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Cinema Memories Inspired by comments made in the 'Top Ten Tuesday' thread...what films have you seen at the cinema? I don't mean this week, this month or even this year I mean what movies (good, bad or subsequently released by 88Films) have you seen in the past, either on original release or as a re-release and what memories or anecdotes do you have? In the 70's, I saw:
In the 80's I saw
In the 90's I saw
In the 00's I saw
More will be added when I remember them |
:hail: Respect due S. I'll stick my oar in here to relate this then ... As a child I had yearly hospital visits, which always led to a cinema visit after. Hence seeing Moonraker, The Black Hole, The Spaceman & King Arthur ... but my ma would not take me into Alien :laugh: C'est la vie .... A lot later, me and a mate went to see Audition ... which was fun. 3 of us watching Miike's deranged vision. Just after she removed the foot, the single chap got up and left :lol: More indeed to come!! |
Tank Girl. Twelve people sat down to watch this pile of shit. As the credits rolled at the end just me and my mate remained. |
My first trip to the cinema as a child was for E.T. I went to see Return of the Jedi with my mum, friend and friend's mum and I think I saw Temple of Doom at the cinema too. Moonraker was actually shown to us at school (on a big cinema-like screen) for Xmas one year, which was awesome. Then it was quite a long break before I began going more regularly as a teen, with 1989 being full of the likes of Batman, Last Crusade and BTTF 2. First movie I saw in the cinema in Aussieland after emigrating was T2. Legendary. In recent years ones that spring to mind are The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which was the first film I saw in the cinema after moving states to Queensland. And Beauty and the Beast in 2017 was memorable as we were supposedly getting a category 5 hurricane heading our way that day, but I was like "Stuff it! I'm going anyway!" :lol: |
The Nineties on film. My cinema screenings. 1990 Back to the Future Part III Total Recall Gremlins II The New Batch Die Hard II Young Guns II 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Terminator 2 1992 Basic Instinct Lethal Weapon 3 Alien 3 Patriot Games Batman Returns Bram Stoker's Dracula 1993 Falling Down Indecent Proposal Cliffhanger Jurassic Park Last Action Hero The Firm In the Line of Fire Robin Hood: Men in Tights So I Married an Axe Murderer The Fugitive Hard Target True Romance Cool Runnings Malice Demolition Man Groundhog Day The Nightmare Before Christmas Carlito's Way A Perfect World Mrs. Doubtfire Wayne's World 2 Schindler's List Philadelphia Tombstone 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective On Deadly Ground Four Weddings and a Funeral (Five times - a fantastic dating movie) Naked Gun 33 1⁄3: The Final Insult The Paper Maverick Speed Wolf Blown Away True Lies Clear and Present Danger Natural Born Killers Terminal Velocity The Specialist Pulp Fiction Stargate Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Dumb and Dumber To be Continued... |
I suppose my one and only experience of a true cinema breakdown is worth a mention - during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 in 2010, in the sequence where Harry and Hermione are being attacked by the snake - the film honest to goodness broke down and plunged to black. Everyone had to leave room and were offered refunds, which some took, as they didn't know when or if they'd be able to get it going/pick it up. I held out a bit longer, and they thankfully did get it back up from where they left off! That being said, I do remember one time - can't remember the movie - they started showing a film upside down! :lol: |
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CINEMA SCREENINGS 1970'S STAR WARS CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND SUPERMAN THE MOVIE THE HUMANOID THE BLACK HOLE THE TOWERING INFERNO JAWS WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS AIRPORT 77 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER LIVE AND LET DIE DOC SAVAGE: MAN OF BRONZE WATERSHIP DOWN MOONRAKER FOUL PLAY GOLD ALIEN (Later re-release) ROLLERBALL (Special showing at a hall. Maybe 16mm) |
When Texas Chainsaw Massacre was finally re-released in cinemas uncut, I can't remember the year, probably around 1999. I went to an afternoon viewing and I was the only person in the screen which only added to the tension! |
