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re: What was your most memorable movie theater experience?

Posted on 12/10/22 at 9:39 pm to
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
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Posted on 12/10/22 at 9:39 pm to
Sexual? Violent?..

..for just overall movie experience, recently the Dune film with the mushrooms..in the past, one that stands out, I snuck into Bram Stokers Dracula opening night as a very young kid and was blown away.
Posted by MMauler
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Posted on 12/10/22 at 9:50 pm to
As far as pleasurable watching experience, it was definitely the original Top Gun. I can’t remember which theater I want to see it at, but it had very large screen and an incredible surroundsound system. It really felt like you were actually in one of those F-14s.

As far as just having fun with a bunch of friends, we went and saw Rodney Dangerfield in Easy Money at that theater right by Murphy’s after getting drunk at Murphy’s. There were like 10 of us all sitting there, talking back-and-forth to Rodney on the big screen. I don’t recall ever laughing so hard during a movie.
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 12/10/22 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

Return of the king


We went and saw this opening day at an IMAX, but the best part was at midnight it started with the extended version the Fellowship of the Ring, next the extended version of the Two Towers, and then The Return of the King. With intermissions between the movies we were there until around noon. Long but worth it.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
49817 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 9:52 pm to
The ring

I’d love to experience that dread again

That first jump scare closet scene was perfection
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
14628 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 9:54 pm to
Toss up between Jurassic Park and Saving Private Ryan.

The T Rex scene vs Omaha Beach. Hard to choose.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:16 pm to
T2
Jurassic Park
Gladiator
Interstellar

All except T2 we’re on opening night
Posted by JoeHackett
Member since Aug 2016
5106 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:16 pm to
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Jurassic Park


I remember sneaking in to see that movie. The music to this day gives me chills.

The Matrix overall was the most memorable for me. I had no idea what it was about, back then we would just pick movies off the marquee. I was blown away. For the next couple of months we would always catch the end on our way out of the theater.

The beginning and end of The Dark Knight were also pretty memorable. The movie is all over the place but those first and last few minutes are fantastic.
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
6584 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:28 pm to
Heat

Just sat there reflecting for a while as the credits rolled, listening to the Moby tune it ended on. Saw it again a week later.
This post was edited on 12/10/22 at 10:29 pm
Posted by KILGUS
Member since Aug 2014
516 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:28 pm to
Easily Top Gun: Maverick. Watched it four times in theaters in three different formats. Had the same emotional and tense reactions each time. Only other movies I watched that many times in theaters were End Game and Dark Knight.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49476 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:33 pm to
I wish I would've seen T2 in theaters, just didn't go back then.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
9576 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:36 pm to
Seeing Murder in the First with Christian slater in prison, and some guy stabs another guy in the neck with the back end of a spoon. I immediately felt hit sweats and ran to the lobby, feeling I was going to throw up.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 12/10/22 at 10:49 pm to
I was 7 in 1977. Take a wild guess.
Posted by LilDeuceCoupe
Hooker, OK
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 12/10/22 at 11:03 pm to
Miracle, the crowd all stood and cheered.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80435 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 11:13 pm to
I watched this with chills and thought... Movies were invented so we could have this moment.

Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25086 posts
Posted on 12/10/22 at 11:53 pm to
The scenes at the end of Rogue One
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
22828 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 12:54 am to
Young me (I was 8 or 9) seeing Star Wars in the theater the first time.

Incredible, totally unprepared for it by all the previous sci fi stuff I'd seen.
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
26053 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 4:03 am to
I was a child. The original House on Haunted Hill scared the shite out of me.
Posted by cfish140
BR
Member since Aug 2007
8681 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 4:24 am to
Back in high school when they still did midnight features on Thursday’s me and my cousin used to get stoned and go to them all the time. Most memorable was inglorious bastards, blew us away
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 4:25 am
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
30178 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 6:06 am to
First that come to mind:
The Deer Hunter and Black Hawk Down.
Because both were so good but so disturbing.
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
8209 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 6:10 am to
My very first in-theater experience, Herbie the Love Bug. It was amazing what that car could do. That was back when Disney was still magical for a 7 yr old boy.
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