In india, we always get a pre movie advert for de-addiction of tobacco and liquor, which I don't understand is a call or de-addiction or and advertisement to continue to consume. They make it too ugly though.
It's before the movie, before and after the interval and also at the end.
I remember when that rollercoaster first showed up. It was more of an experience than kids today could appreciate.
I've only been to a couple of movies that were truly group experiences, but that's pretty cool. I remember my wife and I going to see Les Miserables in a packed theater and everyone in there was crying.
Cineplex in Canada used to have a fun trivia game before the movies started and then when mobile became a thing you could log in and win loyalty points by answering the questions on screen. Was a fun way to refresh a classic staple but they don’t do the loyalty points anymore. I think they still have the trivia questions though but you can’t win anything. Not sure, don’t go to movies very often anymore.
But that ended in 96 for me, and now of course even film itself is close to extinct...
You get a completely different impression of it all when you're in there with the projector, dealing with heavy rolls and seeing the audience from above as well :-)
Especially running things like Pulp Fiction in a large music hall that actually served alcohol was great, still remember the rush of getting it started, there was a lot of extras involved on a technical level that meant I was really working hard, it just felt great!
My first job at 14 was as a movie theater usher. I was always jealous of the guys running the projectors. They were usually cool and older and would come down occasionally and share some wisdom with us.
Actually I saw Good Morning Vietnam freaking four times as a fire guard when I was in the army hehehe...
Yeah it was a great occupation, I never really made it into it full time, but that summer with Pulp Fiction and lots of other interesting movies like Demolition Man paid for another ticket to Kathmandu and what I needed to eat ;-)
All paid in small bills, nothing reported anywhere!
When I was very young, I didn't ever go to the movies. It was a luxury that didn't fit into my reality. I didn't really watch tv much in general. And then when I was about 10, my life changed a lot, and a new family member who had the means, took me to Jurassic Park. We got popcorn, candy, and soda. That changed everything. After that, I loved movies sooo much. It felt like such a great treat. The theater experience was so special. Now I don't enjoy that as much, it's not worth the sats. So I tend to enjoy my favorites at home. But part of me is always chasing that feeling I had when I was 10 years old when I watch a movie.
Do you remember back in the day, they used to cut and tape films back together, so you wiuld occassionally get spots or lines when the movie was rolling?
I kind of miss that.
Also the sound of the projector and the film going through it.
Spots or lines are not from the editing process (cut and tape) of analog film. Spots and lines appear when analog film ages, gets damaged, the projector jammed etc
Pretty sure you rarely saw them in cinemas.
Maybe you're having mandela effect from either digital video filters of "analog look" or home video where replays did damaged films a lot over time. Or maybe you're remembering reruns of even older movies or your local cinema operator was a cheapskate that showed grey market used films.
I didnt hear if it was expensive, I know they rented the movie with another theatre.
So they could split the bill, and have it a week at each theatre.
It happens every once in a while, just have to fix it.
Its really cool, the yellow tape would hardly show up when it was projected on the screen.
You sometimes saw a line if you were looking carefully.
Assigned seating. So glad I don't have to wait in line or get to the theater way ahead of time to get a decent seat. Knowing where I will be sitting before I even buy tickets is something that I am glad that theaters adopted.
I like going to the cinema when the audience is packed. People react to the movie, together it seems. Sometimes there is an off-the-wall reaction that is interesting, too. I guess you could say, I like going for the audience as well as going for the movie.
Lol walking out having your mind blown by intersteller or the matrix, i still remember that feeling to this day and I still chase it hoping to rekindle it sometime in the future
A little morbid, maybe, but I took my daughter to countless kid's movies. Before the show, an announcement would be made to the effect of "in case of emergency, walk, DONT RUN, to the nearest exit." I would always lean over to my daughter and say, "I don't know about you, but I'm running." Perhaps not the best parental advice.
When i’m with my wife, holding her hand and watching movies together is the best part. But it’s been a long time since we last watched a movie together. Missed that.
They used to tape that part up, too. Its a lots art.