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I already had the film on pirate video, but I wanted to watch the reactions of those who had never seen the movie as much as I wanted to see the film itself on the big screen It was the same when I saw 'The Exorcist' - I knew what was coming, and I was interested in whether it still had the same impact for a cynical and jaded audience who had not seen it before |
There was a ABC\Cannon cinema at the top of my road i have seen too many films to mention. It was 50p a weekday screening. I saw nearly every PG rated movie between 1985 and 1989 unless it was a chick flick or a disney movie. |
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The Nineties on film. My cinema screenings. (Continued) 1995 Demon Knight Murder in the First In the Mouth of Madness The Quick and the Dead Outbreak Tank Girl French Kiss Crimson Tide Die Hard with a Vengeance Braveheart Johnny Mnemonic Congo Batman Forever Apollo 13 Judge Dredd Species Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Clueless Kids The Net Waterworld Babe Desperado Last of the Dogmen The Usual Suspects Se7en Showgirls Assassins Strange Days Get Shorty Copycat Leaving Las Vegas Fair Game Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Goldeneye Casino Nick of Time Toy Story Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Heat Cutthroat Island Dracula: Dead and Loving It Sudden Death Four Rooms Screamers Mute Witness 1996 12 Monkeys From Dusk till Dawn Dead Man Walking Broken Arrow City Hall Happy Gilmore Mary Reilly The Birdcage Fargo Executive Decision Mulholland Falls The Craft Barb Wire Last Dance Dead Man Heaven's Prisoners Twister Mission: Impossible Spy Hard Dragonheart The Rock The Nutty Professor Eraser Independence Day Courage Under Fire The Frighteners A Time to Kill Multiplicity Kingpin Escape from L.A. The Fan Tin Cup Trainspotting The Island of Dr. Moreau Maximum Risk Last Man Standing The Glimmer Man Bound The Ghost and the Darkness The Long Kiss Goodnight Sleepers Ransom The English Patient Star Trek: First Contact The Crucible Daylight Mars Attacks! To be continued... |
CINEMA SCREENINGS 1980'S THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK STAR WARS + THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK DOUBLE BILL RETURN OF THE JEDI STAR WARS+ THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK+ RETURN OF THE JEDI TRIPLE BILL RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE ALIENS DAY OF THE DEAD BATMAN PREDATOR ROBOCOP THE ABYSS BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS SUPERMAN II SUPERMAN III A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET AIRPLANE BRONCO BILLY CLASH OF THE TITANS EDUCATING RITA SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT RIDE AGAIN BEVERLY HILLS COP GHOSTBUSTERS THE DEAD ZONE RUNAWAY BACK TO THE FUTURE CAT'S EYE MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME RAMBO FIRST BLOOD PART II ROCKY IV SPIES LIKE US A VIEW TO A KILL WEIRD SCIENCE CROCODILE DUNDEE CROCODILE DUNDEE II THE FLY PLATOON TOP GUN MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE POLICE ACADEMY IV CITIZENS ON PATROL LETHAL WEAPON LEVIATHAN THE PUNISHER COMMANDO BEST DEFENCE |
Kudos D. We used to get a travelling cinema in the mid to late eighties. Their door policy was ... flexible cough. Which meant kids running round whilst trying to watch Predator, Nightmare on Elm Street 4 etc. Luckily House and Heartbreak Ridge were bairn free :pop2: |
One memory I haven't shared on here is when we as a family moved back to the States in 68 my dad took us to a local drive-in twice as I remember, The Jungle Book played to a packed car park and was great fun with a speaker perched on the rolled down window and the second was the Hammer She, I remember being frightened by the fire at the end (I was only 8) but all thru the 70s I would catch films like Mash, The Moore Bond films and many other mainstream Hollywood fare, but the most memorable cinema experience was undoubtedly being scared s%@tless at the age of 13 getting in and watching the Exorcist with pals, as a horror buff already I had no idea just how traumatic it would be in a darkened cinema (lights were left on that night:lol::lol:) didn't put me off horror tho... |
ter x I have a slightly X-rated Terminator story, when it first came out it was shown in a local ABC fleapit,one of those cinemas that had three pretty small screens. I goes in, takes my seat, about ten minutes into the film, some old bloke, dirty mack an all that, starts touching my knee, since I don't do nothing for free, I made my excuses and legged it....:lol: |
Cough. When I went to see Blue Velvet there was someone wanking in the row behind me (not directly mind ;)). This was in that London btw :laugh: |
