Posts Tagged ‘movie’
Movies require logic in order to succeed. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri lacked that logic.
The thing that upsets me most about a film is a failure of logic. A movie is supposed to transport the audience to another world. At its best, it should make us almost forget our own world. I brought Charlie to Paddington 2 a month ago. In the middle of the movie, he bolted upright…
Read More7 things that we all agree should exist but still don’t. Unless you’re four years old.
Seven things that we all agree should exist and are within our power to bring into existence but still don’t. A vacation from a vacation The four day work week The elimination of all dress codes Cellular telephone jamming technology in every movie theater Decent rest areas along the Saw Mill and Taconic Parkway Five…
Read MoreMy son is starting to like Star Wars. Also, he calls it Star Whores, which led me to Ken and his dad.
Charlie is starting to come around to Star Wars. His sister is not a fan (only because the boys at school love Star Wars), so he has assumed the same position out of blind loyalty. But he is beginning to crack. He likes R2-D2 a lot. We are constantly battling with our faux lightsabers. He…
Read MoreIt’s better to love because it makes you better than other people, which is extremely satisfying.
I have friends who didn’t like the new Star Wars film. Despite admitting that there were moments of enjoyment while watching the movie, they nitpicked it to death after the fact and declared the whole thing a failure. I think they’re crazy. I embraced my inner child (which is admittedly a sizable part of my…
Read MoreThe best use of cell phone jamming technology is not being utilized, and I don’t understand why.
In an attempt to ensure safe driving conditions during his commute to work, a Florida man used a cell phone jammer in his car to keep nearby motorists off their phones. After two years, Metro PCS reported to the FCC that every day for two years their cell towers had experienced unexplained interference near a…
Read MoreStop the madness. Allow cell phone jamming technology inside movie theaters.
Software company Toluna QuickSurveys polled 2,000 adults from across the United States, asking them in an online questionnaire about less than savory behaviors. Included in the results was this: Nearly 60% leave their cell phone on at the movie theater. Females were more likely than men to neglect the off button, at 75% compared to…
Read MoreLove me a drive-in movie
It’s the 80th anniversary of the drive-in movie theater. From LIFE magazine: It’s been 80 years since a New Jersey auto-parts store manager named Richard Hollingshead Jr. hit upon the idea of a drive-in theater. The wonder of Hollingshead’s concept, of course — as with all of the world’s greatest, most inspired, most life-affirming inventions…
Read MoreNinjas to the rescue. Seriously.
I enjoy the movies a lot, but I have begun to enter movie theaters with great trepidation, knowing that it takes just one moron to ruin the experience. The idiots who text during the movie are bad enough, and the people who actually make and receive calls on their cell phones make the experience untenable.…
Read MoreTickets prices and fatherhood are not the reasons that I see fewer movies today
TIME reports that “Last summer’s blockbuster movie season was considered a bust, with the fewest movie tickets sold at theaters since 1997. Despite recent hits such as “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” by the time Labor Day rolls around, the summer of 2012 will fare even worse.” TIME attributes this loss to the…
Read MoreI questioned why there were young children at the Aurora theater, and there was nothing wrong with me doing so.
In a piece entitled Stop Wondering Why There Were Young Children At The Aurora Theater, author Lisa Belkin asks “What is it that led so many people to dwell on a question of parenting when so many more sweeping questions loomed?” I would like to answer Lisa Belkin’s question. We dwell on the question of…
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