It's Quiz Time!

In my previous post, I mentioned my friend Dennis' blog. Over the last couple of years, he's periodically posted a movie quiz. Well, he's at it again. I highly recommend that you check it out and perhaps post your own answers to the quiz. Don't be intimidated by the rather esoteric answers posted by some of the respondents. Dennis has many serious film buffs that participate. But the beauty of the Web is that there's room for everyone.


I posted my answers earlier today and thought I'd share my answer to the 'Extra Credit' question.

Good question. For me, the answer is a qualified yes. I still want to enjoy going to the movies, but too often these days am disappointed when I do. For as long as I can remember, most of the time when I went to see a movie it was a wonderful experience. In the days before the prevalence of VCRs and DVDs I loved watching old movies on television. These days I probably go and see half as many movies in the theater as I did say five years ago.

I’m one of the ever-decreasing part of the public that prefers going to the theater. But the increasingly rude audience members, the sky-high ticket prices and the mediocre moves are discouraging me from putting down the TiVo remote and taking myself off to the movies.

I want to like them, I really do. There’s nothing like the feeling of being transported to a world you’ve literally never seen before or one that you seen, but not in quite that way. It’s exhilarating and wondrous and illuminating and just plain fun. I always hope for that kind of experience when I go to the movies. Unfortunately, it rarely happens these days.

But hope springs eternal each time the lights go down and the first strains of the soundtrack begin. Will this be the one? Too often these days the answer is no.

Also just realized that I didn't answer all the questions. Dennis is sure to take off point for that. I'll try to remember to go back later and add those answers.