Easily my most uncomfortable viewing experience was Mother! ... I just could not relax 'into it' as such. Divisive for sure, but after missing out on seeing The Fountain I was champing at the bit to see one of his all proper like. Still haven't watched the BD. Keep repeating ... It's only a movie :laugh: I also was fairly squirmy during Dark Water (remake). But that was because it is pond scum after all. :laugh: |
At the old (now demolished) cinema my sister took me to see Honey I shrunk The Kids (one woman sat behind us chain smoking) Ghostbusters 2 (My sister's friend just about crapped herself with the bathtub scene) Police Academy 6 (was due to see Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade but was told i was too young to see it by the cashier) Jurassic Park (on holiday in Blackpool, folks wanted to see it, sat next to a complete stranger who enjoyed holding my arm and digging her nails in, got a apology and bruises. Ace Ventura Pet Detective (went on a School trip and teacher felt embarrassed with the bedroom part) The Naked Gun 33/3 (nobody heard the film for some loudmouth people laughing) Stargate (my brother and his ex girlfriend took me to see that, they must have found it boring as they were getting a bit too frisky) Batman and Robin (youth club i was in , organizers decided it was a choice of that film or One Fine Day..i should have faked sickness). A Clockwork Orange (re-release took my dad to see it and he fell asleep and started to snore) The Green Mile (nearly everyone came out of the screen crying) The Exorcist (re release of it this time i took my sister, same thing as the Jurassic Park screening only this time almost went deaf) Hot Fuzz (took my ex wife, we were the only ones in that screen pure bliss) Mr Bean's Holiday (ex wife again, bunch of kids running around, put a complaint in and got free tickets decided to see Hitman) Mirrors (never seen so much popcorn go up in the air) Saw V (two girls sat in front of us looked younger than 18 held onto each other in the first 3 mins of the movie starting) Indian Jones and The Crystal Skull (Dad being a Indie Fan took him to see it, his words are best not repeated when we came out of the cinema) Fast and Furious 4 (One couple broke up, he was no Vin Diesel and he wished his girl had a nice ass like Michelle Rodriguez.) The Dark Knight (free tickets and complimentary pizza, what more can you ask for) |
2 Attachment(s) I remember walking past Kingston cinema with my parents and KELLY'S HEROES (1970) was showing. I still remember looking at the poster with my dad. Also, down at the coast somewhere we walked past a cinema and ZOMBIES DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) was showing. I remember stopping and looking at the poster and stills outside. There must have been a tv spot on the television because I knew what it was. Attachment 217518 Attachment 217519 My brother being older than me got to see some X cert movies. He saw ALIEN (1979). The film broke down just as Ripley blew the Nostromo up. Everyone thought it was the end of the film because it stopped in just the right place. Then the film started again and people came back in! He saw THE EXORCIST (1973). It scared him afterward. He kept thinking he could see the possessed face and hear the voice in the bedroom. He also saw DAMIEN OMEN II (1978), ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) and SCANNERS (1981). I remember the awesome SCANNERS poster lit up at the cinema. |
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The only time I got an entire screen to myself was seeing Scrooged. Massive queues, but every one else went into Who Framed Roger Rabbit :lol: |
I had the whole screen to myself with NATIVITY STORY (2006) |
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The Nineties on film. My cinema screenings. (Continued) 1997 Scream Jackie Chan's First Strike The Relic Fierce Creatures Star Wars (Special Edition) Crash Absolute Power Dante's Peak Donnie Brasco The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) The Devil's Own The Saint Anaconda Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) Grosse Pointe Blank Volcano Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Breakdown The Fifth Element The Lost World: Jurassic Park Con Air Speed 2: Cruise Control Batman & Robin Face/Off Men in Black Air Force One Spawn Conspiracy Theory Cop Land Event Horizon G.I. Jane Mimic Fire Down Below The Game L.A. Confidential Wishmaster The Edge Kiss the Girls U Turn An American Werewolf in Paris The Devil's Advocate I Know What You Did Last Summer A Life Less Ordinary Starship Troopers The Jackal The Rainmaker Alien Resurrection Scream 2 MouseHunt Tomorrow Never Dies To be continued... |
