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Re: The First Movie you ever saw at the Cinema
Adrian #299394 03/30/10 04:25 PM
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I'm having a hard time remembering the first movie I saw in a theater... Lots of drive-in movies as a kid... I'll have to ask Mom and Dad.

The movie in a theater that I remember the most was "Midway" presented in Sensurround. The theater had speakers in each seat - I guess something akin to Buttkickers - every time a bomb went off you felt it in the seat. I remember thinking, as a kid, I gotta get me one of these when I grow up... Thirty odd years later I've got a really great HT.

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a401classic #299397 03/30/10 04:27 PM
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I honestly don't remember for sure... I do recall seeing Spaceballs thou.

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a401classic #299400 03/30/10 04:30 PM
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So far......I have everyone beat. I remember seeing Goldfinger and Thunderball at the Drive-In Theater. I saw the Sound of Music at the old Carolina Theater in Winston. I could name off several other mid 60's like Mary Poppins and the double feature "Charlie the Lonesome Cougar" combined with Jungle Book. Who could forget the classic Gnomemobile with Walter Brennan.


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Argon #299402 03/30/10 04:33 PM
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One other thing. I was working at University Cinema 1&2 When Midway was released. There were always patrons that came out of the opposite theater when the surround effects went off asking if there were severe thunderstorms in the ares. Same timeframe movies - Mandingo, Happy Hooker, The Wind and the Lion (a personal favorite).


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Argon #299403 03/30/10 04:34 PM
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My first movie was star wars as a kindergartner. Then, about two weeks ago for my 40th birthday, my wife rented out an entire theater and watched it again, this time with my two children. !

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Argon #299405 03/30/10 04:38 PM
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Wow... three "Midways" out of the few responses so far!

It wasn't buttkickers that were used... I remember seeing a row of subs, each the size of refrigerators, along the front wall under the screen.... which is why I think they could reproduce it in a special edition as long as a person had an adequate sub at home!


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MarkSJohnson #299408 03/30/10 04:41 PM
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I really can't remember my first theater experience, or even experiences. I've never been good at placing memories in a timeline.

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You're such a kid... was it Avatar?


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MarkSJohnson #299413 03/30/10 04:53 PM
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Reportedly, my Dad took me to Star Wars when it first came out. I was 2. Apprently, I stood on the seat, holding the chair in front of me and I just kept whispering "Star Wars" through the whole movie.

And now I'm a geek with a HomeTheatre "too big" for the room its in. Thanks Dad! \:D

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MarkSJohnson #299414 03/30/10 04:53 PM
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I can't remember if it was 2001 or Planet of the Apes. I also remember seeing Jaws. I was real hesitant to get in the water the next time I went to the beach!

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