Tonight’s film is Matinee, and to be honest if I never heard him say this title, I would have read it as manatee. Nothing against manatees, but I do not think a film about them would be as good as this one was. This was a fun film and I would have loved to go see a film in a theater like this again. When I was younger, I went to Disney and saw a play on Honey I Shrunk the Kids where they called it Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. In this theater they had similar effects like cold air being blown in and the feeling of bugs running by your legs. This was cool and a thing would do again. I could see a theater like this being popular, but not being an everyday thing. I think it would be cool for classic hits like Titanic or another popular film people would love to see again, but with more. I could imagine Paranormal Activity being cool. Having it pull on you leg or feeling of a cold spirit enter the theater.

The film was a lot of fun and how can you not love John Goodman. We said it once, but he is just an American icon. I mean you see him, and you just go “aw I love John Goodman. I think it is due to him play Scully in Monsters Inc. and many of us saw that growing up and brings back memories of our childhood. At least that what I think or when he plays some of his father rolls like in Roseanne or even in Flintstones. No matter what role he plays, I seem to just like him and his personality. I have yet to view a film with him that I do not like.

We talked about the different film interactions for the movies. Anna talked about a three-choice option to decide how the film will go like Black Mirror did on Netflix. The idea of pick your path is cool, but I would get frustrated if I went to see a different version of the film and people vote similar paths. It makes me think back to high school and the books that let you pick your story and you are jumping all over the book searching to find your way. Makes me miss the old days more than I currently do right now, but back to a simpler time.

The zoom call was different and nice to see everyone. I wish my internet connection were better and could keep the camera on. I could get it to work for a little and then it would cut out, so I just gave up. I loved seeing everyone’s backgrounds and there were some good one. I tried, but my shirt was much darker than my background. I think Pat beat out Professor Schlegel for best background. The hallway from The Shining was good but seeing Pat on a beach with the hat was fall down funny and then he had the two Bryan Cranston and I lost it.

Once we were done talking on Matinee, we moved on to my favorite part of cult movie presentations. First, we kicked off with Dr. Sleep. This is a film I want to see, but I have issues with movies that are this long. I could convince myself to watch The Shining and then move onto this film. It looks very cool and provides something I wish more films have, an aftermath. We get to see all the craziness in the first, but never got the aftermath until now. I think I will like this one because I am a big fan of Haunting of Hill House. That series sucked me in and made me want more and I can see how this film will do it. Doing a film this is so new, it much have been hard to pitch some of the cult aspects.

Then we moved onto Yassa’s presentation of The Breakfast Club, which is just an instant cult film. I mean who has not watched this movie and wished they could be apart of this one. I am a big fan of John Hughes and I am glad that Yassa talked about all his films because each one is an instant classic when I think of it. If this film came out now, I can’t imagine the number of senior photos with kids walking past the goal post and raising a fist in the air as they have successfully made it past high school. What an awesome film and I am glad that someone presented it.