2008 Schedule: What is on your list?

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[timewasajoke]

We really never plan showings except for our annual showing of the "Polar Express" and when the High School Musical II mania hit. But after seeing  "Horton Hears a Who" last month in theaters; when the DVD release happens,  we will probably plan a viewing party. That was one of the best animated films i have seen sense "Monsters Inc".

I'm figuring a Memorial Day release for this classic.

[Sparge]

If you're having trouble deciding if it's kid/teen friendly

I usually look at the parental guide section for movies on IMDB.com.

Example...

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829482/parentalguide

175 F-words!  Sheesh!

-Sparge-

[cjcote]

If you're having trouble deciding if it's kid/teen friendly

I usually look at the parental guide section for movies on IMDB.com.

Example...

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829482/parentalguide

175 F-words!  Sheesh!

-Sparge-

I use this site

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/

It is free and gives a lot information about the movie.  Especially useful for the PG13 movies. Here is an example:

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/Transformers-2007.html


CJ

[Tazman101]

Going to try this weekend for our opening..

On tap is Happy Feet and The Princess Bride, double feature..

Happy Feet early for most of the young kids, and The Princess Bride because my son requested it ( he is heading to boot camp next Wed ). 

No rain in the forcast, but it may get into the 40's.. 

[PensFan]

Many of these are unfit for children so just be warned.

This years list (so far) but in no particular viewing order. 

The Deer Hunter
Apocolypse Now
Rambo:First Blood   5/25 -Military themed

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 5/15  -Action/Adventure
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 5/16
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade  5/25

There Will Be Blood*   -Drama
No Country for Old Men*
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Last Samurai
The Hustler
The Color of Money
Wonderland

Amistad    -Historical Drama
Raging Bull

A Fist Full of Dollars    -Western
Hang 'Em High
Joe Kidd
Two Mules for Sister Sara
High Plains Drifter
The Long Riders  5/9

Cloverfield     5/2 -Horror/Thriller?
Memento      5/2

Planet of the Apes                -Sci Fi
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes             
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Fifth Element         5/3                     
Dune Messiah
Gattaca                5/3
Star Trek:The Motion Picture 5/10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 5/16
Star Trek III: Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

The Golden Compass     5/2  -Childrens
Cars*
Never Ending Story 5/17
Ben 10: Race Against Time

(There will be many more childrens movies but haven't decided on any other titles yet)

* denotes Blu-Ray movie

On Friday and Saturday we usually watch 2 movies... we've watched 3 in a night a couple of times but I wouldn't recommend it because morning comes early for those of us with young kids!

Peace,
PensFan

[DharmaJeff]

These all look like great choices.I wish everyone good weather and happy viewings.

Summer 2008 marks the 5yr anniversary of our family (me) getting a projector and watching movies out in our backyard.

Here's what's scheduled so far:
5/10 - Scene it DVD games for a BBQ.JUSTICE LEAGUE when I kick everyone out.
5/17 - The Point.
MEM-DAY WEEKEND- Fri:Some Like It Hot
                             Sat:season 4 filnale of LOST
                             Sun:American Hot Wax

Playing it by ear for June but on July 4th it will be Episode 2 of John Adams.
August 15th will be I'll be showing the pilot Episode of LOST and the Beatles @ SHEA STADIUM.

[Legal Eagle]

Well,

I'm new hear but we have been watching movies outdoors and indorr for quite some time now. We have redone our pation with a full bar conversion, pool, and fireplace just to spend extra time outside.

Our schedule? Well we just pick one and go we have on hand about 300 DVDs, and who knows how many VHS tapes. We have watched already this year Serenity, Spaceballs, Shrek, and Star trek Nemesis. Since we live in FLorida we can watch pretty much year round.

This week Im thinking Indiana Jones or National Treasure in anticipation of bothe releases.

[RoseRanch]

I don't have any definite schedule made up yet, but am also thinking ahead.  It's fun to dream up double-features and theme nights.

CLOVERFIELD will be on Friday, May 16th.

At some point in the future we'll be watching:

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Raising Arizona
Nightmare Before Christmas
Cars
No Deposit, No Return (Darren McGavin & Don Knotts)
Ghost and Mr. Chicken
A Christmas Story

Theme nights/Double-Features, etc:

Darren McGavin night: episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Vincent Price night: Tomb of Ligeia, The Tingler
Spider Baby, Old Dark House (1932)
Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein
Beach night: Beach Blanket Bingo, Psycho Beach Party
Fantastic Four (1st and 2nd).

I know I have many more of these written down somewhere...

[rjphoenix]

This our 2008 Schedule at our Condo Complex in Phoenix Arizona.

