Except the projectionist hit the wrong button. (S)he started MY BLOODY VALENTINE. I've never seen parents running out of a theater so quickly in all my life. It was really kind of funny.
Heh, I've had that happen.
Took Emmett to see an innocuous animated movie with an audience filled with wee kids. Movie is late to start, waiting waiting, lights dim and it comes up....Right in the torture scene of Mission Impossible (2? with Philip Seymour Hoffmann).
Screaming, mayhem, crying toddlers, running for the doors...
Ha, Aims! But that means you missed the 3-D trailers! Aw. I saw Coraline today too.
Right in the torture scene of Mission Impossible (2? with Philip Seymour Hoffmann).
3.
No R-rated movies for the Coraline previews -- we got one for Monsters Vs. Aliens, which does look promising. And I heard no crying children during the movie itself, but then Bay Staters are tough, sensible folk who either raise brave children or leave the easily-scared ones home.
My theater had both a crying baby, and then other people yelling at the parents to take the baby outside.
Yeah, we had previews for Monsters vs. Aliens, 9, and Up! at Coraline yesterday.
Oh, even worse (for loudness and yelling).
Made a lot of progress on the Oscar blitz this week. In addition to
Wanted
and
The Reader,
I have now seen
Frost/Nixon, The Duchess,
and
Man on Wire.
The Duchess
was a travesty of history but had pretty, pretty costumes. It was a bit disconcerting to see Charles Grey played by Willoughby though.
Man on Wire
was just such an amazing story I can't honestly say whether it was a "good" documentary. I pratically had vertigo watching it though.
I enjoyed
Frost/Nixon
more than I thought I would. I've never seen the full interviews, so I've Netflixed them.
I must admit that I'm sort of bummed that 2 of the BP nominees are run-of-the-mill biopics. The acting in both is great, but I just can't get thrilled about either one. If I had to vote (not having seen
Benjamin Button
because it's too damn long), I would probably pick
Slumdog
over
The Reader,
but barely.
Wait, Wanted has an Oscar nomination for something? What, most egregious use of slow motion effects in an action movie?
Sound editing, I believe.
