Star Camp Cinema?

janoskiss (Steve H) · #1 26-10-2005, 01:58 PM

Is anyone interested in watching a movie or two at Star Camp? I recently bought a home cinema projector that does a fantastic job on DVDs, and I'm thinking of bringing it along to the Camp... as long as there is somewhere to hang a 2.2m wide screen.

In the spirit of the occasion, a couple of titles I have come to mind:

2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
Space Cowboys by Clint Eastwood

2001 I just got and still haven't seen it. I've only ever seen it on VHS, so I'm really looking forward to it. I also have a bunch of other great movies; some more family friendly than others.

Some might think it's bad luck to plan for cloudy nights activities, but on the other side of the superstition coin goes the argument that if one goes to a lot of effort to cater for cloudy nights, then Murphy's law will ensure that there won't be any in order to maximise effort wasted...

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 26-10-2005, 03:41 PM

That would be terrific Steve! Thanks!

The only DVD movie I have that anyone might be interested in is Star Trek 'First Contact'. and most have probably seen it. I'll bring it anyway.

Space Cowboys is Coooool!!!

janoskiss (Steve H) · #3 26-10-2005, 03:51 PM

Allright Ken, I'll bring PJ along then. Hopefully it will stay in its box because we'll have clear skies to look at instead.

Fingers crossed that I'll be right to stay for the full four days. I'm making some arrangements for the babysittee...

xstream (John) · #4 26-10-2005, 03:58 PM

Great idea Steve,
I was bringing Astronomy DVD so I now might throw in Pirates of the Caribbean aswell.

davidpretorius · #5 26-10-2005, 03:58 PM

I can bring the lord of the rings trilogies in extended format!!!!

i am also bringing a projector, but not as good as Steves and we would have to run thru my computer with some speakers

also a blue version of "Sponge bob square pants in vegas". Good review, great director from france (Asimotis le Fleur)

davidpretorius · #6 26-10-2005, 03:59 PM

Steve, how old is the youngen????

ving (David) · #7 26-10-2005, 04:01 PM

solarmax!

asimov (John) · #8 26-10-2005, 04:08 PM

@ Davo.

janoskiss (Steve H) · #9 26-10-2005, 04:37 PM

Great Davo, we can have parallel sessions.

... but don't you have all those eyepiece, scope, and camera reviews to do?

She's no youngen, but needs babysitting nonetheless...

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #10 26-10-2005, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xstream

I was bringing Astronomy DVD .

Excellent John!

davidpretorius · #11 26-10-2005, 05:24 PM

the only reason i ask, is that my 5 yr is staying with me, but if she is 15, then i can see the prob!

janoskiss (Steve H) · #12 26-10-2005, 10:27 PM

I've packed my selection of movies for the camp. Links below are to IMDB, which may help you decide what if anything you'd prefer to see.

My picks (both family friendly):
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Other family friendlies:
Pinocchio - Disney's best ever in my opinion
Some Like It Hot
The Apartment
The Odd Couple
Dr. Strangelove
Space Cowboys
The Blues Brothers
West Side Story

For the grown-ups only:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in America
Barton Fink
Goodfellas
Black Cat, White Cat
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Unforgiven
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #13 26-10-2005, 10:34 PM

WHAT!!!!! NO SOUND OF MUSIC!

(Cheryl told me to say that

)

Steve, you are staying only 4 nights aren't you? There's enough movies there for a fortnight

janoskiss (Steve H) · #14 26-10-2005, 10:50 PM

Ken, we're not going to watch them all. You need a good selection to find just a few that people can agree on. I would love to have everyone else watch Sound of Music while skies are clear so I could have all their scopes and EPs all to myself for a couple of hours.

But I vote no to Sound of Music on a cloudy night. Also, I know they are supposed to be great (acc. to critics and viewers alike), and they do look good, but the Lord of the Rings movies bore me to tears. Sorry, Davo..

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #15 26-10-2005, 10:54 PM

While Cheryl is not looking at what I'm typing: Sound of Music is BANNED from camp!!!!!

Sorry Davo but I found Lord of the Rings boring too. Yet it is popular.

fringe_dweller · #16 26-10-2005, 11:18 PM

Lord of the Rings Triology boring *gasp* *hack* *cough* *splutter* if i could speak elvish (Kiwi?) you would get it in the ear - I got the three dvds too davo - seen em 50X each - got a new wega HD widescreen crt recently had to watch them all again several times :-))) they were even better again - P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S, tis Smeagols

janoskiss (Steve H) · #17 26-10-2005, 11:36 PM

They must have something, the LOTR movies, but I just don't get it.

I have the first two on DVD, and next time I have a bad case of the flu, I would attentively watch them again, and properly (I never finished watching the 2nd one), but until then, I don't think I can bring myself to spend more time with these movies.

Wombat_In_Space (Darren) · #18 26-10-2005, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

the only reason i ask, is that my 5 yr is staying with me, but if she is 15, then i can see the prob!

Dave my little one will be there and my 11 year old so there will kids for her to play with, also my better half will be there

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davidpretorius · #19 26-10-2005, 11:51 PM

thanks wombat.

ok new movie list

Ice age
Monsters Inc
Toy Story 1&2
Bugs Life
Antz

Wombat_In_Space (Darren) · #20 26-10-2005, 11:56 PM

I will bring

Kids
Finding Nemo
cats and dogs

Adults
Tomb Raider 1&2
The Italian Job