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Quote from: unreleased backgrounds on July 08, 2015, 06:02:25 AM
Fille- though 60 miles in the USA and 60 miles in the UK is technically the same distance, it feels very different. I think as nations we have very different concepts of distance. It could be the roads being less straight here, or more crowded, or fuel being more expensive, or simply a cultural thing from living in a tiny tiny country.
Unreased backgrounds - I do agree it is a different feel in Europe having driven several thousand miles in France (once with 3 kids!) but I drove to a theater in a more remote (non-metropolitan) area to see it.
And, yikes, gas/essence/gasoil/pétrole is very expensive! (On coûte les yeux de la tête!)
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Okay, just seen that the film opens Friday at the Leeds-Bradford Odeon. If I could get there so the kids could see Paddington, then sure as Hell I'll find a way to see this before the weekend's out! SURF'S UP!!!!!
Counts to ten… exhale…
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If you folk out there really can't go then you really can't go. If you would like to go but are not real worried about it either way then you really do need to reconsider. This is a quality feature film about OUR guy. That has never happened before and will never happen again. You may be disappointed as some here have been, but most really liked it and many loved it. The theater sized screen and surround sound cannot be over stated. So, as Craig and Charlie put it, walk 500 miles, then walk 500 more if you have to. The fact that you know this board exists means you owe it to yourself. That's all.
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Okay, just seen that the film opens Friday at the Leeds-Bradford Odeon. If I could get there so the kids could see Paddington, then sure as Hell I'll find a way to see this before the weekend's out! SURF'S UP!!!!!
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on July 07, 2015, 04:03:35 PM
According to one Dennis Carl Wilson - and I think he'd know - "Brian is The Beach Boys. He is the band. We're his fucking messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's everything".
Will catch it eventually, but the old urge to have/hear/see everything
NOW !
has faded of late. It's not that important any more.
I understand your sentiment but I have to say that if you agree with Dennis' conceit and I'm sure you do, this film was made for you. It isn't like any other biopic you've ever seen about a beloved artist. There's a thoughtfulness and level of artistry that typically are not present in this genre.
It's something of a masterpiece of its' kind.
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Just to add to the chorus of Americans singing "You have to see this movie" in multi-part harmony...
I've seen L&M 3 times (I'm very lucky that I live in a city that has had the film in multiple theatres, and that I also got to see a sneak preview in May). I have never in my 43 years seen a movie in the theatre 3 times. I'm not a movie fan - I don't follow any particular actors or directors. I've only seen a handful of movies in the theatre over the past 15 years, and most of those were special reissues or events like the Monty Python Live simulcast last summer. I don't even watch movies at home that much - I use Netflix mostly for TV shows and documentaries.
What makes L&M different?
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said above, "This is a quality feature film about OUR guy." Yes. We've been wanting this for so long, and it could not have been done with more care and attention to detail. There are many goodies for the fans - little things that only we would notice and appreciate. It's so full of emotion that it will break your heart.
It's like this...think back to how you felt the first time you heard the 1967 "Surf's Up". Or how you felt the first time you heard Brian sing "All those people, they made me feel so alone" in "Midnight's Another Day". This movie is like that.
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Quote from: filledeplage on July 08, 2015, 05:46:13 AM
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on July 07, 2015, 03:05:44 PM
Quote from: Rob Dean on July 07, 2015, 02:23:53 PM
Well, It's nearly here SO who is rushing out to their local cinema this Friday ?? I'm planning on purchasing copious amounts of popcorn and various carbonated soft drinks and hopefully watch 2 times on opening day (in 2 different cinemas).
Really can't fricking wait
1 - don't have a cinema in my town (pop. 38,000)...
2 - closest one actually showing it is a good 40 miles away...
3 - work dictates that watching it on the 10th is very, very unlikely...
4 - my interest in the band isn't what it was anyway.
Andrew - I drove 60 miles to see it on day 2 of the U.S. release.
Bully for you. As it happens, I don't drive.
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Quote from: Rob Dean on July 07, 2015, 02:23:53 PM
Well, It's nearly here SO who is rushing out to their local cinema this Friday ?? I'm planning on purchasing copious amounts of popcorn and various carbonated soft drinks and hopefully watch 2 times on opening day (in 2 different cinemas).
Really can't fricking wait
1 - don't have a cinema in my town (pop. 38,000)...
2 - closest one actually showing it is a good 40 miles away...
3 - work dictates that watching it on the 10th is very, very unlikely...
4 - my interest in the band isn't what it was anyway.
Andrew - I drove 60 miles to see it on day 2 of the U.S. release.
Bully for you. As it happens, I don't drive.
You might have clarified that, Andrew.
You enumerated miles, but omitted your non-driver status.
And, the average distance among the presenting theaters was in that general range for non-metropolitan areas.
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You assumed. Everyone does.
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Well I'm sure there are still trains that run through England that could get him there. This movie is worth hitch-hiking for.
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on July 08, 2015, 02:49:04 PM
You assumed. Bad call.
