The Start of Cemetery Season!!!!!

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Alex

I ... say this to tweak at Steve though I am being honest in my opinion), The Haunting sucks and the only way to enjoy it is ironcally.

You're entitled to that opinion, but would you be rude enough to scream loudly "Thank God" when "The End" appeared on the screen?

I doubt it. But someone didn't care to have that kind of restraint.


There's a difference between boredom and crassness.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

You're entitled to that opinion, but would you be rude enough to scream loudly "Thank God" when "The End" appeared on the screen?

Of course not. But then I'm me. I also don't try to sink boats on Pirates, talk along with the narration on Disney rides, or hold loud cell phone conversations in restaurants.

On the other hand, it is somewhat surprising to learn that the audience that the cemetery is apparently mostly black.

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Alex

Maybe the crowd simply grew bored because, quite frankly (and I saw the rest of it the other night and mostly say this to tweak at Steve though I am being honest in my opinion), The Haunting sucks and the only way to enjoy it is ironcally.

It isn't a fast-moving picture, of course. It is moody and atmospheric, taking a lot of time to get around to stuff a-happenin'. It is a classic Haunted House movie, one of the absolute best. Not only because it is creepy, but because it can be analyzed in so many different ways (I remember writing a paper back in college on the sexuality present in The Haunting). It is quite multilayered with interesting characters.

Yes, Eleanor is a repressed twit (or a repressed twa*, depending on your viewpoint). She has a semi-idiotic internal dialogue. But that doesn't make the movie "suck" (granted, you aren't giving us reasons for your opinion).

Perhaps the audience at the screening was expecting Hostel Part 3, or a William Castle campfest (noooooo I take it back, I doubt they know who William Castle was).

The Haunting is certainly NOT meant to be ironic. But perhaps with our 21st century jaded sensibilities, it can no longer be enjoyed on the big screen with a large audience. (Or a very large, very drunk/stoned audience, which is what I thought was rather obnoxious at "Gilda"... I mean..... come on, Gilda is NOT a "better enjoyed stoned" type of movie. Plus that is no excuse for simply turning around and having drunken/stoned conversations loudly with your friends that have nothing to do with the movie, i.e. at Gilda).

"Night of the Living Dead" is the same way... it's pretty damn scary when you watch it alone or with a friend late at night. But with a "Haunting" audience like the one on Saturday? I'd avoid it like a zombie plague.

I remember going to a screening of "The Exorcist" when they added new footage a few years back. The audience was laughing hysterically at what was once horrific.

[€uroMeinke]

Cemetery Screenings were also featured this month in a Los Angeles Magazine Article on outdoor cinema.

[Alex]

Of course it was not meant to be ironic. But it (and as always, when talking about movies, this is subjective) still sucked.

But then, I've not been scared by a movie since I was six or eight (however old I was when Poltergeist came out). The unfortunately external "internal dialogue" wasn't semi-idiotic it was plain painful to sit through.

There may be layers and layers and layers to the movie but the surface layer wasn't interesting enough to want to spend time looking for them.

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, that's what I meant in code when I said I don't want to be attending anymore. I don't like being around all the jigaboos, and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit on the same ground as them.


In other words, WTF Alex? Please don't play that card with me, even in jest. I'm giving you fair warning that I don't find it funny. It's a hot button that I'm asking you not to push any further.

[blueerica]

Hmm...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Speaking of publicity...

http://www.knbc.com/entertainment/13...=headlineclick

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Speaking of publicity...

http://www.knbc.com/entertainment/13...=headlineclick

Ok, now that is a huge bummer. I was hoping we'd get that one to ourselves.

[Alex]

That of course was not the intimation of my post. I just find it amusing that after the recent unpleasantness that the next time you're found bitching about rude and unruly moviegoers it is a bunch of white yuppies.

Also, the irony of you asking that buttons not be pushed is striking to me as well. But in deference to the communal urge to "just move on" I'll promise to only push your button in my mind.