{"id":1583,"date":"2010-06-28T08:11:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T20:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2011-12-31T09:38:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T20:38:16","slug":"over-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"Over Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don’t watch many movies at the cinema these days. Time was, I’d see one a week, sometimes two. So much cool stuff to see and pick over with friends afterwards. Good times.<\/p>\n

Now, not so much.<\/p>\n

I find it hard to believe movies have changed for the worse. My peak moviegoing was in the cultural nadir when Independence Day<\/em> and Godzilla<\/em> were chart-topping extravaganzas. Nor a lack of choice – Wellington’s lost a few screens since then, but not many with the arrival of the Lighthouse and the expansion of the Penthouse and Paramount.<\/p>\n

And I just don’t have much enthusiasm for filmic expeditions these days. I like it when films show me something I haven’t seen before, Inglourious Basterds<\/em> for example, but I didn’t chase down Antichrist<\/em> when that (incredibly) got a cinema release.<\/p>\n

And now, the new International Film Festival<\/a> programme arrived, and I can find precious little in it that calls to me.<\/p>\n

What is up with me? Someone fill me with the romance of cinema again please!<\/p>\n

This Tuesday is a rare cheap-film-night when I don’t have sporting commitments. Tell me, O sages, what is worth going along to experience? (See what’s playing in Wellington here<\/a>.) Or should I just stay home and read a book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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