movies

[Arthur Dent]

Watching a movie is one of the few things you can do on your own without feeling socially awkward. Not only are you not socializing when you do it; socializing is actually discouraged. Nobody wants to sit in a theater and listen to people discussing the action on the screen.

I'd say that I prefer watching by myself.

Yes. I used to avoid going to movies alone, but now I can't remember why as it doesn't make any sense. Also never been clear on why movies are considered a date activity.

[The Third Man]

Yes. I used to avoid going to movies alone, but I now I can't remember why as it doesn't make any sense. Also never been clear on why movies are considered a date activity.

Because if you're in the back you can get an HJ or a BJ.

[lukethedrifter]

Where is omaha?

[Arthur Dent]

Yes. I used to avoid going to movies alone, but I now I can't remember why as it doesn't make any sense. Also never been clear on why movies are considered a date activity.

Because if you're in the back you can get an HJ or a BJ.

Hardly seems like the ideal environment.

[lukethedrifter]

Yes. I used to avoid going to movies alone, but I now I can't remember why as it doesn't make any sense. Also never been clear on why movies are considered a date activity.

Because if you're in the back you can get an HJ or a BJ.

Hardly seems like the ideal environment.

That's more of a Drive In activity.

[JL21]

Speaking of Huston I watched Fat City last night. Good movie, but it felt a bit flat and underdeveloped. The characters felt more like archetypes than living, breathing people and the movie relies on some well-worn boxing cliches. It's got that 70s realism that I love, and some good performances, though. And I dig the portrayal of California. I'd say a 7.5.

That's the obscure, hard to find one with Jeff Bridges, right?

Huston rocks. When I think of my favorite American directors, Huston and Scorsese are the first two that come to mind.

[The Third Man]

That's the obscure, hard to find one with Jeff Bridges, right?

Huston rocks. When I think of my favorite American directors, Huston and Scorsese are the first two that come to mind.

Is it? Hell, it's on Netflix Instant Watch in high-definition. Been on my list for a while so I went ahead and knocked it out last night. I need to see more Huston - I've seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre (9/10), Maltese Falcon (9/10), Asphalt Jungle (8/10), Fat City (7.5/10) and Key Largo (7/10). The Dead, Under the Volcano, Wise Blood, Moby Dick, The African Queen, Beat the Devil are all on my list.

Favorite American directors...after Scorsese, I'd say Welles is next on the list. And then a jumble of Woody Allen, PTA, Tarantino, Kubrick, Billy Wilder, and whatever mystical spirit possessed Francis Ford Coppola during the 1970s.

[lukethedrifter]

Is Huston's Wise Blood of the Flannery O'Connor short novel?

[JL21]

The Dead, Under the Volcano, Wise Blood, Moby Dick, The African Queen, Beat the Devil

Under the Volcano is one of my very favorites. Albert Finney hits it out of the park. The Dead is also fantastic- almost Bergmanesque. I expected more from Wise Blood and was therefore a little bit disappointed in it, but it works well on the Southern Gothic level. Moby Dick was really very "meh". I last saw "The African Queen" on Rain Delay Theater after a Brewers game was rained out when I was 12. And I've never heard of Beat the Devil.

[The Third Man]

Is Huston's Wise Blood of the Flannery O'Connor short novel?

That it is.