movies

[docellis]

There's a small version of JL on Leno right now.

hahaha... saw that

[Maclowery]

I finally saw Tintin, and it sucked. Pretty much from the moment that Haddock was introduced I wanted the movie to be over. He was as irritating as I found the policemen to be, and he didn't have the courtesy to leave the screen after two or three minutes like they did. That Scottish accent that every single actor on the planet uses is like nails on a chalkboard to me, and the movie's level of cartooniness really fluctuated after his introduction.

I don't want to come off as a total Tintin homer, which I unequivocally am, as I have every Herge graphic novel in English and most of the original hardcovers in French, but wow. You really didn't enjoy that movie? Of course it's cartoony, it's an adaptation of the most popular Europoean children's comic book series of all time. Haddock is portrayed just as he is in the comics - an obnoxious, stereotypical drunk who just happens to do the right thing at the right time. I never liked him as a kid - I didn't really get the whole comical-drunk concept.

Hey, to each his own. I thought it was absolutely one of the best lighthearted adventure movies that I've ever seen. I was incredibly skeptical when I heard about a film adaptation of one of my cherished childhood book series. In my opinion, they knocked it out of the park. Bring on the sequel and Professor Calculus.

On an aside, unrelated to my Tintin geekdom: I thought the 3D stuff was the possibly the best use I've ever seen, moreso than Avatar. Hate on either movie for the characters, but that chase scene through the Bagghar square was absolutely incredible in the theater. I could hardly contain my glee, and the whole theater was loud as hell Oooh'ing and Aah'ing as well.

[Maclowery]

Now this is one hell of a summer popcorn movie trailer, folks.

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[G. Keenan]

Looks like a fun summer in Austin this year.

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[JL21]

Ok, first of all, I don't think I ever realized how great of a year 1982 was for movies.

Second, I'd give my left nut to get an Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis.

[slide_into_first]

I saw Safe House- I liked the violence and suspense during, but after I realized it was kind of stupid.

Also. do the cast members who play the CIA staff in Langley, Va in the Bourne movies, resent cast members who play their roles in other movies?

[ghostrunner]

Ok, first of all, I don't think I ever realized how great of a year 1982 was for movies.

Second, I'd give my left nut to get an Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis.

I seriously pondered trying to find a group to set one up here in Indy. Despite me having no investment capital or realistic potential partners or significant business experience. Tim League probably didn't have much of those either, but it's a big gamble to take. Especially in this market. They have a franchise program in place though.

[G. Keenan]

Ok, first of all, I don't think I ever realized how great of a year 1982 was for movies.

Second, I'd give my left nut to get an Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis.

I seriously pondered trying to find a group to set one up here in Indy. Despite me having no investment capital or realistic potential partners or significant business experience. Tim League probably didn't have much of those either, but it's a big gamble to take. Especially in this market. They have a franchise program in place though.

They do, but the franchises aren't nearly as good as the Austin ones. They're working on that though. After franchises were started carrying the Drafthouse name and managed more or less independently, but weren't up to snuff, Tim League sued to gain control of them and won. Still, it's hard to manage a theater that's a thousand miles away.

[Arthur Dent]

I seriously pondered trying to find a group to set one up here in Indy. Despite me having no investment capital or realistic potential partners or significant business experience. Tim League probably didn't have much of those either, but it's a big gamble to take. Especially in this market. They have a franchise program in place though.

If you're interested in that, you should watch this video where he talks about he got started in detail. Pretty interesting. He apparently saved enough money working as an oil engineer for a few years to buy an old theater in California. That project eventually died after there was a murder following a concert hosted in the theater.

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[JL21]

I just saw The Last Waltz on the big screen. I'd seen 24 Scorsese movies before that... and The Last Waltz wasn't one of them. It was a really cool experience.

Van Morrison had to be drunk or high or both, right?