Last night, I watched a very fun netflix doc. about Scrabble tournaments called Word Wars...I thought I'd recommend it to Buffistas. Did you know there's money in Scrabble? I didn't.(I'm not as good as those guys, though.)

Has anyone heard anything about Dark Water? A horror movie with a cast full of Actors?

The creator of the original (and Ringu), Hideo Nakata, is responsible for the Americanized version. I've seen the original story, which was pretty compelling though it obviously drew from some of the same motifs that Ringu did. The cinematography in the remake looks breathtaking, and Jennifer Connely is a much more talented actress than her Japanese counterpart, but images from the trailer make me think they may have introduced a change in the plot that will make the most frightening and poignant part play very differently if it's included at all.

Did you know there's money in Scrabble? I didn't.

After watching Phil make a living at Backgammon for 10 years, I am not surprised.

Not quite "living" money, but big prize on a game show money.(I wouldn't trade places with the winner for anything though...he's kind of sad and has a raging gastric disorder of some type, but it does make me want to dust off my game some.) Especially since they all said women are not competitors.

Jess said what I was going to say. Also, I think I may have to change my tag to compliment hers now.

Psst! Sean, while it's possible Brain may have said "thinking" at some point, his verb of choice was "pondering".

With the crowds, and the commercials

Yes. This. Nothing like being forced to watch commercials without the recourse of changing the channel or hitting mute. Couple that with the increasing obnoxiousness of movie goers (talking back to the movie, talking to each other, talking on their cell phone, etc, people with small children who scream for 30 minutes straight but their parents never once consider taking them out of the theatre until they calm down) and it makes for a miserable experience. I think I have contemplated taking the life of a fellow human being more often in a movie theatre than in all the moments outside of a theatre put together. Special Hell, indeed.

I still go see movies in the theatre (and I never download them) but it's only stuff I really want to see right away and that having on the big screen improves the experience. Stuff I'm less excited about and/or doesn't have a lot of action/sweeping cinematagrophy waits until it's on DVD or cable.

I watch them better in the theatre.

This isn't me. I have no problems focusing on a movie at home, though being able to pause and go do something is nice. The only movie I might have watched all the way through if I'd seen it in the theatre instead of at home is "Being John Malkovich". I have never gotten up and walked out of a theatre, so I probably would have stuck with it until the end. At home on cable, I turned it off after a half-hour when I realized I absolutely hated every single one of the characters and watching it any longer would simply enrage me. Which was disappointing since I had been really interested in seeing it.

My attention span at home is about an hour, give or take. That's enough to watch a broadcast television show or pop in a Wonderfalls DVD, but I almost never make it all the way through a DVD rental in one sitting. Which results in late fees and any movie I rent costing the same as a movie ticket. The theater is a controlled separate environment where I'm not worrying about who might be calling, or deciding that pasta sounds good and getting sidetracked cooking for a half hour. Plus, it allows me to pretend that I'm social and like people.

What Matt said. Also, some movies work in a theatre and nsm on TV.

I have downloaded a couple of movies. 3 reasons - A) My wife, for a while, was, due to health reasons, unable to go to movies. So I downloaded stuff she wanted to see. B) Stuff that's unavailable on region 1. C) Stuff I had seen in the theater, and have since bought in the official version, but that I NEEDED to have.

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Hello thread! I don't think I've ever ventured into here before. Just watched Batman Begins and Y Tu Mama Tambien within the past 48 hours. Liked both exceedingly, albeit for different reasons.

Hi Fay! I also like both movies exceedingly. So much so that I may be going to the cinema tonight for a second viewing of Batman Begins. In other news, Katie Holmes is an anagram of 'Tom likes a he'. IJS.

Ireland seems to be bucking the downward trend in cinema attendance. More cinemas are opening every few weeks, and box office has been increasing every year. Odd.

Katie Holmes is an anagram of 'Tom likes a he'.

BWAH-HA-HA-HA!

I think I just broke something laughing.