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ST Poll -- Most memorable movie-going experience you've had.

Posted by znufrii Jan 11 '10, 14:11

for me it has to be the Buster Keaton silent film double-feature (Cops & Sherlock Jr.) at BAM a few years back, where they provided a live, improvised piano accompaniment to the film.

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Sahara. My Dad doesn't go to the movies often, but he loves Cussler so the whole family went :-) -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 14:25
Everyone's being a real sport by not saying "Avatar." That's the one that popped into my mind first. -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 14:23
Having trouble thinking of a good one. I sat in the front row to see The Rock. It was loud. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 14:23
Not in the sense you're looking for - but when we took our daughter to see Monty Python's Meaning of Life when she was 12 or 13.... - MojaveMeg Jan 11, 14:22
Seeing Avalon at the Senator theatre. I was sitting in the same seat Elijah Wood sat in during the movie. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 14:21
"Repossessed" premiere to see my name in the credits. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 11, 14:21
That first time I watched Die Hard was pretty special. -- nm - David Jan 11, 14:18
So many. In college, the GF and I got into one of those screenings of "a major Hollywood film with a big star" but they wouldn't say the title - con_carne Jan 11, 14:16
Lawrence of Arabia, or the protesters at Last Temptation of Christ are two standouts. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 14:15
first thing that came to mind: - b. Jan 11, 14:15 7
- this theatre. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 11, 14:16
- "dpr likely saw my head bobbing " - groiny Jan 11, 14:15 5
  - hush, you. he was a kid compared to me. *creak* -- nm - b. Jan 11, 14:17
  - I'm ashamed to admit that I almost pointed this out too. (nm) - musubi Jan 11, 14:17 3
    - you should be! -- nm - b. Jan 11, 14:18
    - yoru conversion is nearly complete. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 14:17 1
      - as I have also inherited some of your typing skills. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 14:18
Trilogy Tuesday -- nm - ceregon Jan 11, 14:15
Jurassic Park. -- nm - Loyola Jan 11, 14:13
i had forgotten till i read your IM, but i went to see the silent Land of the Lost and Nash the Slash played this crazy mega-instrument thing as live - Andie Jan 11, 14:13 6
- Nash the Slash!?!?! I think I still have some old vinyl of his stuff. Also, when I went to ... - zork Jan 11, 14:17
- Wurlitzer organ? -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 14:13 4
  - no, no, it was a homemade one-man-band thingie. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 14:16 3
    - after some thought, aren't they all homemade? - zork Jan 11, 14:22
    - very fun, I'd bet. -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 14:17 1
      - he mostly played things like electric voiolin or electric mandolin and was in a band called FM. Their song Phasers On Stun was pretty cool. -- nm - zork Jan 11, 14:18
I'm sure there are others, but the one that jumped out at me first was the premiere of Amelie at the Elgin at the Toronto Film Festival. -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 14:13 7
- Just about all of my most memorable screenings were at festivals. -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 14:18
- in the Visa screening room? i was there! and we hadn't met yet. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 14:13 5
  - which may lead me to my most memorable - during Dirty Pretty Things at TIFF a man had a heart attack and died. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 14:15 2
    - You didn't save him!? -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 14:16 1
      - *shakes head in shame*, no. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 14:17
  - Yes. John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale will play us in the movie. -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 14:14
  - that's why it's so memorable -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 14:14
in terms of making an impression? first time i saw Star Wars. best moviegoing experience? The Room -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 14:12 1
- I've seen The Room twice. I think it's time to see it again. -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 14:14
Over under on sex-in-a-theater stories in reply: 4 (nm) - musubi Jan 11, 14:12 4
- Waking Life! -- nm - David Jan 11, 14:18
- You really should have seen Predator in the theater while getting a hummer. - groiny Jan 11, 14:15 1
  - hot butter popcorn hummer? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 14:25
- i won't tell if you don't -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 14:13

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