Mopes - My greatest moment at the movies was walking down the aisle at a packed house for the 8 PM show of That’s Entertainment II already in progress. Astaire or Kelly were dancing like crazy on screen and I looked up at the action as I walked. At that moment, I tripped in the dark. Every eye in the house followed me as I stumbled a half dozen steps down the carpet, saving myself from oblivion with 2 planted planted feet, a flourish and a bow. Life imitating art, the audience erupted with applause. Such was my dancing career in the movies!
Alan > On Jan 13, 2022, at 5:31 PM, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com > <mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > 3 quick stories: > > * Ever get embarrassed by a movie critics love? Oliver Stone's Natural Born > Killers was that film. Critics lost their loads praising it - with Ebert > calling it, "some kind of masterpiece" - as if he HAD to like it. Ebert was > a "people's critic," so I trusted him. It was awful. Afterwards, my wife > asked, "Why would you pick a movie like this?" Should've taken that money and > pigged out at Jack in the Box. Since then, I've never paid to see an Oliver > Stone diatribe - and - I now go ALONE to screen pictures which get nominated > for a lot of awards but have "trouble" written all over them. (Every awards > season things get worse - with pics getting nominated that few will PAY to > see.) > > * The only time I fell asleep in a theater was while watching Lord of the > Rings - Return of the King. It's a film people said you HAD to see but I > could never get into Tolkien, and you know, fans say it's "literary" in a way > "Star Wars" is not. I tried but couldn't make it. I drowsily left and the > box office gave me a pass to return later. When it won 11 Oscars, tying Ben > Hur and Titanic - I went back and hung tough, but I kept looking at my watch. > Peter Jackson's Beatles "Get Back" movie was better, but I saw that in > chunks like everyone else so its duration wasn't felt. > > * The only time I went with a GROUP to the movies - and one of us fell asleep > for HOURS - was during DOUBLE-BILL of "Marooned" with "2001: A Space > Odyssey." My brother was knocked out by boredom so we pranked him while he > was asleep. Took an empty tub of popcorn and put it on his head - and then > put an empty soft drink cup on top of that. He looked like a member of Devo > in the dark. As an added touch, we rolled foil from Hostess Ding Dong > wrappers and inserted two - one for each nostril. The dude NEVER woke up and > we laughed so hard in a way that no sound was coming out. This went on > forever. The hijinks were over when an "usher" - (yeah they really existed > back in the day) - came by with his flashlight and said, "Hey, you punks > knock it off or I'm gonna kick you out." Only then did my brother stir from > his hibernation - and all of his "gear" fell to the floor. We were in > stitches. But it gets better. He didn't realize he still had foil wrappers > in his nose - and we didn't tell him, hence the paroxysms continued a bit > longer. Good times. -d. > > From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of Susan Heim > <filmfantast...@msn.com <mailto:filmfantast...@msn.com>> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:23 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> > Subject: Re: Silent hills, please > > That's funny Scott. The first time I saw Fantasia was in college in about > 1974. I fell asleep about 15 minutes in. I kept waking up every 20 minutes > or so and tried desperately > to keep my eyes open but to no avail. My best friend, who was my college > roommate was a huge Disney fan and went on to be a Disney Imagineering > Designer for 30 years and > just retired. She still teases me about falling asleep during Fantasia as > she considers it sacrelegious. I have to admit that the same thing happened > to me for Star Wars. I went > to the opening at Grauman's Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd. We waited in > line for hours. We finally got to the ticket booth and they had just sold > the last ticket and the next > showing was at like 4:00 in the morning. So, we sat down on the sidewalk. A > few minutes later a couple came up to us and asked if we wanted to buy two > tickets as they had bought > two extras for their friends that never showed up. We jumped for joy went > into the theater and got seated. The movie started and that beautiful John > Williams music began and in > the scene where Luke is flying the ship and there is no dialogue, I was > gone.....Now, I love Star Wars and have since seen it many times.....but I > totally get it on Fantasia. > > Sue > Hollywood Poster Frames > HollywoodPosters.com <http://hollywoodposters.com/> > > From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of Scott Burns > <sbu...@columbus.rr.com <mailto:sbu...@columbus.rr.com>> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 9:36 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Silent hills, please > > I’ll probably get some heat for this one, but…. > > Back in my younger days when I regularly patronized movie theaters there was > only one time I ever got up and left a movie before its conclusion. The > offending title? > > “Fantasia.” > > Yes Disney’s animation masterpiece. My sincere apologies to MoP’er (and > Disney fan) wdposter AKA Martin May. 😊 > > Sorry, but it bored me silly. And I have no desire to ever try watching it > again. I admit, I’m not a big animation fan and I don’t seek such titles out. > But I don’t find viewing “Snow White” or “Pinocchio” to be painful like > “Fantasia.” > > Now the paper on “Fantasia?” That’s a different story…very nice! So there’s > that. > > P.S. > A more recent “never want to see” title for me? I tried watching “Mank” on > Netflix and gave up after 35 minutes. I have no desire to ever go back and > (try) to finish it. > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> On Behalf Of Tommy Barr > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 6:32 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > Subject: [MOPO] Silent hills, please > > Is there a film that you have made a decision that you never want to see, in > the cinema , TV or any medium, even if the reason may be completely > illogical? 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