Last Sunday, I read a column in the NY Times with the provocative title We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies. As a film buff and low-key contrarian, I knew what I had to do. We skipped the Oscars and went to our local multiplex to see The Lost City, a cutesy action/comedy in the tradition of Romancing the Stone. Christina and I enjoyed the movie, and we rode that wave of enjoyment right on over to Chipotle, where we quoted our favorite Channing Tatum & Sandra Bullock moments over burrito bowls. Good times!
But enough about us and our movie-going. I want to hear about you and your movie-going.
Have you been to the movies lately?
What did you see?
Is there an upcoming film that you just have to see in theaters?
Is that film the new Top Gun?
What about the new Nicolas Cage film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, where Cage plays himself? Have you marked your calendars for that one?
Bonus question: what’s your best memory of seeing a film in the theater?