asterix
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I like certain films but am very selective. There's nothing wrong with 'acting' (unless you are a Calvinist). CGI and 3d leave me cold although cartoons can be first rate.
Anyone else that doesn't "do" films?
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asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Funnily enough, if I switched on the TV and found old Tom and Jerry cartoons or similar on, I would probably sit and watch them
Rhythm Thief
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- Ross on Wye
Funnily enough, if I switched on the TV and found old Tom and Jerry cartoons or similar on, I would probably sit and watch them
They're great. I was brought up on them in Kuwait in the 1970s - they were about all that was on kids' TV over there - and I still love them. The proper violent ones, these were: Tom was always running face first into an iron or getting smacked around the head with a shovel. They were brilliant.
I don't like the current trend where CGI is king, and films are somehow considered "brilliant" if the effects are good.
We have a cinema in Sheffield called "The Showroom" (it used to be a car dealers in the 70s, geddit?!). The advantage is that it tends to attract a better class of clientelle than some of the large multiplexes. (I mean there are never gangs of Chavs) The Showroom does show some mainstream films, but the core business seems to be in foreign films, mainly French or other European countries in origin.
We quite like French films, because they're often well written with good human scale stories, and because they tend to be a bit quirky.
The massive advantage of course, is that this sort of film does not attract gangs of teenagers, some of whom for some reason pay money to go to a film, not watch it, and lob expensive popcorn about...
We have a cinema in Sheffield called "The Showroom" (it used to be a car dealers in the 70s, geddit?!). The advantage is that it tends to attract a better class of clientelle than some of the large multiplexes. (I mean there are never gangs of Chavs) The Showroom does show some mainstream films, but the core business seems to be in foreign films, mainly French or other European countries in origin.
We quite like French films, because they're often well written with good human scale stories, and because they tend to be a bit quirky.
The massive advantage of course, is that this sort of film does not attract gangs of teenagers, some of whom for some reason pay money to go to a film, not watch it, and lob expensive popcorn about...
jonny jeez
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- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Nah, I love movies.
theatre though, is a different issue and i can never get away from the same feeling that they are just pretending...I never get a suspension of disbelief or escapism that I do from a movie....and i have tried many times.
I'm clearly a soulless git with no class but theatre just fails to float my boat.
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Like thisThey're great. I was brought up on them in Kuwait in the 1970s - they were about all that was on kids' TV over there - and I still love them. The proper violent ones, these were: Tom was always running face first into an iron or getting smacked around the head with a shovel. They were brilliant.
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I don't like films that upset or disturb or scare me, or ones that claim to be funny but are just cruel, and lots are just boring. I hadn't been to the cinema for years, but the bloke drags me along now and then, because he likes to go. I do try and persuade him to go with his friend or on his own but the friend isn't always around and he won't go on his own for some reason - I don't get it, why does he need me sat next to him in order to enjoy the film?
Wow! Reading this is, for me, almost like reading something along the lines of 'bikes - who needs 'em?' I appreciate that watching a film is a superficial thing, and that the present output can be pretty disappointing, but I love going the cinema, particularly with friends.
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
The last film I saw at the cinema was convoy 
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
I love films whereas my brother always finds them boring. He reads books. Books make me sleepy. He complains that the only films he watches are those adapted from books he's enjoyed, and they're always a disappointment. I advised him to seek out films which are renowned for being a good film in their own right rather than just 'a film adapted from a book'. He enjoys films a lot more these days but out tastes still differ vastly. My best mate doesn't do films at all, but he does spend his days sticking a furry microphone in actors' faces, so i don't blame him for avoiding the industry in his free time.
Tinuts
Wham Bam Helmet Cam
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- London, UK.
I love watching films but am very particular about which cinemas I patronise. I now avoid most of the big chains for a number of reasons:
Some people seem to think it's OK to talk through movies, use their mobiles during the film, explain loudly to their less-than-intelligent mate what the film is about in a running commentary (probably while munching though vast quantities of popcorn or loudly scrunching confectionary packets). Pretty bloody awful so I just stopped going. Art House cinemas usually pretty good. There are some great gems of movies out there and, where I am at least, free opportunities to see them. Over the past three days I've seen three movies for zero £:
1 Rise of the Planet of the Apes: pretty dull really unless you're seduced by motion-capture technology. Generic Hollywood score and b-movie actors, a declining IMDb score so, imho, avoid. But then you may well have different tastes to me......
2 The Interrupters: By the same guy who did Hoop Dreams. A year in Chicago dealing with gang and street level violence in a very watchable and thought provoking movie. Very timely, considering what's going on in our cities currently. General release from this Friday and I thoroughly recommend. IMDb score of 8.2 says it all.
3 Matchmaking Mayor: A Czech documentary about a small Slovakian village whose mayor takes it upon himself to attempt to get 30 something singles married off in a sometimes funny sometimes sad movie.
All were previews but 2&3 were with Q&As with their respective directors so great stuff.
Couldn't live without film or music (but that's another topic)
Some people seem to think it's OK to talk through movies, use their mobiles during the film, explain loudly to their less-than-intelligent mate what the film is about in a running commentary (probably while munching though vast quantities of popcorn or loudly scrunching confectionary packets). Pretty bloody awful so I just stopped going. Art House cinemas usually pretty good. There are some great gems of movies out there and, where I am at least, free opportunities to see them. Over the past three days I've seen three movies for zero £:
1 Rise of the Planet of the Apes: pretty dull really unless you're seduced by motion-capture technology. Generic Hollywood score and b-movie actors, a declining IMDb score so, imho, avoid. But then you may well have different tastes to me......
2 The Interrupters: By the same guy who did Hoop Dreams. A year in Chicago dealing with gang and street level violence in a very watchable and thought provoking movie. Very timely, considering what's going on in our cities currently. General release from this Friday and I thoroughly recommend. IMDb score of 8.2 says it all.
3 Matchmaking Mayor: A Czech documentary about a small Slovakian village whose mayor takes it upon himself to attempt to get 30 something singles married off in a sometimes funny sometimes sad movie.
All were previews but 2&3 were with Q&As with their respective directors so great stuff.
Couldn't live without film or music (but that's another topic)
Salad Dodger
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I don't generally have the patience to sit through a whole film. Normally if we are at home and Mrs Salad puts a DVD on or turns the TV over to watch a film, I will disappear off upstairs and play guitar...
Does she not grump at you because you're not spending "quality time" together?
Or have you been married a while...