Movie Night                    Sat. April 19th, 7:00pm          The Kingdom 2007 R
Movie Under the Stars      Sat. May 3rd, 7:25pm            Atonement 2007 R
Movie Under the Stars      Sat. May 17th, 7:45pm          Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber  2007  R
Flick & Float                   Sat. May 31st, DUSK             Easy Rider & Dr. Strangelove
Flick & Float                   FRIDAY June 13th, DUSK        The Pit and The Pendulum & The Crawling Hand
Flick & Float                   Sat. June 28th, DUSK            Tribute to Charlton Heston Night - Ben-Hur 1959  G
Flick & Float                   Sat. July 12th, DUSK             Cher Night - MoonStruck & The Witches of Eastwick
Flick & Float                   Sat. July 26th, DUSK             Psycho Beach Party & Where the Boys Are
Flick & Float                   Sat. Aug 9th, DUSK               Doris Day Night - Please don't Eat the Daisies & Pillow Talk
Flick & Float                   Sat. Aug 23rd, DUSK             Woman of the Year 1942 & Desk Set 1957
Flick & Float                   Sat. Sept 6th, DUSK             The Phantom of the Opera 2004
Movie Under the Stars      Sat. Sept 20th, DUSK           To Kill A Mockingbird
Movie Under the Stars      Sat. Oct. 3rd, DUSK             The Wizard of Oz & Moulin Rouge

Attached is our posters for the Movies.

[tlogan6797]

Sorry, just getting caught up with this thread and thoughtthis was kind of funny...

The last time she saw it, was in the theater in the 1930's, and she still talks about what a great movie she thought it was.   She's going to be so excited to hear we finally found the movie for her.

My father-in-law (who NEVER goes to movies) used to talk about this movie that he'd seen ages ago (like back in the early 50s) called Mr Hulot's Holiday. He thought it was SO funny. So after we got him a VCR (probably 10 years ago) he talked about it even more. A couple of years later we finally found a VHS copy of it and of course gave it to him for Christmas. We make a big deal about watching all together. Turns out....

He falls asleep within 10 minutes. It's in B&W which is no big deal, really, but it's French. And it's almost like Mr. Bean. I'm guessing Mr. Bean IS the English version. So, VERY little dialog and long setups to really bad punch lines. The movie was really bad, at least we thought so. He's never spoken of it since.

So don't be surprised if this happens to you too!

Tom

[kenallwine]

Here is ours:

Premire Event 5/24: National Treasure
6/4: Calendar Girls (Event for my wife's teacher friends)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Independence Day
Grease (maybe)
Cars
Horton Hears a who (hopefully)
Maybe a Harry Potter episode
Ferris Buelers day off
Office Space
I Robot
What ever else comes up.  I have to be somewhat careful as the screen faces the street.  I might have to think about teiring out my back hill so I can show a wider variety of titles.

[Elwood]

Tonight is opening night at the Islip Backyard Drive-In.

its a Saturday Night Double Feature

Horton Hears a Who  and  Enchanted

the Brownie troop will love it.

up grades include a A/V rack on wheels, recycled construction signs to hold up my screen and I built a new Texas Hold'em table that seats 10.(to take my neighbors money while there kids watch movies)

I don't plan to much ahead. I never know what movies I can get my hands on
Iron Man looks good and maybe that new panda movie
I show whatever my kids want to watch mostly

Good Luck to all in there 2008 season
may your bulbs burn bright and long.

Elwood

[KMac]

After watching "Rocky Balboa" a couple of days ago, I went out and bought the entire Rocky saga(1-5 plus Rocky Balboa) for $24.95 at Best Buy. I was shocked that a lot of my son's friends (and my teenage son) had never seen ANY of the Rocky movies! I had to put an end to that!  Great motivational movies for athletes, plus I love the theme song! Rocky film festival this summer, motivational movie madness nites!
Nolstalga for us old timers, too. (I saw the 1st Rocky 1976 at the drive-in.  We all yelled, honked our horns and cheered! I was just a little mac at the time!)  Enjoy!

KMac

[Dennis]

Official opening night for the Spring Avenue Starlight was rained out last night...it was to be "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in time to get re-excited about Indiana Jones before the new one comes out this week.

Sent an email out about 8PM confirming that Mother Nature must not be an Indiana Jones fan and said we were going to show it tonight...even though it's a Sunday/School night, we probably had more folks RSVP than the original night!  No one had other plans  .  Forecast is clear...

[movielover]

Official opening night for the Spring Avenue Starlight was rained out last night...

thanks for the rain, it rained most of last night and it's raining now and thunderstorms later today (maybe i'll get to use the generator again).
tomorrow is supposed to be rainy and cold. if it rains tomorrow that will be 4 out of the past 5 monday's it's rained (that's my day off and when i do outside work).