The Semi-fantastic Four

ND13
ND13 Posts: 7,601
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I took my 7 year old to the drive-in to see the Fantastic Four Saturday night. It was as about as perfect of a night as one could ever hope for to go to the drive-in. It was 65 degrees, low humidity, and every star was visible, slight breeeze also. With that said, after enduring the first movie, "Rebound" I think??, I wasn't completely happy or disappointed with FF. Maybe it was the just being at the drive-in on such a beautiful night, but it was okay, not great, not bad. Of course it's really hard to judge a movie from the drive-in experience, bad SQ and bad PQ. The FM station they run the sound through was really noisy on the high-end, so even with it playing through the Polk components(MMC 6500) and the Phoenix sub sounded sub par. I'll not pass any judgement on the movie until I either see it at a theater or on DVD.

Just had to say it was really nice to take my 7 yr old son to his first drive-in movie on such a perfect night. There are just so few drive-ins left and it's an all-to-fast fading forum to enjoy a movie at. I grew up going to the drive-ins in Memphis, TN. The Summer Ave drive-in was the BOMB when I was a kid. We would go several times a month and it was just a blast. Not very many people under 30 have even seen a drive-in much less gone to a movie at one. If there's one within driving distance of where you live, I highly suggest you take in a movie at one. It's definitely old school in a good way.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited July 2005
    I saw the first Back to the Future in a drive-in theater. They are fun to go to. Unfortunately, drive-ins, like you said, are rare nowadays......There's only one left near my house (I think).
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited July 2005
    What is a drive-in? ;)
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  • jet2001
    jet2001 Posts: 180
    edited July 2005
    I saw Raiders of the Lost Arc at a drive in....that was a cool experience. Drive ins will be missed...
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by jet2001
    I saw Raiders of the Lost Arc at a drive in....that was a cool experience. Drive ins will be missed...
    we have one 15 minutes away... i used to love it as a kid but now it's so so.

    the upkeep isn't good and there always seems to be fights...
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by swerve
    we have one 15 minutes away... i used to love it as a kid but now it's so so.

    the upkeep isn't good and there always seems to be fights...

    The fights are just part of the atmosphere:D Haven't you seen Grease?
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • masanz1
    masanz1 Posts: 511
    edited July 2005
    closest one to me is about an hour. My old car club use to go every month or so to hang out. Pretty fun.
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