The Nineties on film. My cinema screenings. (Concluded) 1998 Fallen Deep Rising Dark City Sphere The Big Lebowski U.S. Marshals Wild Things Species II Nightwatch Deep Impact Jackie Brown As Good as It Gets Godzilla A Perfect Murder Insomnia The Truman Show Armageddon The Mask of Zorro Saving Private Ryan Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Snake Eyes The Avengers Blade Rush Hour Ronin Soldier Vampires The Siege I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Enemy of the State Very Bad Things Little Voice A Simple Plan Star Trek: Insurrection 1999 Virus Payback My Favorite Martian Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Matrix Entrapment The Thin Red Line The Mummy Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Lake Placid The Haunting Deep Blue Sea The Sixth Sense The Thomas Crown Affair The 13th Warrior Stigmata House on Haunted Hill Three Kings Sleepy Hollow The World Is Not Enough End of Days 2000 Any Given Sunday The Beach U-571 Gladiator Mission: Impossible 2 X-Men What Lies Beneath Space Cowboys The Cell The Exorcist (re-release) And that was basically it. Our regular Sunday outings came to an end. Mainly due to two factors. Three of us bought dvd players in the summer of 1998. Back then releases were staggered in cinemas. Something could be out on American dvd months before it came to UK cinemas so we'd buy the film on import dvd meaning there was no reason to go to the cinema to see it. They could cost anything north of twenty quid a film to buy so there was no way i'd do that then go and see it at the cinema. The other reason was a bit odd. We'd religiously go every Sunday to the UCI at a Preston retail park. It was a forty minute drive, we'd park up watch the film then go to Mcdonalds afterwards to discuss it. It was an enjoyable afternoon out and always at least two of us went. Usually it was three, on occassions up to six depending on the film. It turned into less of an afternoon out when a cinema - the Hollywood Park - opened in Burnley. We could do just the same thing as we'd done at Preston and sometimes Bury, but it didn't feel like an event, it became mundane, nor did it seem reasonable to continue traveling to Preston when there was a new multiplex on our doorstep. Although we went for months to Burnley it just wasn't the same, plus there was the dvd phenomenon as well. That's not to say it was the end of cinema going for us. We'd go to the odd event movie that we hadn't purchased on dvd such as Bond or Star Wars, or LOTR or one off screenings of classic films but our 90's film festival came to an end. All good things eh? Looking back and compiling these lists has been both fun and sweetly nostalgic with just a touch of melancholy thrown in as well. We saw some fantastic films (and one or two clunkers as well) and the over riding feeling is that the 90's were one hell of a decade for film making. The amount of good to very good films we saw i'd reckon was about 90% and the best thing about them was they were all original movies. Barely any remakes or sequels and the screens weren't cluttered up by superheroes or paranormal non-entities meaning that when we did see a superhero film like Batman Returns or Blade or even Spawn or a horror film like Bram Stoker's Dracula, Scream or In the Mouth of Madness, it felt like an event in itself. I almost feel privileged to have seen the likes of LA Confidential, Saving Private Ryan, Pulp Fiction, Interview with the Vampire and Gladiator, to name but five, on the cinema screen. |
fri 13th I saw Commando at the cinema, for some reason the top aisle row, jutted out into the walkway, so I walk into a totally dark cinema, walk straight into back of the aisle seat and jettisoned over the seat and face planted onto the floor,still do not know what happened or why... Went to an all nighter showing Friday the 13th 1 to 5,this was still in the days you could smoke in the cinema, for some reason I loaded up on chocolate and cigs,spent most of part 4 throwing up in the toilets... |
1 Attachment(s) One of the cinemas I visit is still a classic old cinema. They have the old certificate board at the entrance. Attachment 227716 The board must be pre 1970 as the X CERT shows a 16 age group and there is no AA CERT. |
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It was so much easier in the olden days - if you ain't old enough, you ain't getting in! |
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