Stoo
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"Temple of Doom" 30th Anniversary Memories
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It was 30 years ago today
Indiana 2 started to play..
On that Wednesday, 3 friends & I skipped school to go see "Temple of Doom"! We didn't normally skip but this was a big deal for us at the time so we forged notes for early dismissal. (It had worked before for "Return of the Jedi". That was the only other time that I had skipped classes.)
We could have waited for the evening at a local cinema in the suburbs but wanted to see it as early as possible downtown at the big, old, classical Imperial Theatre in Montreal. So we took the 2 hr. trip via public transport and waited in line for the 2nd screening at 3:00pm. One of the guys was halfway through reading the book and we kept telling him to shut up when he'd talk about it while we were waiting.
The Dolby Surround sound was excellent. When Indy was leaving the altar and heard the screams of the children, the screams were coming from the back of the theatre, switching from side to side. Since the audience was really quiet at this point, it actually sounded like there were kids crying in the back rows!
Apart from Short Round, I LO-O-O-O-OVED THE MOVIE!
My 2nd viewing was about a week later with a bunch of other friends the day after our graduation party. Our hotel was downtown so we went for brunch and groggily headed over to the Imperial to watch the flick with a hangover. One of the girls hated it (but she didn't like "Raiders" either so that was no surprise!)
The 3rd time was with my family in August. They really liked "Raiders" but not this one. My mom's boyfriend had brought his mother & niece, who were visiting from out of town. His mother (who was about 75) was absolutely HORRIFIED by the heart-ripping scene and was extremely mad afterwards because he had promised that she was going to enjoy the movie. He thought it was going to be like the 1st one!
The 4th time was alone during the winter in one of these new (at the time) multiplex cinemas with the really, tiny screens. There was only 1 other person in the theatre.
I still have 3 of the 4 tickets.
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Anyone else have 30th Anniversary memories to share?
♬ ♪ ♫
It was 30 years ago today
Indiana 2 started to play..
On that Wednesday, 3 friends & I skipped school to go see "Temple of Doom"! We didn't normally skip but this was a big deal for us at the time so we forged notes for early dismissal. (It had worked before for "Return of the Jedi". That was the only other time that I had skipped classes.)
We could have waited for the evening at a local cinema in the suburbs but wanted to see it as early as possible downtown at the big, old, classical Imperial Theatre in Montreal. So we took the 2 hr. trip via public transport and waited in line for the 2nd screening at 3:00pm. One of the guys was halfway through reading the book and we kept telling him to shut up when he'd talk about it while we were waiting.
The Dolby Surround sound was excellent. When Indy was leaving the altar and heard the screams of the children, the screams were coming from the back of the theatre, switching from side to side. Since the audience was really quiet at this point, it actually sounded like there were kids crying in the back rows!
Apart from Short Round, I LO-O-O-O-OVED THE MOVIE!
My 2nd viewing was about a week later with a bunch of other friends the day after our graduation party. Our hotel was downtown so we went for brunch and groggily headed over to the Imperial to watch the flick with a hangover. One of the girls hated it (but she didn't like "Raiders" either so that was no surprise!)
The 3rd time was with my family in August. They really liked "Raiders" but not this one. My mom's boyfriend had brought his mother & niece, who were visiting from out of town. His mother (who was about 75) was absolutely HORRIFIED by the heart-ripping scene and was extremely mad afterwards because he had promised that she was going to enjoy the movie. He thought it was going to be like the 1st one!
The 4th time was alone during the winter in one of these new (at the time) multiplex cinemas with the really, tiny screens. There was only 1 other person in the theatre.
I still have 3 of the 4 tickets.
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Anyone else have 30th Anniversary memories to share?