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It's so big! (ITT theatres)

space_satanspace_satan __BANNED USERS regular
edited August 2008 in Social Entropy++
I love going to see movies, but a good movie is only as good as the theatre its being shown in. I'm lucky enough to have a drive-in theatre in my town, which, if you haven't ever been to one, is fucking awesome. The screen is huge, and you can just kinda lay on the hood of your car and enjoy the movie. So, PA'ers, tell me about where you go and see movies.

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  • cheshirecheshire Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I've always loved going to the drive in. I go with a bunch of friends and we just have a good time hanging out and watching the movies.

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    http://www.cinerama.com/

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    Those pictures don't do it justice. The only screen that's larger is IMAX, and IMAX is uncomfortable and lame.

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    We have a really, really nice drive in here where I live.

    I always take my moms station wagon when I go and sit in the back seat.

    e: I mean like, i pull in with the front of the car facing away from the screen. The back seat of the car faces backward and the entire back opens up.

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  • DardraxDardrax Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    in my town there is one single showing theater.

    It's a piece of shit and the one time I went there the film burned in half during the movie causing a 15 minute delay.

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    makershot I regret that I never had an excuse to see a movie there before I decided to move

    it looks so dang cool

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I've gone to at least one movie a week like every week since sophomore year

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    thats a fuckload of money right there

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I ain't paid for more than like 10 of them

    the local theater is staffed entirely by teenagers who I know

    they get free pizza when they come where I work, I get free movies/popcorn when I go where they work

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    makershot I regret that I never had an excuse to see a movie there before I decided to move

    it looks so dang cool
    It is

    Hell, I was near the very back of the balcony when I saw The Dark Knight and it was still a great experience

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I usually go to a $3 theater with a fairly small screen, creaky seats, and awkwardly placed cupholders.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    SirToasty wrote: »
    I usually go to a $3 theater with a fairly small screen, creaky seats, and awkwardly placed cupholders.

    There used to be one like that near me. God, I loved that place.

    They had an upstairs area with three arcade games from when they first invented the video game. None of the buttons work, but they still raised the price of the games when things started going up from one quarter to ten for a single play.

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    They shut down the arcade at ours. They had the Simpsons arcade game too.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I live two towns over from a sweet drive-in theater (two screens, double features, $20 a car and the best snack bar ever).

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    SirToasty wrote: »
    They shut down the arcade at ours. They had the Simpsons arcade game too.

    That was such a great game.

    I alwyas tried to get other nearby kids to get involved, so I could do the combo attacks, but they would always fuck it up.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Goatmon wrote: »
    SirToasty wrote: »
    They shut down the arcade at ours. They had the Simpsons arcade game too.

    That was such a great game.

    I alwyas tried to get other nearby kids to get involved, so I could do the combo attacks, but they would always fuck it up.

    Aw man, both Bart and Homer are taken... now I gotta be a girl!

    I guess I'll pick Lisa because a jumprope-whip is pretty sweet.

    Damn you Marge and your vacuum!

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    NO, WE ARE DOING COMBOS, IT'S AWESOME

    STOP IT, WE'RE GOING THIS WAY AND KILLING THESE ASSHOLE RABBIT PEOPLE

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    makershot I regret that I never had an excuse to see a movie there before I decided to move

    it looks so dang cool

    Oh pfft, even I've been there.

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    penis thread

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Theatres are too dang expensive for me and my highly casual interest in cinema.

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Studio Movie Grill.

    They're all over Dallas; you can order food and booze while watching a flick. So, the question is, "Darth, did you order a martini when you saw Casino Royale on opening night?"

    The answer is a resounding, "You bet your ass."

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I like going to indie theaters because they have beer on tap. Also wine.

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    SA wrote: »
    I like going to indie theaters because they have beer on tap. Also wine.

    I really wanna move to Europe just for the ability to drink everywhere I can watch a movie; I get tired of paying outrageous prices at SMG just for the privilege of spending money.

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  • Spacehog85Spacehog85 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Studio Movie Grill.

    They're all over Dallas; you can order food and booze while watching a flick. So, the question is, "Darth, did you order a martini when you saw Casino Royale on opening night?"

    The answer is a resounding, "You bet your ass."

    "Shaken or stirred?" The bartender asked, to which you damn well better have replied,

    "Does it look like I give a damn?"

    Which might just be the best line in any Bond movie. Ever.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Goatmon wrote: »
    SirToasty wrote: »
    They shut down the arcade at ours. They had the Simpsons arcade game too.

    That was such a great game.

    I alwyas tried to get other nearby kids to get involved, so I could do the combo attacks, but they would always fuck it up.

    Aw man, both Bart and Homer are taken... now I gotta be a girl!

    I guess I'll pick Lisa because a jumprope-whip is pretty sweet.

    Damn you Marge and your vacuum!

    everybody knows the vacuum is the best

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Spacehog85 wrote: »
    Which might just be the best line in any Bond movie. Ever.

    I tend to agree.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Paramount Theater in Abilene is a pretty cool place. It's a fully-restored old movie palace from the golden age of cinema, and they usually show old movies there. The ceiling is painted like the night sky, with stars and clouds, and the whole place as a sort of baroque Arabian Nights theme.

    They show The Changeling every Halloween, and I saw It's A Mad Mad (et al) World there for the first time.

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  • space_satanspace_satan __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    I went and saw the original Halloween at my local drive-in a few years back. That is the most awesome and cliche' thing, seeing a horror movie at a drive-in.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I like smaller theatres, with comfy chairs and not so many people

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  • IskanderIskander Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    This shit right here:
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    Leather sofas, fuckloads of space, your own table to put shit on. Separate bar for drinks and snacks and a catering service if you're too lazy to get up.

    Just a 20minute drive from my home.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    that looks neat

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  • TrellTrell __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    my friend works at a drive-in. one of only two in the state.

    unfortunately, that part of the state is like 3 hours away from me.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    When I saw the dark knight in imax I left during the stupid laser show and came back in when the movie started because those dumb lasers gave me a panic attack

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    My couch.

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  • seizureorbsseizureorbs Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I went and saw the original Halloween at my local drive-in a few years back. That is the most awesome and cliche' thing, seeing a horror movie at a drive-in.

    I saw signs in a drive-in

    of course I was young and the movie theater was right next to a corn field so it scared the shit out of me

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