{"id":4759,"date":"2010-09-03T08:47:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2010-09-03T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T13:47:09","slug":"flashback-movies-yes-about-those","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100903-4759.htm","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Movies. Yes. About those."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Flashback<\/a> I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, at least a dozen times, that movies are not<\/i> my thing. I don’t get them. They speak in images and spoken words–media I only occasionally understand. I prefer the world of text, beautiful text. Movies are only useful to me when accompanied by subtitles.<\/p>\n

Because of this, I’ll be responding to Linda’s Flashback prompt as questions and answers instead of my usual narrative. I just haven’t the connection to movies that enables a cohesive narrative.<\/p>\n

What movies were popular when you were growing up? <\/em><\/p>\n

Well, since I “grew up” only recently, that’s an interesting one to answer. And since I was (and am) pretty unaware of movies, I find it hard to identify specifics. It seemed like Forrest Gump<\/i><\/a> was ALWAYS on at a certain friend’s house. I think it was on television–although they could have had a video of it.<\/p>\n

Did you go to the movies very frequently? Do you remember what was the first movie you ever saw?<\/em> <\/p>\n

Nope, not very frequently at all. My first movie watched in the theatre was Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey<\/i><\/a>. I was eight years old. My second was Sense and Sensibility<\/i><\/a>, two years later. I think during my peak “teenagey” years, I may have gone to one or two movies a year–and then only because someone invited me and I wanted to spend time with them.<\/p>\n

I’ve never seen a movie in a theatre by myself. What a waste of money!<\/p>\n

What is your favorite genre of movies? <\/em><\/p>\n

I like, and have always liked, musicals. Apart from that? Movies based on books (that I’ve read), when the movie is a relatively faithful rendering. Does that count as a genre? (I told you I’m really much more of a book person.)<\/p>\n

What were your favorites then, and have they withstood the test of time?
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

My family didn’t own a tv, or anything that could play movies until I was a teenager–so it was always a treat when we went to my grandparent’s house and could watch movies there. Our favorite, which we watched over and over and over again, was Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<\/a><\/i>. My grandma’s comment, after a series of rewatchings, has entered family legend: “That movie’s all about sex and violence!”<\/p>\n

And it is, pretty much–as are most movies, we’ve decided. <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it remains a favorite to this day.<\/p>\n

Do you have any particular memories associated with movies? <\/em><\/p>\n

My first date was to watch the extended edition of The Fellowship of the Ring<\/i><\/a> at a pizza place and then to attend the midnight showing of The Two Towers<\/i><\/a> on the night it first came out. It was…probably not the smartest plan for a first date. My parents had second thoughts the week before I was to go–but by then they had already said that I could…and it was far too late to get a ticket for one of my brothers to chaperone. The next year I went to the midnight showing of The Return of the King<\/i><\/a> with my sister–and to the group showing of the extended editions of both of the preceding titles at a local microbrewery beforehand. Those two occasions are probably the only two times that I’ve actually been excited about seeing a movie in a theatre.<\/p>\n

Was buying snacks a regular part of the movie experience? What was your favorite movie snack?<\/em> <\/p>\n

Nope. Sometimes Dad would buy a bucket or two of popcorn to be shared among the lot of us–but usually we went without. I can’t say I’ve ever purchased food at a theatre.<\/p>\n

Visit Linda<\/a> for more Flashback Friday posts–most of them likely much more exciting than mine!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, at least a dozen times, that movies are not my thing. I don’t get them. They speak in images and spoken words–media I only occasionally understand. I prefer the world of text, beautiful text. Movies are only useful to me when accompanied by subtitles. Because of this, I’ll be responding … Read more Flashback: Movies. Yes. About those.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[8],"tags":[783],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}