Let's All Go to the Movies

[Squinty McWigglespit]

Booked for the fam. Three rows off the screen, we’ll see how that goes.

Did Oppenheimer as a first row walk in for imax Denver. Hungover AF on 2ish hours of sleep with my daughter. The reclining seats saved me. Had to close my eyes and hold on during the explosions.

 

[axeman9182]

Damn, my theater for a 7:30 pm Thursday night showing of Backrooms was full. That movie is connecting. It was a great movie to see in a theater but I don’t know if I’d bother at home. The filmmaking is strong and Parsons has visual talent but the story and the characters are a mess.

This could have been my post. 7:40 showing last night was nearly sold out, and it's rare for it to be that crowded barring some blockbuster opening weekend screenings. I had issues with the story as well, moreso than the characters, but it is undeniably a mood. I appreciated how patient it was at times as well.

 

[LurchingBeast]

Realizing that my first year in LA I've had the honor of seeing four PTA movies on film:
TWBB
The Master
Boogie Nights
One Battle After Another


And I could have seen Phantom Thread (which I have previously seen on 70mm) and Inherent Vice but had a conflict and couldn't make it.

I saw Licorice Pizza on 70mm here back in 2021.


I love this city

...alright I guess I'll go see Inherent Vice on 70mm in a couple weeks

 

[LurchingBeast]

Good day.

 

[sameasiteverwas]

Just found this happy fellow

 

[LurchingBeast]

Thus concludes Bleak Week, where I saw some of the funniest movies ever made.

 

[sameasiteverwas]

Thus concludes Bleak Week, where I saw some of the funniest movies ever made.

yes, i am confused why light-hearted slapstick buddy comedy (the buddy being the giant dong) Beau is Afraid aired during Bleak Week.

 

[LurchingBeast]

yes, i am confused why light-hearted slapstick buddy comedy (the buddy being the giant dong) Beau is Afraid aired during Bleak Week.

He said at the Beau Q&A he thought audiences would love the 3 hour long inten alienating "comedy" and was depressed when it didn't connect.

 

[Dr Chud]

He said at the Beau Q&A he thought audiences would love the 3 hour long inten alienating "comedy" and was depressed when it didn't connect.

I think there will be a Beau reclamation in the next 5-10 years. The first hour is one of the funniest movies ever made.

 

[LurchingBeast]

I think there will be a Beau reclamation in the next 5-10 years. The first hour is one of the funniest movies ever made.

One of my favorite parts of the Q&As was Aster talking about all of the posters and graffiti on Beau's street, most of which you can't even really see. Said he was sending the art department dozens of ideas every day of basically the stupidest shit he could come up with. There's a travel agency called "Anywhere But Italy". The movie theater has posters for "Uncle Dad" and "Braintard".