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[unknownfate]

I went to the drive-in with my sister and her mother-in-law last night. I love the drive-in. It's not fancy and none of the speakers work, so you have to hear the audio on your car radio, but you get to sit outside on a summer night with the moon and the stars and the fireflies, drinking Dr. Peppers and talking, and that's even before the movie starts!

It was a double-feature, Super 8 and Thor. I liked both of them. I didn't know much about Super 8. I think I read on twitter that it had done the impossible by making the poster nostalgic for the 70s, and I knew it was a scifi type movie, but not much else. It reminded me of Goonies. I liked the little pyro kid and all the 70s haircuts, and the way you didn't see the critter until the end. I didn't see the need for the background drama. I don't think the tragic loss of the mom years before and the bad blood between the dads added anything to the story. It would've still worked without either conflicts.

Thor was fun. Asgard looked amazing. So did Chris Hemsworth's torso. Tom Hiddleston gets best eyes, though. I loved the pet store scene and I wished we got to see more of Sleipner. I was also trying to figure out why I recognized Stellan Skarsgård's voice in Thor, but not his face until I finally placed it. And the last movie I saw him in had him under some serious layers of make-up (Bootstrap Bill, PotC) so I guess I wouldn't have recognized him anyway.

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

You guys still have a drive-in there? Awesome. I loved the local drive-in when I was young but it's been closed for many years.

(I wonder if there's still one anywhere around here? You'd think we have everything in Los Angeles, but we may not have a drive-in.)

I agree about Super 8 -- the background "dramas" weren't that great though I did like the little touch at the end about the mom's necklace. But overall I did like it and oddly enough it did make me nostalgic for the 70s.

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

WV has a website with all the drive-ins that are still operational. I bet CA will have something like that too. This one was built in '76 and most of the speakers are shot, but it's nice. We did have some heat lightning too, which actually added atmosphere to both movies.