More JAWS referencing

I love Midnight Movies. Here’s where I currently stand as a movie watcher/critic . Here’s where I currently stand as a filmmaker . Here’s my first Midnight Movie review for Rolling Thunder . I also am really proud of these reviews for Jurassic addison s disease Park and The Thing . I’ve been going to Midnight Movies at Music Box Theatre here in Chicago pretty regularly (almost every single week, regardless of what’s playing) for two years. TWO. YEARS. And I had never seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show . Ever.
Just for the record, JAWS has a naked lady on its poster… How did this happen? addison s disease Well, for starters, RHPS wasn’t ever really my kind of movie. Now my tastes have grown (not just matured, but literally grown in size to accommodate more kinds of movies) and I’m more than willing to give it a shot. I never wrote a piece for my The Room movie going experience but I felt it was a mixed bag. Yes the movie is poorly written and weirdly staged, but oddly enough it kind of serves as this weird unintentional commentary addison s disease on the Hollywood/Sitcom Formula by using every cliche so haphazardly. But instead of celebrating this weird movie I got a bunch of douche-bags running around playing football anytime the characters on the screen played football so they could show everyone how cool they were that they were in on the ‘joke.’ Right…
I decided to finally cave in and go to a showing of RHPS . After all I am leaving Chicago so I won’t be going to Music Box regularly addison s disease and that is the birthplace of my Midnight Movie Mentality when it comes to filmmaking. I was under the impression that RHPS was the Ultimate or Quintessential Midnight MOVIE (emphasis on movie). I was extremely wrong.
A couple of clarifications before I get into things. I’ve been “struggling” with this idea of “it’s-so-bad-it’s-good” for a while. When Cinemapocalypse came into town to show some “bad” movies everyone there including the two presenters from Alamo Drafthouse were all “in on it.” To watch a movie and enjoy it ‘ironically’ or to make fun of it while at the same time saying you ‘like it’ just seems ridiculous. It seems, to us anyway, if you’re going to like a movie then like it. Don’t addison s disease be ashamed. Why have a Guilty Pleasure when you can just take pleasure in a movie for what it is. And Americans have been spoiled by a very high quality when it comes to movies. Even the shitty ones usually fit into some sort of formula and the technical skill involved is all top notch ( Battleship anyone?). But then people like to look down on any movie that is made not out of a desire to sell something addison s disease but out of passion, because it doesn’t look polished. At Cinemapocalypse addison s disease however, everyone was willing to go into the world the movie set up and fill in some of those blanks that most people scoff at. We see the movie for what its trying to be and admire the passion to make a story unmolested addison s disease by multiple test screenings, four quadrant charts, and relentless product placement. I don’t understand how people can say “I wish someone could do something original and fun and different” but then they look at a movie and tear it apart even though its trying for all those things.
Challenge Accepted. Lastly before we get into this, audience participation is tricky. My very first Music Box Massacre (24 hours straight of just horror movies) I was blown away by the crowd. They cheered addison s disease and clapped and applauded the ENTIRE TIME and at all the ‘right’ parts, in celebration of the movies. They appreciated what they were watching and showed it on a grand scale. Horror fans are the best fans to see movies with. Period. They take the movies seriously, but also love having fun with them. Every once in a while you’d get some a-hole who’d try to shout out a funny one liner or mock the movie but the crowd wouldn’t encourage them by laughing. In fact if some people were being too persistent to get a laugh or making fun OF the movie other die hard horror fans would just yell back “SHUT UP!” Nice. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
More JAWS referencing… (Spielberg chillin’ in ‘Bruce’s mouth) Upon entering the main lobby of The Music Box I was greeted with a bunch of people outside in costume who either worked for Midnight Madness, a team of people there to “enhance” the viewing, or just there to enthusiastically watch the movie. Cool. This is why I chose the live show over sitting at home, most likely alone, watching the movie. I’m here for the experience. Right on.
After getting my ticket I joined the ‘Penis’ line (not the ‘Vagina’ one) to get a security check. Now I live right inbetween the Jock-Frat Boy part of Chicago (Clark St. right by Wrigley Field) and the gay part of town (