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Good weekend, folks!

Geez, sorry you guys. We went to the movies tonight and I didn’t queue up a post beforehand because I didn’t realize how long the movie was going to be.

We went to see Interstellar. It was only three hours long, but we aged a hundred and fifty years.

BA-DUM-TSSS.

That was Uncle Badger’s joke.

Blame him.

Comments


Comment from The Neon Madman
Time: December 6, 2014, 12:46 am

Blame him? I’m gonna steal it


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: December 6, 2014, 12:52 am

😯


Comment from Nina
Time: December 6, 2014, 12:56 am

We’re going to see all three Hobbit movies on the 15th in 3-D IMAX, 9 hours of Peter Jackson, $30. I hope it’s fun!


Comment from Uncle Badger
Time: December 6, 2014, 12:59 am

Dear God – take a cushion, Nina! Three hours in our local flea pit (I’m sorry, I meant to type ‘super luxury mega screen complex’) and I need an arsebone transplant.


Comment from Mitchell
Time: December 6, 2014, 1:52 am

So, how was it? Uptwinkles? Downtwinkles?


Comment from Stark Dickflüssig
Time: December 6, 2014, 2:09 am

I saw “Down By Law” a couple of nights ago. Remarkably good. Y’all can keep your Sandra Buttocks space movies.


Comment from Nina
Time: December 6, 2014, 3:02 am

These are supposed to be super-duper rocking easy chair movie seats, Uncle B. I hope they are, because I picked seats in the middle of the theatre. 🙂


Comment from SCOTTtheBADGER
Time: December 6, 2014, 5:39 am

Rest Well. Most Noble Weasel!


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: December 6, 2014, 10:46 am

Uncle B was indifferent to the movie, Mitchell. I actively disliked it. Implausible science, too many mini-dramas, had difficulty hearing the dialogue. Long and slow. Sick of it by the end.

We went in knowing absolutely nothing about it but that the critics had uniformly loved it. Go figure.


Comment from Armybrat
Time: December 6, 2014, 12:57 pm

I haven’t been to a movie theater since I got married 30 years ago. I prefer to sit in my own comfy chair and pause the action when I need to get another beer or get rid of another beer. Besides, I haven’t found much worth giving my hard earned $ to hollyweird.


Comment from Stark Dickflüssig
Time: December 6, 2014, 2:08 pm

http://www.crummy.com/2014/11/17/0


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: December 6, 2014, 3:49 pm

That’s the perfect review, Stark. The Sandra Bullock one was Gravity, though — and he sums that one up nicely, too. Bland scriptwriting rescued by stunning visuals.

We rented it on Blu-Ray and really wished we’d seen it in the theaters, which is partly what convinced us to see Interstellar in theaters.

By the way, I’ll bet a hundred bucks they really wanted to name Interstellar ‘Gravity’ but couldn’t 🙂


Comment from Uncle Badger
Time: December 6, 2014, 8:28 pm

I’m with you, Army Brat. I’ve never been much impressed by this ‘communal experience’ codswallop. I get no benefit from sitting in a large room with a load of potentially cold or flu carrying strangers shuffling, coughing, eating popcorn and muttering to one another.

It’s also damn expensive! Our local cinema charges not far short of $16 for a not very comfortable seat in front of a not very big screen showing a not very sharp picture.

That said, some movies do need a large screen to get the best from them. Shame Interstellar wasn’t one of them.


Comment from Deborah HH
Time: December 6, 2014, 11:10 pm

I was never big on going to the picture show, even as a kid. (For a parlor trick I can name every movie that I’ve seen in a theater.) But I can’t take the high volume anymore—it hurts my ears. The last movie I saw in a theater was the 2009 Star Trek—The Future Begins, and I thought my ears were going to bleed.


Comment from Stark Dickflüssig
Time: December 7, 2014, 2:07 am

I just hope that one day Sandra Bullock decides to make a cop movie with… oh, I dunno, Sylvester Stallone. They can eat at Taco Bell & drive cool cars.


Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: December 7, 2014, 2:28 am

I also prefer to view almost all of my movies at home now… A 42 inch screen is plenty big for most stories, and the food is better while the drinks are cheaper – not to mention pausing for bathroom breaks. Having said that, there are some movies which benefit from a big screen, and a few for which the big screen is mandatory…. Lawrence of Arabia anyone? Gone With The Wind?


Comment from Nina
Time: December 7, 2014, 4:09 am

I don’t see very many movies in the theatre any more either, for just the reasons stated. But sometimes it’s worth it. I hope the three hobbitses movies will be worth it.


Comment from ed
Time: December 8, 2014, 9:04 am

Movies seem to be engineered for deaf or hearing impaired people because the last movie I saw in a theater I had to leave half-way through it. Also thought my ears would bleed.

$3,000 will now buy a 80″ flatscreen LED tv. O.o Which is insane IMO.

Sandra Bullock & Sylvester Stallone eh? Toss in Wesley Snipes and you might have something there! 🙂


Comment from Stark Dickflüssig
Time: December 8, 2014, 5:30 pm

Movies seem to be engineered for deaf or hearing impaired people because the last movie I saw in a theater I had to leave half-way through it. Also thought my ears would bleed.

SORRY, CAN YOU SPEAK UP? I’VE JUST BEEN OUT FOR A DRIVE IN MY FART-CAN EQUIPPED CHAVMOBILE BLASTING SNOOK-DOG & I CAN ONLY HEAR VIA VIBRATIONS THROUGH MY BUTTOCKS.


Comment from Mr. Hartman’s Neighborhood
Time: December 8, 2014, 5:49 pm

Reveille Reveille Reveille!

Wakey Wakey Wakey Whizzle!


Comment from Christopher Taylor
Time: December 8, 2014, 8:21 pm

I haven’t seen Interstellar and while I bet its beautiful and fascinating visually, it gives me a strong vibe of Contact, which took forever and didn’t go anywhere. But it was very self confident and sure of its greatness and smartitude.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: December 8, 2014, 10:36 pm

Interstellar isn’t that beautiful visually, Christopher. Gravity was, but not Interstellar.

But, yeah, Contact was a very similar movie. Except Contact did have that one hilarious scene where mom was bisected in a traffic accident.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: December 8, 2014, 11:46 pm

And, oddly, the most interesting and visually striking bits of Interstellar were the parts on earth. A dying, dustbowl earth…although, if it’s a warmist message, it doesn’t really come across that way.

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