'll dance to anything.
"A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carrey fell just this side of memorable as well. Even in 3D at the Imax.
That's about six more times than I laughed. Even my kids didn't care for it and they'll dance to anything.
"A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carrey fell just this side of memorable as well. Even in 3D at the Imax.
yes, as i had to say a hail mary each time for forgiveness
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "yes, as i had to say a hail mary each time for forgiveness
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First off, you are absolved of all sins.
Who am I to judge? We watched it via OnDemand. That's $4.99 I'll never see again.
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First off, you are absolved of all sins.
Who am I to judge? We watched it via OnDemand. That's $4.99 I'll never see again.
Let alone the time you will never get back either!
I watched District 9 last night and this morning...very cool and inventive. Nicely done. Very violent...but in a good way.
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Watched "I Am Legend" last night. Will Smith was so good.
RandomAnthony wrote: "I watched District 9 last night and this morning...very cool and inventive. Nicely done. Very violent...but in a good way."haven't heard anything bad about it, will definitly try to get it soon.
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Sally wrote: "How was Avatar? I want to see it, but nobody I usually see movies with is down."a couple of my girl friends were coming, ..they ditched me to see "New Moon." I had to watch it alone, which wasn't all that bad.
Misha wrote: "I enjoyed it when I saw it last weekend. I definitely recommend seeing it in 3D if you go, because it's all about the visuals. The plot was pretty a pretty standard sci fi allegory about colonialis..."
agreed. but it wasn't "Amazing", visuals were.
I thought it was Camerooney. ;)
I saw Primal Fear recently, has anyone else seen it? It's brilliant; Edward Norton is fantastic!
Welcome to TC, Roisu!(Wasn't Primal Fear out, like, 100 years ago?)
Went to Sherlock Holmes on Christmas evening. It was fun - not stellar, but a lot of fun. Might go see Up in the Air today or tomorrow. And I'd like to see Avatar before my vacation is done.
Thanks RandomAnthony! Yeah, it was out in '96, I think!
I can't wait to see the film adaptation of 'The Lovely Bones'. Hope it's as good as the book!
I can't wait to see the film adaptation of 'The Lovely Bones'. Hope it's as good as the book!
Primal Fear was an awesome movie, it's an oldie and I love it! I really wanna see Avatar before the new year, I hear nothing but good stuff about it.
we watched Defiance over Christmas starring Daniel Craig which was about:Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.
excellent movie! based on a true story it really is an incredible story and well done. plus my wife loves daniel craig so she was all in
Speaking of that, Kevin, I'm convinced the marketing department associated with Sherlock Holmes hit the jackpot as heterosexual women will most likely drool over Law and Downey and guys will kind of want to see the movie, anyway.
Sally wrote: "Is that [District 9:] the alien movie? I'm scared of it. Tell me why its worthwhile."It was smart science fiction, the kind that uses aliens to show you something about people. It was well written and had interesting characters and good action.
Ooh, good, thanks, Sarah...I was waitin' on you to answer that question...:)
That's my job, reviving dead threads and questions :)
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Saw Invictus while in SA. Movie theaters there have assigned seats! And Slush Puppies at the concession stand! I would be very curious to hear how any of you like it if you see it. Having read Playing the Enemy Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation and the wonderful Long Walk to Freedom The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela AND being the monster rugby and Springbok fan that I am, I think I judge from a different place. I thought overall it was good but not great. The acting is overall very good, though the players themselves were reduced to stereotypes. The songs (I believe by another Eastwood son) are atrociously ham-handed. There were a couple of scenes from the book that were sorely missing, but overall it was decent.