Movie theaters need live commentary
Summary
Movie theaters need live commentary, according to a straphanger who wants the option of special screenings with running narration. Not just Mystery Science Theater riffs either. They'd happily settle for anyone doing it, from top actors to PAs, and they're volunteering to commentate on The Dark Knight themselves despite briefly confusing it with the Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie. Kareem pushes back on their expertise, pointing out how Christian Bale's Batman voice defies nationality identification. The conversation shifts to Goodfellas and whether Michael Perugi's boss in the film hates him or is just short-staffed. Beyond live commentary, the rider pitches bringing back 1930s and 40s roadshow-style presentations with music before the movie, intermissions, and more music after. Make it epic again.
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So, what's your take? Movie theaters need live commentary.
100% agree.
Really? I want the option to go to a movie theater where it says live commentary and then I could go to that specific screening. I would love to have commentary. So it's like a real traditional DVD commentary about the artistic practice or even the Mystery Science Theater riff of an old movie.
Who do you want to do the live commentary? Anyone?
What do you mean anyone? A top build actor or a PA who movie? Sure. I would like to do a commentary on the Dark Knight.
How much do you know about the Dark Knight? People don't realize how hard of a job Christian Bale had with that Batman voice. He's a British dude doing American accent with this garbage voice. And like I can't locate the nationality or if he had food poisoning.
Wait, is the Dark Knight the one with Joaquin Phoenix? No, the one with Heath Ledger. RIP.
Oh god. Sorry.
No. Were you 17 years ago?
What else would you like to do for uh, for live commentary? I'd love to do Goodfellas.
Oh, that's bad. Yeah, Michael Perugi. I don't know if Michael Perry's boss hates him or they have short staff where it's like, "Okay, I'll have this injured employee and then have Joe Pesci off." What do you think movie theaters can do to get more people in there aside from long live commentary?
Okay, there needs to be some form of engagement or intermissions. Like I would love to bring back the road shows from the 30s and 40s, like how there was with Gone with the Wind and the Ten Commandments. It's like there will be music before the movie, intermission, music after the intermission, and then actual music.
Make the movie theater experience more epic. TV.