bound to obey and serve (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} elfundeb) wrote,@ 2005-09-27 01:45:00 |
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Movie Meme Update
Nineteen of my twenty movies were guessed, which means either that I've got common tastes or that my memory of the more obscure movies I've seen -- which I am not periodically reminded of -- is deficient. A couple of clues for #3. First, though the photo is black & white, the movie's not that old. Second, look at the setting of the photo. What's that behind the characters? Third, I put up a new photo here.
I really enjoyed this game, even though I was spectacularly bad at it. I found I couldn't identify even my favorite films based on a single pic, unless the scene had become fixed in my mind for some reason. (One film I couldn't identify until I unwittingly chose the same pic for my set.)
Another phenomenon was the number of films others chose that I've never seen but really want to see. So why don't I run to the video store? Problem is, I hate watching films on TV. The screen is too small, and the distractions are too many. I love a darkened theatre, with a big screen that demands my full attention.
Back in the days when I was young and impecunious, there was a wonderful cheap repertory theatre here in town, the Biograph, where the fare consisted primarily of all the old films all of you chose. I have not seen any of those films since the Biograph closed and was converted to a CVS pharmacy.
My question: Do you enjoy watching movies on video? What can I do to make video-watching more like going to the theatre? Do I need to turn my basement into a home theatre? Because I really do want to see Dr. Strangelove.
Nineteen of my twenty movies were guessed, which means either that I've got common tastes or that my memory of the more obscure movies I've seen -- which I am not periodically reminded of -- is deficient. A couple of clues for #3. First, though the photo is black & white, the movie's not that old. Second, look at the setting of the photo. What's that behind the characters? Third, I put up a new photo here.
I really enjoyed this game, even though I was spectacularly bad at it. I found I couldn't identify even my favorite films based on a single pic, unless the scene had become fixed in my mind for some reason. (One film I couldn't identify until I unwittingly chose the same pic for my set.)
Another phenomenon was the number of films others chose that I've never seen but really want to see. So why don't I run to the video store? Problem is, I hate watching films on TV. The screen is too small, and the distractions are too many. I love a darkened theatre, with a big screen that demands my full attention.
Back in the days when I was young and impecunious, there was a wonderful cheap repertory theatre here in town, the Biograph, where the fare consisted primarily of all the old films all of you chose. I have not seen any of those films since the Biograph closed and was converted to a CVS pharmacy.
My question: Do you enjoy watching movies on video? What can I do to make video-watching more like going to the theatre? Do I need to turn my basement into a home theatre? Because I really do want to see Dr. Strangelove.
