A Year at the Movies Quotes

“But one of the amazing and enduring things about cinema is its ability to take a frozen section of a period of time and allow us to recall moods and emotions we had and have no more.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“For the love of all that is holy and decent, do not see Town & Country. Not at a theater, not on video, not on cable, satellite, or broadcast television. Do not glance at it as it spills out from someone’s portable DVD player.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“Life amounts to what we experience, not what we consume, but I’m afraid we’ve become a nation of consumers.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“Robin Williams has more real estate then Jimmy Stewart.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“makes me think that we should get up a referendum asking Hollywood to give us all a break and put their money on new ideas.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“We have the attention spans of mayflies and our respect for personal space is somewhat less than that of the uniformed guys who pack commuters into the Tokyo subway cars.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“Artie Circle”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“It faltered early in production, and a lot of money was thrown at it, kind of like the Vietnam War. At some point the decision was made to finish it, unlike the Vietnam War. And like the Vietnam War, it never should have been started.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“But this much won’t change: digital or mechanical, the cinema, the public exhibition of a motion picture, seeing a great story along with a great audience, remains one of the most fun things you can do in the dark with your pants on.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“wanted to ask the film if I should get out and push.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“What if your local home improvement show occupied a small town instead of a convention center, and called itself a “domestic arts festival”? Well, that’s the same pretense going on here.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“If nothing else, Rocky Horror proves that the line between the scary and the plainly dumb is as old as the horror genre itself.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“Be white, dress conservatively, and look Republican, and you could disembowel someone in broad daylight and get away with it.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“The pace is slower than the Great Boston Molasses Spill of 1919.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“Proof of Life (ActionDram 3.1, with a Meg Ryan plug-in) greatly bolsters my opinion that Meg Ryan has no talent other than being just as cute as a little button.”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

“Events such as this are not just movies, but genuine adventures; the films themselves when removed from their context amount to nothing. The company, the mood, the venue—they’re as integral to a moviegoing memory as they are to a romantic meal, a thrilling concert, a great ball game. Think”
― Kevin Murphy, A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey