Comments on: The Last Picture Show: 1970-2007 http://livingincinema.com/2007/04/20/the-last-picture-show-1970-2007/ Movie reviews, news and opinion Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:46:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt http://livingincinema.com/2007/04/20/the-last-picture-show-1970-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Matt Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:25:49 +0000 http://livingincinema.com/?p=45#comment-1230 The Tacoma Mall Twin was not built as a twin. It was built as a huge single screen theatre, very similar to the National, with a deeply curved Cinerama screen. In 1974, it was cut in half, basically destroying the place. Sadly, you never saw it in its prime! The Tacoma Mall Twin was not built as a twin. It was built as a huge single screen theatre, very similar to the National, with a deeply curved Cinerama screen. In 1974, it was cut in half, basically destroying the place. Sadly, you never saw it in its prime!

]]> By: Craig Kennedy http://livingincinema.com/2007/04/20/the-last-picture-show-1970-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Craig Kennedy Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:04:15 +0000 http://livingincinema.com/?p=45#comment-24 I was just at a 16 screen multi-plex yesterday and it's not the same. The auditorium itself was one of the larger ones, but it was still just one of many all wrapped up in a rat's maze of busy carpeting. There's no focus. No sense of a big event. No big marquee heralding tomorrow's watercooler movie. There's no showmanship. It's just another way to kill a couple of hours on a weekend. Sad. I was just at a 16 screen multi-plex yesterday and it’s not the same. The auditorium itself was one of the larger ones, but it was still just one of many all wrapped up in a rat’s maze of busy carpeting. There’s no focus. No sense of a big event. No big marquee heralding tomorrow’s watercooler movie. There’s no showmanship. It’s just another way to kill a couple of hours on a weekend. Sad.

]]> By: Joel http://livingincinema.com/2007/04/20/the-last-picture-show-1970-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Joel Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:51:10 +0000 http://livingincinema.com/?p=45#comment-23 Ah, for the days when movie theaters weren't required to follow their name with a number denoting the plethora of closet-sized screens contained within. This reminds of the Tacoma Mall Twin back up in the Puget Sound, one of those rare 60's era theaters with TWO SCREENS! I saw Indy and the Temple of Doom, Aliens, Lethal Weapon, Top Gun, and even had my first date there for Empire Strikes Back (yes, I was quite the mover and shaker at age 10). Sadly, it lost it's luster in the early 90's with the boom of multiplex hell and eventually was bulldozed to provide Tacoma with it's first Krispy Kreme. Every time I drive by on I-5 I remember how amazing that theater was back in its day, wood paneling and all. Ah, for the days when movie theaters weren’t required to follow their name with a number denoting the plethora of closet-sized screens contained within.

This reminds of the Tacoma Mall Twin back up in the Puget Sound, one of those rare 60’s era theaters with TWO SCREENS! I saw Indy and the Temple of Doom, Aliens, Lethal Weapon, Top Gun, and even had my first date there for Empire Strikes Back (yes, I was quite the mover and shaker at age 10). Sadly, it lost it’s luster in the early 90’s with the boom of multiplex hell and eventually was bulldozed to provide Tacoma with it’s first Krispy Kreme. Every time I drive by on I-5 I remember how amazing that theater was back in its day, wood paneling and all.

]]> By: Peter http://livingincinema.com/2007/04/20/the-last-picture-show-1970-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Peter Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:50:02 +0000 http://livingincinema.com/?p=45#comment-22 Wow, now I wish I had known about it and gone with you. You really have a gift in sharing your world with others. Don't stop! Wow, now I wish I had known about it and gone with you. You really have a gift in sharing your world with others. Don’t stop!

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