I mean, I LOVE movies, and I love a good experience in the theater. I think there's something totally engaging about watching a film on the big screen.
I was wondering, what have been your favorite movie-going experiences? I'm not asking what your favorite movies are, but what movies did you see in the theater that, for whatever reason, really left an impression? For example, here are mine:
Jurassic Park: I saw this when I was twelve or thirteen years old, on opening night. I was so intensely involved in the movie that I screamed because the velociraptor nearly bit off that girl's leg when she fell through the ceiling.
American Beauty: This had been in the theaters for a long time and was almost done with its run, so the theater was empty except for my friend and I. I don't think we were expecting this to be as powerful as it was. In the scene with Annette Benning, after she gives the open house, and she stands inside the darkened living room slapping her own face yelling, shut up shut up? My friend and I were so horrified we looked at each other and for some reason, we burst out laughing. Not because we thought it was on any level funny, but because it was so...disturbing it made us uncomfortable.
Scream: I thought I would never scream at a movie again after Jurassic Park (I was so embarrassed) but I screamed in this movie too. It happened in the scene when the chick is out on the porch talking on the phone, and she goes back inside and the guy steps out of the closet? yeah I just about fell out of my chair I was so on edge.
Up: Probably 60% the adults in the theater all cried at one time or another in this movie. There were some seriously emotionally charged scenes. I was so impressed.
Blair Witch Project: This was the most intense opening night I've ever gone to. The Internet Hoopla designed to generate rumors that the movie was true brought teenagers in droves. They packed the theater but then they all wanted to sit with their friends, the result being a lot of people sat in the aisles. This created the sensation that the theaters were actually over-packed. It felt like a true event. And I personally found the movie itself to be so scary--the scariest movie I've ever seen. It stayed with me for a long time.
I was wondering, what have been your favorite movie-going experiences? I'm not asking what your favorite movies are, but what movies did you see in the theater that, for whatever reason, really left an impression? For example, here are mine:
Jurassic Park: I saw this when I was twelve or thirteen years old, on opening night. I was so intensely involved in the movie that I screamed because the velociraptor nearly bit off that girl's leg when she fell through the ceiling.
American Beauty: This had been in the theaters for a long time and was almost done with its run, so the theater was empty except for my friend and I. I don't think we were expecting this to be as powerful as it was. In the scene with Annette Benning, after she gives the open house, and she stands inside the darkened living room slapping her own face yelling, shut up shut up? My friend and I were so horrified we looked at each other and for some reason, we burst out laughing. Not because we thought it was on any level funny, but because it was so...disturbing it made us uncomfortable.
Scream: I thought I would never scream at a movie again after Jurassic Park (I was so embarrassed) but I screamed in this movie too. It happened in the scene when the chick is out on the porch talking on the phone, and she goes back inside and the guy steps out of the closet? yeah I just about fell out of my chair I was so on edge.
Up: Probably 60% the adults in the theater all cried at one time or another in this movie. There were some seriously emotionally charged scenes. I was so impressed.
Blair Witch Project: This was the most intense opening night I've ever gone to. The Internet Hoopla designed to generate rumors that the movie was true brought teenagers in droves. They packed the theater but then they all wanted to sit with their friends, the result being a lot of people sat in the aisles. This created the sensation that the theaters were actually over-packed. It felt like a true event. And I personally found the movie itself to be so scary--the scariest movie I've ever seen. It stayed with me for a long time.
