From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #801 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, January 3 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 801 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Cinema Visits ["johnnybgoode@lineone.net" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:28:43 +0000 (GMT) From: "johnnybgoode@lineone.net" Subject: Re: Cinema Visits Catherine, Bob, Couldn't agree more, although real Theatre is much better, but much more expensive. John >----Original Message---- >From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org >Date: 03/01/2012 17:47 >To: >Subj: JMDL Digest V2011 #799 > >JMDL Digest Tuesday, January 3 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 799 > > > >========== > >TOPICS and authors in this Digest: >-------- > Re: NJC Do you still go to the movies? [Catherine McKay >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:44:07 -0800 (PST) >From: Catherine McKay >Subject: Re: NJC Do you still go to the movies? > >I get his points, and now you've got me started on a rant. I don't like going >to the movies for many of the reasons he mentions: too expensive, too many >obnoxious patrons and... I absolutely cannot stand the smell of popcorn. We've >had this discussion before. I really don't get it that people feel they have >to stuff their faces with overpriced, supersized, greasy, fatty, sugary treats >while they sit in a dark room for two hours and watch light flicker on the >screen. Can some people not last two hours without eating? > > >It's probably >true that some movies are best seen on a large screen but I prefer to watch >them at home anyway, mostly for the reasons mentioned above. > >A couple of >years ago, Matt and I went to see a movie and someone asked someone else to >turn off their cellphone because the light was bothering them. The person was >texting in the theatre. I mean, really, that's a whole 'nother thing: people >who text constantly, during concerts, movies and so on. Does everyone have a >really, really short attention span these days and do they have to share every >second with someone else and can't they pay attention to what they came there >for to begin with? In any case, the person doing the texting started to argue >with the one asking her to turn it off, at which point, the one who asked her >to turn it off went to complain to the manager. The theatre was packed and we >were right next to the ones who were texting and one of the guys was acting >kinda gangsta and getting mouthy, and a few other people joined in the >argument, some on the side of the texter and others on the side of the one who >had asked for it to be turned > off. We left, partly because I was afraid someone would pull a gun. >Paranoid? Not really - these things do happen. Fortunately, we got our money >back. > > >Having said that, for the last two years my family has decided that >Christmas Eve is a good time to see a movie. So, apparently, do a lot of other >people. Last year it was "True Grit." This year, it was "The Girl with the >Dragon Tattoo." It may be a long while (maybe next Xmas Eve) before I go to a >cinema again, but seeing a new movie on Xmas Eve may be a new family >tradition, partly because it just feels so naughty! > > >It also seems that video >stores will soon be a thing of the past. Many of them here are closing down. >People are downloading (legally or illegally) because going to a video store >to pick something up is too much of a pain in the ass! > >I don't know what's >next, but I can't stand 3D either. It's more expensive, it's gimicky and you >have to wear those stupid glasses and the home versions of 3D movies just >don't work right. > > >That's my point of view. Others may differ. >>________________________________ >> From: "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" > >>To: joni@smoe. org >>Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 >9:28:43 AM >>Subject: NJC Do you still go to the movies? >> >>Here's a great >piece by Roger Ebert that makes some good points: >> >> >>http://tinyurl.com/c449z2n>> >>I know that I don't go to the theaters as much >as I used to but I love >>movies more than ever. 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