Great Times at the Cinema

Although I chose not to enter FilmFanPete's contest, I really wanted to speak on this topic...especially since BMLRProductions also covered it a few months ago.

FilmFanPete:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnMWp-7-7s

BMLRProductions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRNE6is32Mg

My Top Five Greatest Moviegoing Experiences:

1982: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg
1989: Rain Man - Barry Levinson
1991: The Killer - John Woo
1995: Se7en - David Fincher
2003: Koyaanisqatsi - Godfrey Reggio

The Killer trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa2_XavyvA

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[CineRam]

@rowanmunro - I did already, actually...but it's buried in another video. I'll send it your way.

Nice to know we have a lot of favorites in common.

[CineRam]

@rowanmunro - I know, right? I don't know how I ever got by without all the options we have now.

I would say that both tech and viewers change in some measure. Right now I'm looking at a lot of mid-90s movies that I didn't care for back then, but am finding them to be a lot more enjoyable now. The movies themselves haven't changed a bit...I have. Get Shorty is a prime example--I like that movie so much more now...back then it just annoyed me.

[rowanmunro]

@CineRam your top picks of 2011?

[rowanmunro]

@CineRam Thank you for sharing your list.Really great picks.I am glad that you mentioned Narc..it really never got the attention it deserved.It is one of the best cop drama's I have seen since Dark Blue-Ron Shelton.Matchstick Men-Cage's best performance ever in my opinion.(well cutting it close to his performance in Face off).The Pianist and The Magdalene Sisters were both excellently crafted dramas that haunted me for weeks on end with their gritty realisms.Will you be posting any videos for

[rowanmunro]

@CineRam Very true..it seems that Stanley Kubrick was a visionary that was ahead of his time..with the advances of technology his visions become more apparent..I had three very different experiences from each format.Then again it may just be my mental maturity progressing through the years.The eighties was really tough for home entertainment,with the cropped aspect ratios,film grain,poor stereo's etc..its a wonder we survived.

[CineRam]

@rowanmunro - My Top 10 of 2003: Kill Bill, Vol. 1 - Quentin Tarantino...The Pianist - Roman Polanski...Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - George Clooney...Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton...The Magdalene Sisters - Peter Mullan...Matchstick Men - Ridley Scott...The Life of David Gale - Alan Parker...Identity - James Mangold...Narc - Joe Carnahan...Spider - David Cronenberg...Honorable Mention: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl.

[CineRam]

@rowanmunro - Like Benicio Del Toro once said...It's all about the money. Nowadays it's unheard of for any film to NOT be transferred to home video after playing in the theater. The tech is so great now, but in the 80s they made do with the best they had...I'm sure Kubrick wasn't happy about his films (especially 2001) being viewed on such feeble screens, but how would anyone benefit from not seeing them at all?

[rowanmunro]

@CineRam Thanks..I will check them out,may I add that I have just recently watched another film by the late Stanley Kubrick,(as you mentioned FMJ),2001 A space odyssey,on Blu-Ray,and it is the best transfer of any Blu-ray I have seen to date.the visuals and the format of the BR is how this movie was intended to be viewed.I do not know how this movie was even justified by being transferred via the old VHS format back in the day.

[rowanmunro]

@CineRam Thank you very much for the help.My page seems to be needing some work done to it.Do you have a video for your top ten of 2003?I would love to check it out.I have reached a point where the genre's of film have reached their climax..(for eg. Seven for the "thriller genre", T2 for" science-fiction action") and now I am not really impressed with movies nowadays.I hope that I can find some unknown,under-rated gem of a film that I may have missed and can now enjoy.

[CineRam]

@jeffjonesjunior - Glad you enjoyed it so much...that is an impressive-looking film. Thanks for the comment!