No, Andrew.
It was a reasonable inference.
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on July 08, 2015, 02:49:04 PM
You assumed. Everyone does.
You'll note I suggested a bus ride( I don't have knowledge of same, but presuming they have such a bus )
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Good news, L&M is showing near me at the local arthouse/indie cinema so I'll will get to see it on the big screen this weekend.
Bad news, whilst checking to see where L&M was on I saw the same cinema showed The Wrecking Crew movie tonight (one showing only) and I missed it gaaaah!!!
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Why would a "Fully signed up and accredited employee of Team Love" want to see L&M??
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Quote from: rab2591 on July 08, 2015, 02:50:26 PM
Well I'm sure there are still trains that run through England that could get him there. This movie is worth hitch-hiking for.
I'm sure it is, but I doubt it'll vanish like Brigadoon before I get a chance to see it. Like I said, the need to have something new
NOW !!
has faded. It'll be the same in a week/month/year as it is now. Which I'm given to understand by a host of folk I trust implicitly is astounding. I look forward to seeing it. Just, not right away. I have a book to read...
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Saw it this evening in London's fashionable London. As a somewhat fussy person when it comes to film, I think I could have taken it half an hour shorter, but there are some truly remarkable performances in there, and oh my, those studio scenes, good Lord. I'd say more but I see that it's currently the 'in' thing to maintain an air of aloof indifference.
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Saw it this evening in London's fashionable London. As a somewhat fussy person when it comes to film, I think I could have taken it half an hour shorter, but there are some truly remarkable performances in there, and oh my, those studio scenes, good Lord. I'd say more but I see that it's currently the 'in' thing to maintain an air of aloof indifference.
Well Wait; It's Wednesday here and it's already Friday there?
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See it at the movie theater if for no other reason than to experience the audio in full surround sound as intended. Try to sit closer to the screen and in the middle of the aisle because the soundtrack will envelop you and you'll hear it as intended. It's the most jarring and most creative soundtrack I've heard in a long time. The scene near the end where a collage of video and audio takes quick-cut edits through decades of Brian's life...not a spoiler...is stunning. It's meant to be seen and heard on the big screen, in (loud) surround sound.
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See it at the movie theater if for no other reason than to experience the audio in full surround sound as intended. Try to sit closer to the screen and in the middle of the aisle because the soundtrack will envelop you and you'll hear it as intended. It's the most jarring and most creative soundtrack I've heard in a long time. The scene near the end where a collage of video and audio takes quick-cut edits through decades of Brian's life...not a spoiler...is stunning. It's meant to be seen and heard on the big screen, in (loud) surround sound.
I guess sitting in the back of the theater ( twice) was a bad idea?
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Quote from: guitarfool2002 on July 08, 2015, 05:23:28 PM
See it at the movie theater if for no other reason than to experience the audio in full surround sound as intended. Try to sit closer to the screen and in the middle of the aisle because the soundtrack will envelop you and you'll hear it as intended. It's the most jarring and most creative soundtrack I've heard in a long time. The scene near the end where a collage of video and audio takes quick-cut edits through decades of Brian's life...not a spoiler...is stunning. It's meant to be seen and heard on the big screen, in (loud) surround sound.
I guess sitting in the back of the theater ( twice) was a bad idea?
From experience - yes.
The first time I saw it, I was in a theater that didn't have all that great of a sound system, and I didn't know this going in. I sat a few rows up from the open aisle that sits about 1/4 way up from the screen, when you first walk in. I was a few seats away from the left-side wall, and the sound just wasn't delivering for me.
I went back again, to another theater. I assumed they'd have better sound, as it was an IMAX chain, different from the first one. I was right. I sat in the dead center of the aisle, not too far from the screen itself. And the sound was so much better, it was like hearing all new audio and experiencing the film as it was meant to be.
If that says anything, that's how much of a difference both the theater's sound system and where I sat in the theater made on the experience. The soundtrack is crucial to this film.
At one showing, though, a room close by was running the new Jurassic flick in IMAX, and during quiet moments of dialogue in L&M you'd hear the damned dinosaurs stomping around.
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Playing pretty much everywhere here in Ireland.
Seeing it this weekend, can't wait
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Why would a "Fully signed up and accredited employee of Team Love" want to see L&M??
(he doesn't drive?
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At one showing, though, a room close by was running the new Jurassic flick in IMAX, and during quiet moments of dialogue in L&M you'd hear the damned dinosaurs stomping around.
That was probably just Landy's ghost...
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When you live in the U.S., it seems pretty straightforward to travel to a nearby town to see the film.
I spent six weeks driving all over the UK and her neighbors a few years back. One of the big things we discovered in our travels abroad is that it generally took us a lot longer timewise to get from Point A to Point B over there than in the US. The road systems are just different.
So it may not be as easy to get to a theatre that's showing L&M, as you might think from looking at a map. When our overseas members do get to the theatre, I hope they'll find the film worth the effort. (I did.)
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