Stop
your grinnin' and drop your linen!
-Hudson
(Bill Paxton) Aliens
Monday
nights at the Odeon Manchester is a film night with a difference.
We're currently in the middle of a season of classic movies, being
screened weekly in the Printworks.
On
the 20th I saw Aliens on the big screen. James Cameron's
1986 SF action romp is one of the greatest movies of the eighties. I
was four when it came out, so I never got to see it on the big screen
the first time around. Thankfully Manchester Odeon recently gave me
that opportunity with a vintage '86 35mm print of the film.
Even
when you know every word (I was a SERIOUS movie geek in my late
teens) it's still a pleasure to watch, more so in a format that it
was always made for- the cinema screen. It was interesting to see
which parts of the film first-timers found funny, and which lines got
laughs (mostly Paxton's). It felt like an authentic, traditional
filmgoer's experience- no digital effects, a few frames with dust on,
a few frames missing completely, but a riveting story told
spectacularly by Cameron. When the credits rolled, the audience
clapped. It was like being back in time, and not least because the
tickets are only £4. You can't complain.
Still
to be shown: Goodfellas (tonight, tickets still available), Batman,
Heat, Dirty Dancing, Shaun of the Dead.
I
think there's a serious lucrative market for retro nights at cinemas.
Seeing as there have been so few truly memorable films in recent
years, cinemas would do well to offer fans the opportunity of seeing
their favourite films on the big screen. How about a poll using
social media asking fans what films they'd like to se brought back?
Here are a few I'd love to see on the big screen:
RoboCop
2001:
A Space Oddyssey
Star
Wars Trilogy (Originals)
The
Godfather
King
Kong (Original)
Blade
Runner: Director's Cut
Fantasia
The
Jungle Book
Terminator
2: Judgement Day
What
would you have in your flashback season?
The Godfather was actually shown at this very night a month ago, well, at least, sometime in February anyway! You missed out :(
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