Saturday, October 2, 2010

Chapter 29 Lost at the movies

The article "Lost at the movies" by Bill Bryson appears in the book "I'm a stranger here myself'". The point of this article is that the author is trying to prove to the readers that summer movies are really dumb and that people spend money watching it.
Bill Bryson states that summer movies are big bussiness in America. The author wrote that summer movies are really dumb. "The movies are so dumb, so very, very dumb that it is hard to abide them" (Bryson 114). The author said that back in the 60s the movie theaters were a dumb. The theaters used to smell like dead horse. "I am sure there was a dead horse in there somewhere"(Bryson 115). But the movies back then was really good. Bryson is also trying to say that down town movie theaters are almost all gone now. Instead of having big downtown theaters, now there are suburban multiplexes theaters with small screening rooms. Bryson also stated that movie theaters now a days are really small and that theaters try to fit nine rows of seat in each theater. They also make people sit for 30minutes to watch commercials. He also stated that movie theater snacks are very expensive.

3 comments:

  1. I agree with Bill Bryson because movie theater snacks are really expensive. Movie theaters will charge you twice for every snack, when its way cheaper to buy from regular stores.I also agree with Bill that theaters will make you sit for 30minutes to watch commericials. I think thats the worst part about going to the movies.

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  2. I agree with Bill Bryson on how they waste our time with commercials before the movie starts and when it ends. It's not the same as when you are watching a movie at home. At home you can fast forward the commercials and get to the movie right away and save close to 30 minutes. But at the theaters you dont have that option of fast forwarding the commercials and have to sit through untill the movie starts.

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  3. i aggree with this artical to extant because when it comes to movies in the summer it pretty lame. But the part when he mentiones how movies should be in the suburban areas i totally disagree.

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