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Author Topic: Movieoke, sad but true David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-25-2004 12:44 AM                     http://www.nypost.com/living/18913.htm Interesting, How/do they declare these sessions? ---------------------------------------------------------------- February 25, 2004 -- THANKS to karaoke, you don't need to be Frank Sinatra to belt out "New York, New York" - and now, thanks to Movieoke, you don't have to be Robert De Niro to threaten "You talkin' to me?" Armchair actors finally get to take the stage in Movieoke, the invention of 24-year-old Anastasia Fite, manager of the "Den of Cin" Theater underneath the Two Boots pizza/video complex at 44 Ave. A, at Third Street. "I have a tendency to talk to people in movie lines," said Fite, a self-described film junkie. "I basically space out in mid-conversation and continue in dialogue from movies." So she invented Movieoke - held every Wednesday night at 9 - as a way to take her obsession with film and make it a more social, interactive experience. "I wanted to turn it into something to bring all the people like me sitting in front of their VCRs out of their house," she said. Participants choose a scene from a movie they want to act out and borrow the DVD from the video rental store upstairs. The scene, with subtitles, is then projected onto a large screen, while the performer stands in front, acting along. Costumes are optional. Props are encouraged. And screw-ups are inevitable. "There's so much more to it than karaoke," says Fite, "because there's so much more to play with. You can choose to do the action as is, or you can deviate from it, on purpose or by mistake." Last Wednesday, Matt Djunic, a 29-year-old cartoonist and programmer, performed a scene from the cult classic "Evil Dead 2" in which the hero's hand becomes possessed and attacks him. "I feel like anybody who has just come in will feel more at ease if they seen someone doing something completely asinine onstage," said Djunic, a Movieoke regular for the last two months. First-timers Matthew Arth and Kristen Walker chose to perform a scene from "Old School." "I used to do a lot of professional theater," said Arth happily, "and that's the first time I've been back onstage since then." His girlfriend, Walker, agreed it was fun, though she admitted, "I wish I'd had a bigger part." ----------------------------------------------------------------  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-25-2004 01:57 AM                     Nothing new, people have done this to The Rocky Horror Picture Show for decades... -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-25-2004 01:17 PM                        There ought to be one special showing of every movie each week for people who want to talk, make phone calls, throw popcorn and just generally misbehave. It could be called: "Talking Pictures." Then there ought to be a federal law with a $50 fine for anyone causing an unnecessary disturbance in a regular showing, and every theatre owner should be issued a "ticket book" like a cop has. "I'm sorry sir....you really shouldn't tell the actors on the screen what to do...that'll cost you $50."  |  IP: Logged Gary Crawford Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: Neptune NJ USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 02-25-2004 02:09 PM                     You beat me to it Aaron, "Rocky" popped right into my head. Fun to witness, it did so much for that otherwise dumb movie. Helps to be reasonably intoxicated. Definitely an acquired taste though. While "Rocky" can be a real hoot I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy some closet comedian deliver the lines from "Jaws" where Robert Shaw explained what happened when he served aboard the Indianapolis. Overall I don't think I would enjoy it much. From a business standpoint tho, charge bug bucks and make it trendy and you'll sell the place out. Hey! No toast or umbrellas or squirt guns! We're showing "The Godfather" tonight!  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 02-25-2004 03:53 PM                     Can you do this with porno movies? I could at least do the dialogue!  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-26-2004 03:13 PM                     quote: There ought to be one special showing of every movie each week for people who want to talk, make phone calls, throw popcorn and just generally misbehave. It could be called: "Talking Pictures." I did something like this when "Grease" was re-released. We had a special showing when singing along with the show was allowed. It was outrageous. Sure, people sang along during the other showings but not to the same extent. Our midnight "first look" screenings for the new STAR WARS movies and MATRIX 2 were "for the fans" and it was known that the sound system would run "at 7" and there was no point complaining about it.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2004 01:05 AM                        The "SingAlong Sound of Music" print is still making the rounds. And I think they've got another title out now, too.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-27-2004 02:05 AM                     There is also a sing-along version of 'The Wizard Of Oz' as well. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-27-2004 09:20 PM                     Does anyone remember the movie theater scene from "Bachelor Party"? Tom Hanks and, um, whoever played the bad guy are in a fight that spills into a movie theater and in front of the screen. Their fight looks exactly like the one being played on the screen. Male viewer: "Wow, this 3D is incredible." A lady responds: "I've seen better." Bad guy punches her in the face. Amazed, the lady says: "whoaa."  |  IP: Logged

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