
There’s an old movie theater, The Grand Lake Theater that shows current releases. Sometimes blockbusters and sometimes independent film. Grand Lake Theater’s been around since 1926. It was originally a Vaudeville Show and Silent Movie House. But some time in 1928 The Grand Lake Theater became part of the Fox Theater chain and became a movie house. Though the marquis and the architecture is true to form of 1920s movie houses, they don’t charge 1920s prices. Not that they should, but it would be nice to occasionally experience a bad film and shrug it off ’cause you only paid a buck or two or at least got something free or cheap from the concession stand. Enter “Free Popcorn Wednesdays this Spring” at The Grand Lake Theater. This was put on the marquee a few weeks ago and I got to thinking what it would take to experience that good old theater experience. You know, an exciting film that dares to actually be, I don’t know, good enough not to want to torch the place after spending $9 for a ticket to a film that you could have shat out of your arse for free. I got to thinking, it’s a shame that beautiful theaters can so often go to waste on such ugly films. I got to thinking, about those few, oh so very few times I watched a film in that theater or even a very nice modern theater and had a truly exceptional filmgoing experience. I got to thinking, what makes a filmgoing experience exceptional and what can make one horrible?
**Here’s what I think makes a great film experience feel like an unexpected but unbelievably welcomed orgasm:
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May 6th, 2007 /