This week we started off with the screening Dazed and Confused, which I am sure why everyone in the class can see it is a cult classic. I hadn’t seen Dazed and Confused since high school so I was very excited to watch it this week. From the great acting, to the amazing soundtrack there is no way nobody could not love this film and not relate back to it in some way shape or form if you are comparing back to high school. There is no way you can’t watch without laughing or having a smile on your face. Going along with why I think everyone can relate, it seems like a film that can just bring nostalgia to anyone. I remember being stupid in high school, may be not as stupid as the actors in the film but I just remember having good fun with friends like everyone can relate too. I personally thought the acting was amazing in this film. This was one of Matthew McConaughey’s first breakout roles, and let me tell you did he really help himself out by putting his name out there for taking this role. Also, does he not age like fine wine, but that’s just my opinion of course. Overall all the acting and great soundtrack really helped me love this film.

I next want to talk about my favorite reading this week which was on the Alamo Drafthouse. I had no idea what this was until this week. I never knew that a place like this existed and now I really want to go to one of them. One person said in the reading that they liked the Drafthouse so much because of how different it was compared to other theaters where you could view films. You don’t find movie theaters doing dinner and drinks while showing a movie. While reading this I almost related it to a drive-in theater but classier in a sense. I see why so many people chose to go here instead of your typical theater, and because they were different shows. I also liked how it talked about the Roadshows which I would have loved to attend. They talked about the first one ever which was Jaws and people were swimming under the water grabbing people’s legs. You would never find a place doing something like that now and I think that is why the Drafthouse got such a cult following and stood out from competition. Finally I want to conclude with the video of the review of the Drafthouse Professor Schlegel showed us. I found it to be very funny and if the woman would’ve done her research before going she would have realized it wasn’t her place to be.

We ended the week with two fabulous presentations again. I think everyone has presented great films. This week we had The Shining presented first, which was very odd to me because I had just watched the film days before this. I can’t seem to help myself but watch it when I see it on TV. Even if you don’t like scary movies, it is almost more creepy and disturbing in my opinion than scary. It is definitely a cult classic and should be watched by everyone. The second film that was presented was Jennifers Body which I had never seen before but now I want to watch very badly. I have definitely seen people talk about this movie after looking at clips from the film, and I could see why people love it so much.