Criterion ready to release IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1 Viewer)

[BarryR]

In a way, I'm glad 5,000-seat megatheaters don't exist anymore. Can you imagine thousands of bright cell phone/iPad screens flickering throughout the auditorium? And people talking, getting up and walking around, babies crying. It would be like attending a sporting event at a stadium. No thanks.

Agreed--when I recall screenings at Radio City Music Hall it was one big collective happy movie-watching event without complications. Little did I appreciate it back then! Though maybe not in the same league as a comedy (though it definitely has its moments--and Buddy Hackett too!) I recall seeing Disney's THE LOVE BUG at a packed Radio City Easter Show, and there's nothing like 5,000 people roaring with laughter!

 

[Charles Smith]

Just thinking back to the full houses roaring with laughter at "ordinary" films like CACTUS FLOWER, WHAT'S UP, DOC?, FOR PETE'S SAKE, BLAZING SADDLES, etc., is sweet. I'm fortunate to at least remember being at the roadshow MW and of having that same expectant, appreciative audience as at MY FAIR LADY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, etc., all around me.

 

[ahollis]

Just thinking back to the full houses roaring with laughter at "ordinary" films like CACTUS FLOWER, WHAT'S UP, DOC?, FOR PETE'S SAKE, BLAZING SADDLES, etc., is sweet. I'm fortunate to at least remember being at the roadshow MW and of having that same expectant, appreciative audience as at MY FAIR LADY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, etc., all around me.

Actually saw WHATS UP DOC? at the Radio City Music Hall on trip to New York. Also saw FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Rivioli. Little did I realize 20 years or so later I would be be working for UA Theatres and part of the Theatres demise. A shameful part of my life. IAMMMMW was during its re-release in a full 600 seat theatre. The laughter was catching and I had to go back and see it again to catch lines I missed.

 

[Danilo S.]

In a way, I'm glad 5,000-seat megatheaters don't exist anymore. Can you imagine thousands of bright cell phone/iPad screens flickering throughout the auditorium? And people talking, getting up and walking around, babies crying. It would be like attending a sporting event at a stadium. No thanks.

Times changing and sometime in a bad way.

 

[ahollis]

Well I guess the anticipation is keeping us quite. Took the iPad to work to day to keep up with the what's going on. I'm just ready for something a little less serious.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Yeah, Allen I guess we are about to do enter another day of nail-biting
anticipation.

Fortunately I am off from work today, and have enough of you keeping
an eye on Criterion's site that I don't need to stay glued to the computer.

I'll be checking my email every few minutes.

 

[rich_d]

Yeah, Allen I guess we are about to do enter another day of nail-biting
anticipation.

Fortunately I am off from work today, and have enough of you keeping
an eye on Criterion's site that I don't need to stay glued to the computer.

I'll be checking my email every few minutes.

So ... to recap ... you're tied to your phone but not your computer?

 

[Moe Dickstein]

I'm sure you will be able to tell from the spontaneous fireworks in your neighborhood that the announcement has been made, Ron.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

So ... to recap ... you're tied to your phone but not your computer?

Yeah, Rich...I can be more mobile than tied to a desk.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I'm sure you will be able to tell from the spontaneous fireworks in your neighborhood that the announcement has been made, Ron.

Nah, in my neighborhood I am the crazy hermit tied to his computer who when
at public places, walks around with a shopping cart muttering all kinds of nonsense
about aspect ratios and the lack of pop-out on 3D.

Nobody around here shares my love for this hobby nor cares. That's why this forum
has been such a great place to run. I am among friends who can almost make sense
of my nonsensical ramblings.

 

[Reed Grele]

I'd like to think that sometime, maybe 10 or 20 years from now, there'd be something I could laugh at... Anything.....



(Will someone please throw out a banana peel!)

 

[cineMANIAC]

How about organizing HTF "meets" like the one recently held in L.A.? Would be great to meet enthusiasts in person and put faces to usernames

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Gee, do you think there would be enough members in the Tri-State area for that?

 

[John Morgan]

In a way, I'm glad 5,000-seat megatheaters don't exist anymore. Can you imagine thousands of bright cell phone/iPad screens flickering throughout the auditorium? And people talking, getting up and walking around, babies crying. It would be like attending a sporting event at a stadium. No thanks.

I was a senior in high school when I first saw MW roadshow release in San Diego. I am sure other baby boomers remember going to one of these reserved seats events we dressed up with coat and ties just like going to an opera, concert or Broadway show. Since we pre-bought our tickets and picked out what row and seat we wanted, we didn't have the hassle of finding good seats when entering the theater. As I remember we could get layouts of the seats and when I made reservations, they were always for the choice middle seats and if they were taken, I would reserve for a later date. Our family mostly went to the 8:00 pm showing and would make a night of it, with dinner at a fairly upscale eatery. We made sure we were in our seats for the Overture and stayed seated until the exit music was finished. I sent my pop out for snacks at intermission. Those memories will always be with me.

 

[cineMANIAC]

Gee, do you think there would be enough members in the Tri-State area for that?

Are you suggesting the film nuts are all on the West Coast?

Even if it's a small group of 10 or so people it would still be cool to meet people who post on here.

 

[Charles Smith]

Seems like the great majority of us are, in fact, on the East Coast, judging by how dead it gets in here at night when I'm still rarin' to go and would expect plenty of activity from those in the western states. That's just anecdotal evidence, of course, so refute away!

 

[Mike Frezon]

One word: Scooterpalooza!

 

[Moe Dickstein]

I guess sarcasm is a lost art along with carbon-arc projection

 

[ahollis]

I guess sarcasm is a lost art along with carbon-arc projection

Thought you are to young to remember carbon arc projection.

 

[cineMANIAC]

No, I recognized the sarcasm, hence the winky emoticon. in other news...