My title for one of my columns a couple weeks ago sparked a memory from my first semester in college. Last year I took a horror films class to get my final English credit and it was one of the most entertaining classes I have ever taken. Towards the end of the class we had the opportunity to go to a classic movie theatre in Apple Valley.
The theatre we went to had an organ that sat in the floor and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. It felt like we were in the olden days of the world. It was awesome. What was also really cool was the movie we were about to watch, “The Shining.”
I remember being really young the first time I watched that movie. Before I watched it for the first time I remember my siblings always making fun of me whenever I was sick. “Say red-rum,” they would tell me. Little did I know that line was made infamous by this movie.
So back to the movie. There were about 20 of us and before the movie we all went out to eat at this little Mexican restaurant before going to the movie. I remember the food not being as good as the movie…
Anyways, the movie was a really great experience and I really didn’t remember much of anything that happened the first time my family and I crowded around our television to watch. I really wish they would play more old movies in theatres. Thinking of just a couple movies, there are many that I would love to see on the “big screen” again. Can you imagine what it would be like to watch “Back to the Future” in the movie theatre again? Some of you, I’m sure, probably remember going to that movie when it first came out nearly 30 years ago.
Since a young age I’ve always loved movies. They used to be the thing that put me to sleep at night. I remember falling asleep watching Ice Age when I was really young, and then “Tin Cup,” and “Friday Night Lights” every single night. There were certain points in each movie where I would deem it acceptable finally to close my eyes and drift off into the Never Never Land that was my dreams. I cringed when I walked up to my mother’s house the other day to find that she used my Tin Cup VHS to prop up her air-conditioner.
I don’t have as much time as I did back then to watch movies, but I still manage to find at least a couple times a month to sneak off to see a new flick with one of my friends. With all the new Marvel and D.C. movies coming out every month, there is an over-abundance of content to consume.
With all that said I will leave you with my thought for the day: in the immortal words of Al Batt, be kind and pay it forward.