For the last several years, I have been under a self-imposed exile from movie theaters. I had banned movies because the experience was more annoying than entertaining in most cases. Stinky people next to you, loud people behind you, screaming babies anywhere. How can you enjoy a movie with these things going on? (I...
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While researching things to do with the kids over Spring Break, Chrissy found out that Body Worlds would have a premiere opening at the Museum of Science and Industry. Body Worlds is basically cadavers arranged in interesting poses. It’s a little more refined than that, in that each cadaver has been impregnated with...
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I’m not one of those people that hates on the new 3D craze in upcoming movies. In fact, I welcome it. Aside from a slight headache, I really like the effect. However, I am biased against movie theaters, so I usually only go to IMAX movies anymore (unless it’s a really good movie). Theaters are just too loud...
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I’ve been holding off on writing anything about the new Transformers movie until everyone had a chance to see it. I know that some people really don’t like “spoilers”, but the movie has made about $600 million world-wide by now, so all of the people that care about this have already seen it. Chrissy and I...
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I’ve been reading the Watchmen comic books, since there’s a movie coming out soon. I saw the trailer during “The Dark Knight” last weekend, and had no idea who any of the characters were. Apparently, I took a hit to my geek cred because I’ve never read the series, which collectively is regarded as...
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Everybody in the world saw the new ”Iron Man” movie before I did, and it was unanimously decided that it was great. Normally, I wouldn’t go to see a movie at a theater, because I hate theaters, but I was persuaded by the chorus of excellent reviews from my peers. And it turns out that we were both right:...
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I know that I’ve given up movie theaters, but I recently saw a couple of trailers that make me want to change my mind. Both “Cloverfield” and “Aliens Versus Predator 2: Requiem” are due out soon, and they both look really good. Normally, if I hear about a movie that I would like to see, I will wait for...
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Chrissy and I finally got out to Portage to see the fifth Harry Potter movie. We saw it on the IMAX screen, so the last twenty minutes were in 3D. I had been looking forward to seeing it since long before it was released. Chrissy had not read the fifth book, but I had listened to the books-on-tape version from the library when it...
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