movies

[cpebbles]

I don't get the Drafthouse thing at all. I don't want to eat while I'm watching a movie, I don't want to watch a movie while I'm eating, and I certainly don't want to eat whatever quality of food you can reasonably expect a movie theater to provide.

[The Third Man]

I heard about that Van Damme thing- wasn't it called Van Dammage or something?

I'd give my left nut to get a Drafthouse in STL.

Yeah, Van Dammage. I'm assuming Bloodsport (which I actually saw recently, and, uh...yeah), whatever other two films of his qualify as "hits," and The Expendables 2.

I assume the lineup will improve as they get settled in. I just hope it lasts, though I can't imagine they'd move in without being pretty confident in their sustainability.

[JL21]

I don't get the Drafthouse thing at all. I don't want to eat while I'm watching a movie, I don't want to watch a movie while I'm eating, and I certainly don't want to eat whatever quality of food you can reasonably expect a movie theater to provide.

I don't really give a [expletive] about that part of it. It's that they consistently show more than just the latest idiotic new releases, and they don't put up with a lot of disrespectful crap like talking a lot during movies and using cell phones.

[The Third Man]

I don't get the Drafthouse thing at all. I don't want to eat while I'm watching a movie, I don't want to watch a movie while I'm eating, and I certainly don't want to eat whatever quality of food you can reasonably expect a movie theater to provide.

FWIW, at least in the KC one, only half the theaters do the food thing. Also what JL said. Before The Manchurian Candidate there was a clip of a 90+ year old Drafthouse patron telling people to turn off their cell phones and calling them idiots.

[ghostrunner]

I don't get the Drafthouse thing at all. I don't want to eat while I'm watching a movie, I don't want to watch a movie while I'm eating, and I certainly don't want to eat whatever quality of food you can reasonably expect a movie theater to provide.

Just to be clear, this isn't reheated food in a microwave or hot dogs. It's prepared food from a full kitchen. Burgers, pizza, etc... I wouldn't go so far as to call it great food, but it's decent enough. Truthfully, I do find the eating arrangement a little annoying. But it's not like they kick you out if you only order a drink, or nothing at all.

We went to see the Harry Potter movies there specifically because there's no kids allowed. It's great because of stuff like that and what JL said.

[cpebbles]

So Stallone had this idea to reunite all the big action stars of the 80s, and he knocked out such a top-notch script that he ended up with Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews, and a bunch of wrestlers. That movie sucked hard, but theater-goers are so awful that it was moderately successful enough to get a sequel. This time, Stallone even got discerning talents such as Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris who turned him down on the first one to show up. It's predicted to be a blockbuster, and I'm predicting we all fall victim to the wrath of a very angry god well ahead of the Mayans' predictions.

[MrSaigon]

I don't know. There ought to be a place in this world for a movie like Expendables 2. My childhood was watching Commando, Blood Sport and The Running Man on Saturday afternoons with my older brothers. Horrible movies I could probably still watch.

I tried to watch Expendables on Netflix and couldn't get through it, but somehow I'm glad it's out there. Sounds from the reviews they embrace the ridiculousness of it a little better in the second.

[cpebbles]

That's really my point though. If you want to make a movie where a John Rambo clone, a John McClaine clone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger kick the [expletive] out of all the lesser stars of 80s action movies, make that movie. It would almost certainly be fun, and could be hilarious. When Terry Crews ends up as your co-star in that movie, you have [expletive] up somewhere along the line, and a [expletive]-up on that scale is not deserving of a sequel.

[MrSaigon]

The reason I really didn't like Expendables is that for all the putting together of all the 80s stars (why it was anticipated, a hit, etc., right?) it really ended up being just a buddy cop piece with Statham and Stallone. If they fixed that this time around I might give it a chance. But probably not.

[Vidor]

Jaws in three GIFs

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... gifs_.html

I am going to see this on the big screen on Thursday.

EDIT--that GIF won't show, bummer