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The Maple Hill Cinema in Kalamazoo has gone retro on the weekends. Last week
we got to see Raiders of the Lost Ark on a big screen. It was wonderful! Too
many of us see too many movies at home on screens that simply cannot do
justice to the film maker's art. Seeing a film on a big screen takes it from
"a good movie" to "a wonderful experience". GET OFF THE SOFA.....!

I saw Jerry Maguire this weekend, and it was great!!  I liked it a lot, 
it was a bit long(2.5 hours) but it held my attention, and the attention 
of the two people I saw it with!  We walked out of the theatre and 
couldn't believe how late it was!  It was a great movie, and I suggest 
it to anyone!

Space Jam was a little on the lame side, although the cartoons were pretty
good, however it seemed to be a movie more about "Michael Jordan's life", no.
he didn't really get kidnapped by the toons.. and aliens idn't try to come
here to play a basketball game.. well.. you ,know what i mean

Romeo + juliet was okay.. It was a little better that I expected, but sort
of "shakespeare spoken in hip-hop"  To be perfectly honest, I prefer the
soundtrack much better than the movie.  

Jingle All The Way, was a pretty good movie.. It did show the typical stress
of finding the perfect gift for Christmas.  It was also pretty funny...

I' thinking of seeing Space Jam and Beavis & Butthead Do America just for the
stupidity value.

i really wanna see BEavis and Butthead.. that are kewl.. heeheheeh

I just saw The English Patient.  It took about an hour to figure out what was
going on, but that's ok because there wer etwo hours left after that (in other
words, it was long).  It was interesting.

Re #3: Well the way I figure it, Michael Jordan already DOES play with
aliens.
(Dennis Rodman)

*laugh*  craig... one of my friends looks at Dennis rodman as an
inspiration... 
Steve:  what is the english patiaent about?  I havne't seen many commercials
regarding.. but I know it had sort of a following

i'm going to see beavis and butthead tonight, we'lll see how it is...

I'm waiting until AT LEAST the 26th before I go see any movie at all.  Based
on what my mother has told me about Briarwood's condition, I don't even want
to think what Showcase Cinema's is like.

Showcase might not be as bad, as it's somewhat isolated rather
than being in a major shopping mall.

For a real treat, see the restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's
"Vertigo", in 70mm and digital stereo, opening at Ann Arbor's
Michigan Theater on Christmas day.

Re "Scream", which I also enjoyed: It occurred to me just today
that for a horror movie, it carried a somewhat surprising
message (perhaps unintentionally). Unfortunately, I can't say
what the message is without giving too much away. Sorry.

   I wonder if Showcase will be accepting cash with this new automated system.

  It would be pretty neat to deposit $20 and get a debit card that could be
used within the theatre for video games and refreshments and the like. Kinkos
does this with thier copy machines.

  I'm ashamed to admit I saw Beavis and Butthead on opening night, and
more ashamed to admit I thought it was pretty darned funny.  If you
like B&B, it's a must-see.

Jim, I'm pretty sure a bank debit card would work in the
ticket machine at Showcase.  So it would be closer to 
spending cash than using a credit card.  And the machine
does indeed offer you the option of including payment
for refreshments too.  

ajax... thanks.. I do like B&B.. and I do want to see it... so I think i
shall...

 i have this urge to shut down synapis and actually see _Beavis & Butthead_
what have i deterorated too! 

I just got back from Athens GA with my bfa nd we saw the _English Patinet_
it rocks major hiny!   I agree with SCG though.. it is rather long but hey!
i didn't fall asleep so its on my mustt see list! 

 and Matt was good.. he didn't fall asleep either! heeheh and was silent! 
(i am dating a guy whjo usually talks throug movies hehe)

so you are dating him, jenn?
woo hoo.. you go girl!
and what IS the movie about??

I can't explain too much about what it's about or you might understand the
first hour.  It's kind of a mix of two stories, one about a nurse taking care
of a patient, and the other, told through numerous flashbacks, about various
things that happened to the patient and another one of the characters several
years before.  It's hard to explain.

Re: The English Patient--Esquire magazine had a fluffy piece about the movie.
It is in the Dubious Achievement Award Issue, which I think all 
read even if they don't touch an Esquire magazine the rest of the year.

Anyway, the comment about the movie being too long reminded me that 
the novelist, Ondaatje, liked the movie even though he had to sit through
a version that was three hours LONGER than the released version.

Speaking of long movies, Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet", to be
released in January, is FOUR HOURS long.

