Originally Posted by Lou
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
I live in a small Midwestern city. We had a theater open about 10 years ago called Alamo Draft house that had about 30 different taps and a full food menu. Once they opened all of the other theaters in town started doing the same thing fairly quickly. The big reclining chairs are more recent, just in the past few years, but all 3 of the theaters in my town now have them.
The only problem with the reclining seats is after drinking a 24 oz Two Hearted Ale and finishing my popcorn it is sometimes hard to stay awake. I actually dozed off in a crucial part of "Knives Out" a few weeks ago, and then had no clue what was going on the rest of the movie. Getting old sucks.........
I wasn't knocking it, home theaters are nice don't get me wrong. Just saying that it doesn't compare or even come close to the theater experience for me.I've been in someone else's home theater to watch a movie once or twice, and I liked it. That was down in Florida though, and they don't live there anymore.
When it comes to some movies, watching at home is the only real option. I do it plenty. To me, there's something special about going to the movie theater. Especially with friends or an enthusiastic audience. The energy can make for a really enjoyable time that can't be replicated anywhere else IMO. It can get expensive though, and I avoid seeing anything in 3D nowadays -- Avatar and Tron: Legacy were the only movies I felt really benefited from the 3D treatment, especially the latter since it already looked like a videogame.
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
I'm sorry Steve, but that's funny!
Dont get me wrong, I still go to the cinema and try and watch the big movies on an IMAX screen, but it's just that from everything I have seen and read about this movie there is not enough to entice me to a cinema viewing.
Anyway, spectacle, great camerawork etc is usually ok for a one-off viewing, but such movies rarely bear repeat viewing.
That supports the notion of that old misnomer about people being so bored by movies they say it put them to sleep.
You dont sleep because you are bored, you sleep because you are tired. You may not know you are tired, you may not even feel tired...but sit in a dark cinema with comfy seats for a couple of hours and it's very easy to nod off.
The proof of that is you fall asleep even if you are enjoying a movie...its not just bad movies that 'put you to sleep'.
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
While that's all scientifically true, I'd say it's more about a way to express ones dislike of a movie than actually falling asleep.
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
From the scientific journal, Nature:
Virtually all living organisms with a nervous system, ranging from worms to humans, exhibit sleep or sleep-like behaviour as a neurological function. Sleep regulation is conceptualised by the popular “two-process” model that posits homoeostatic and circadian drives control sleep...
Sleep/wake behaviour, however, is also influenced by cognitive and emotional factors. Humans often defy sleepiness and stay awake when attention is necessary, but also experience an inescapable desire to sleep during boring situations. The mechanisms by which motivational stimuli interact with sleep/wake behaviour are not accounted for by the two-process model and the brain mechanisms governing the regulation of sleep by cognitive and emotional factors are largely unknown. (Slow-wave sleep is controlled by a subset of nucleus accumbens core neurons in mice)
If you'd rather not read the academic paper - written by research doctors - you can read the synopses of it from one of these publications:
Science Daily: Why do we fall asleep when bored?
Asian Scientist Magazine: Why Boredom Makes You Sleepy
Daily Mail: Why we fall asleep when we are bored
This explains why I've felt excited to see a movie only to discover it was boring and then fell asleep.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
All I know is "Knives Out' was a very good movie in my opinion, but.......I dozed off at the point where the will was read. In a whodunnit mystery movie that was not a wise move.
Yeah, that was not a good time to fall asleep.
Very good movie too.
I don't remember seeing this one mentioned, Serenity. The 2019 one not the early 2000's Firefly movie. This one stars Matthew McConaughey , Anne Hathaway , Dianne Lane. It flopped in theater release, and generally not viewed favorably. This I found out after renting from Netflix. Its an odd movie , but one I really liked. Off beat deliberate paced movie , ostensibly about a charter fishing captain living in hiding in some carribian island obsessed with catching his "Moby Dick" tuna and drinking himself to death. His ex wife tracks him down offering 10 million to kill her new and abusive husband. Up to this plot point its an odd , moody crime pic. Then it tacks a hard left and twists off the movie map. I won't spoil the twist(s) but they surprised me. One could say dirivative of other flics but I was into it. McConaughey has made some adventurous role choices since his rom-com days , my reason for checking this one out. Anyone liking Twilight Zoney stuff might well like this one. No hints , nothing I can think of wouldn't blow the trick. I go 8 of 10 easy. Way over IMBD's rating. But screw them
6 Underground. Popcorn caper flick on Netflix with Ryan Reynolds and the most insane opening 15 minutes I think I've ever witnessed. A little bit of a hot mess as I had a hard time with the time jumps, but worth a peek, if only for that glorious opening. Reynolds is at his Deadpool best with a slew of memorable one-liners. Fun ride!
8 out of 10 magnetized henchmen.
"That gum you like is going to come back in style."
The action in this was so damn good I didn't even care what it was about
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Sweetheart
Indie creature flick set on a small tropical island where a woman is found washed ashore. Not a bad little flick here. Short, fairly thrilling once it gets going and pretty cool creature. Nothing spectacular here folks, but if you want a late night, monster thrill that will hold your interest (well kept me interested at least and we know that aint saying much
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Under The Silver Lake - a noir-style mystery/conspiracy that takes place in modern-day Los Angeles. Very fun, weird, and intriguing story. My only complaint is it drags a bit in places; editing was not the strong point. But definitely worth watching.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Watching....The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, starring Don Knotts......
Watched Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice, last night. Very good documentary about the life of the great singer currently suffering from Parkinsons.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
That is one of my ex's favorite movies.Watching....The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, starring Don Knotts......
When I was a kid, our grade school would show a movie once a month after school and every year at Halloween they'd show that movie. I always liked it. They'd also show The Incredible Mr. Limpet, another Don Knotts movie. I liked that one too. Not sure I could sit through either one of them now, tho.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
"And they used Bon Ami!"
The Ghost and Mr Chicken holds up pretty well.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Funny movie. I wish I were a fish. I've seen it many times.The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Finished the Netflix series Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez last night.
I knew very little about Aaron Hernandez before watching this except he killed someone and got caught.
There's a helluva lot more to the story ...., definitely worth watching if you're a true crime fan.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I just finished it the other day. Yup, a lot more too it than I realized as well.
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