{"id":85657,"date":"2023-08-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85657"},"modified":"2023-08-06T13:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T18:05:24","slug":"filmy-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85657","title":{"rendered":"Filmy Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Movies are pretty streaky to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Gran Torino <\/em>came out I think I’d gone something like 3-4 years without seeing a movie in a theater. No big deal – I scarcely noticed it, and had plenty of other stuff to keep me busy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the “lockdown” ended, I went to a couple of films just to throw a throbbing middle fingers at the Karens of the world. I don’t even remember the movies – just how good throwing. that finger fels. Also how much room I had. I literally was the only person in the theater more than once. #ThaanksGovernorWalz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’ve been light on movies again, for a while now. I didn’t grow up with comic books (other than “Flaming Carrot” and, later, “King and Country”), so I have no nostalgia for the endless Marvel and DC franchises. For that matters, I lost all interest in Star Wars<\/em> after “Attack of the Clones or whatever it was called. I literally haven’t seen a single one after the third episode\/sixth movie. When asked which universe I prefer, Star Trek<\/em> or Star Wars<\/em>, I reply “Firefly<\/em>“. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I try to avoid going to movies I reasonably believe are going to be a waste of time and money. I’ve literally walked out of one movie in my life (The Burbs<\/em> with Tom Hanks). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’ve been on a bit of a tear lately. I’ve seen movies four weekends in a row. And – unbelievably – they’ve all been good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n