Sounds great!  I love long movies that are done well.
It gives me the opportunity to really get into the
character and the stories.  Besides, long films tend
to intimidate movie goers who talk a lot or bring
their annoying kids along.

i have to admit, beavis and butthead was really funny, it's one of those
things, if you like b & b you'll like the movie, but if you don't, the
movie'll pretty much suck..

I have to disagree with katy on one thing...just the fact that if you like
b&b on tc, that you'll like the movie.  a few friends of mine who idolize it
on the tv, actually (for some strange reason...) didn't like the movie.  
personally, got a kick out of it :)

I saw Beavis & Butthead with my sons, 14 & 15, who should have been
at the proper age for getting most from sophomoric humor from  *any*
source.  We got a few good laughs, but the matinee price amounted to an 
overcharge for the poor quality all around.  

Nevertheless, there were fun things to talk about:  spanking fetish,
peyote buttons and body cavity searches (which became the running
gag of the movie) to talk about afterward.  It's easy to rate this move
a low D, and try your best to hold off seeing it--if you must-- until
it makes it to the second run theaters.

 THE POTRAIT OF A LASY is coming out soon! we all MUST  see this movie! i just
saw the previews for it! and i must say... THE COSTUMES ROCK! though i
personally don't relish wearing corsettes! and Nicole Kidman is in it. So
convene to the Theatre and see this one dearies...

Heather:  hint: just see The Cnglish Patient... its a must see... at least
in the testerone sense for the men!  =P

For me, the Enlish Patient was visually magnificent, but the plot was a bit
obscure and implausible.  It definitely held my attention for the whole 2.5
hours.  Maybe I was just trying to figure out what was happening!

Well, I've procrastinated so long in seeing "The English Patient"
that now I'll have to see it at the State.  Yucko.  I think
I'll catch the 4:30 showing today.

The movie I'm waiting on and looking forward to is "Shine".
Anyone know when and where it will be showing in Ann Arbor?

"The English Patient" is an extraordinary film.  The 
story slowly ambles through the lives of a handful
of people.  Some are literally mapping their way through
inhospitable terrain and others are simply looking for
a way to make it, soul intact, though the end of the
war.  Two stories, linked by one of the characters, and
the power of passion to both heal and destroy.

The photography was stunning.  The acting superb.

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thanks for the summary, Chelsea... that did help.. and I might see it jenn..
if i can  scrounge up the fundage...
and are you saying there are many tasty looking men in the movie/>
??  *smiles*

I saw The English Patient on christmas day, actually... I enjoyed it, was a
little disturbed by it, and would like to see it again sometime, now that I
know the plot and and therefore have more attention free for subtleties.  

  The Paper- Solid 3 stars. Good Performances by Michael Keaton, Glenn Close,
and Randy Quaid. Duvall, however stunk up the film. I expected more from him,
and to a certain extent, Keaton who was tres henpecked. Story was good, and
I even enjoyed the search for Clint, who seemingly pops up in all his
brother's films. ;)

  Much Ado About Nothing- 4 stars. I taped this from PBS aeons ago, and 
I just got around to watching it. It's great with outstanding performances
by all, except Michael Keaton who made a lousy Dogberry. It's funny as hell,
but you need to watch it slowly, and it does help to have the book near so
you can go back over some dialogue. Never thought *I* would actually enjoy
Shakespeare. 

 i think my parents are going to be staying home now often since they now have
surrond sound... does this mean no more leeching off my parents to see movies
for free?

Oh Matt! when ya coming back to visit me!? hehe gotta love bf's that actually
yearns 4 times the income than I and love movies!  =P

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Interesting premise, and a good movie too. Wenders has made a
number of these "road movies" about quests of various kinds.

I like Wenders too...my fave of his was "Until the End of the 
World"

Mars Attacks  D+

This a 1950's movie plot with upgraded special effects by 
Industrial Light and Magic.  Well-known actors and actress appear in this
specious bore.  Although the production values are super, the script lacks
the macabre humor that somehow found its way into the advertisements.

Even the score by Danny Elfman was a dissappointment:  I've been a fan of
his ever since "Beetlejuice," but the immersion into space invasion music
genre was done all too well and the music served the mood of the film but
little else.

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Too bad about "Mars Attacks" -- Tim Burton can do very good
stuff on a good day (e.g. "Ed Wood").

I just checked the review of Mars Attacks in rec.arts.movies.reviews.  The
reviewer seemed lukewarm to it and nevertheless gave it a B-.  It was
Elfman's score in particular that so delighted him. <fitz sighs> 

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