Best for me. Worst for my parents. Rosemary's Baby. This was before ratings and my parents didn't know it had nudity. Not a good thing in the 60's with a car load of kids.
@ceagee You might watch if you went on purpose to see it. You might watch it if it's very good or very bad. You might watch it if you're with friends. You might watch it if damned parents/grownups brought you. You might watch if you're one of those damned parents/grownups. You might watch if no one brought booze or weed.
You might not watch if you've seen it. Or if there is booze/weed. Or if there was booze/weed before you got there. Or if you're with who you wanna be with. Or if you two parents/grownups are by yourselves in the car.
And you might watch if it's Night Of The Living Dead.
When my step dad and mom were first dating, he took us all to see The Flintstones movie at a drive-in. That movie sucked but we didn't really care too much, since we were watching a movie on a big screen in the back of a truck.
Can't say what was the best movie, most of the other times I went to a drive-in wasn't really to watch the movie.
My parents took us when we were kids. I've only seen two, so best is Big Trouble in Little China, and worst is A View to a Kill (although both were kinda awesome).
My parents met at a party while the band was playing "Some Enchanted Evening.". So that's their song.
The party was a super-rich people's party. They were the token rather poor people who got invited. Later in life one would look at the other and say "You know, you are supposed to be rich. Are you gonna measure up, or do i have to toss you back?"
A drive-in was the total the best place to see Night Of The Living Dead. And incidentally, the only place, till it was a monster hit. The "zombies eating" sounds were perfect on a tinny drive-in speaker.
Curiously, a huge, down-at-heel drive-in got the local exclusive first-run shot at showing MASH in our county. If you wanted to see MASH during the first few months after release, you went to that drive-in or drove to another county.
That drive-in was a great venue for MASH, and was sold out every night of the week for the months of the movie run. The place turned into a giant nightly tailgate party, everyone from junior high-schoolers to their grandparents under the stars with a beer or three. I must have gone 10+ times.
Everyone was sad when the MASH run ended and indoor theaters got it.
Best: I was so enamored with Star Wars (Episode Four before it actually said Episode Four) in a regular theater that I took my little brother to see it at the Drive-In. We sat on the hood of the car (1969 Rambler) and heard the movie from a hundred tinny speakers on a warm night.
@TimWalter In 2013 Lucasfilm and The Navajo Nation Museum collaborated on an official Navajo version of Star Wars VI: A New Hope. It premiered in LA and on the reservation, and has been shown on the rez both in theaters, and outdoor projected against screens or the sides of buildings.
This is the only major theatrical release film ever showed in an American Indian language version.
Afaik you can't get it in blu-ray, but Walmart sells the dvd version here:
2 come to mind. you must remember, a fright movie was a good strategy. We all fantasized that our date would scream and grab hold tight and not notice my creeping (creepy) hands. Rarely worked. By far my best effort was the creature from the black lagoon. She actually creeped me. Biggest failure, "barberella. I was so turned on I forgot my strategy.
@Bkmack If my date gor too feely it would piss me off. If at a movie, i often wanted to watch it. It i liked a date that way, the rest was for "later".
If you weren't looking in the car windows with a flashlight (like some cops did), you dont get to know. :)
I remember being pretty oblivious. We never knew the cops were there till the flashlights went on. They could have watched for quite a while in the quiet dark and we would never notice.
@mfladd Along the river just north of downtown. They had Star Wars VII, kinda wish i'd gone but everybody always wanted the IMAX Dome which has its own virtues.
Perhaps you can rent the drive-in for special events? I think someone did a wedding reception?
Gotta be an Andy Warhol double feature- both his Dracula & Frankenstein movies. They were so bad they were hilarious. The next week- a Fritz the Cat marathon! Damn, I miss drive-ins...
When I was a kid, I convinced my mother to take me to see the original "13 Ghosts," and was only showing at a drive-in. You were supposed to put on these cheesy cardboard "ghost glasses" at certain parts of the movie to see them. A huge waste of time.
Saw a double feature, Jaws/Iceman. Loved the entire thing. We used to go often. But last summer we discovered there's a great drive in not too far away. The kids loved it!
Gone With the Wind. 1974ish. I was in junior high, had read the book, and back then you had to wait for a movie to be rereleased to see it---no VHS, no DVD, no Netflix. All the neighborhood kids would bring something...popcorn, Rice Krispie treats, cookies, Kool-Aid...and some poor parent would take a truck load of kids, food, and blankets. We'd all ride to the drive-in sitting on the sides of the bed of the pick up, which was legal then. We'd all get back late and head home, making sure the unlocked screen door didn't slam and wake up the parents as we slipped in and went to bed. God, when you write it down it sounds like Mayberry.
Best for me. Worst for my parents.
Rosemary's Baby. This was before ratings and my parents didn't know it had nudity. Not a good thing in the 60's with a car load of kids.
Now that i think on it,
Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston)
You're suppose to watch the movie at a drive in ?
@ceagee
You might watch if you went on purpose to see it.
You might watch it if it's very good or very bad.
You might watch it if you're with friends.
You might watch it if damned parents/grownups brought you.
You might watch if you're one of those damned parents/grownups.
You might watch if no one brought booze or weed.
You might not watch if you've seen it.
Or if there is booze/weed.
Or if there was booze/weed before you got there.
Or if you're with who you wanna be with.
Or if you two parents/grownups are by yourselves in the car.
And you might watch if it's Night Of The Living Dead.
@f00l If it's Night of The Living Dead, then all making out is off. Must watch Dead!
@jaremelz
I still remember the zombie eating sounds. That's what bothered me the most 1st time watching.
I've posted this before:
Best drive-in movie experience for me in the history of ever was seeing Conan (1982) with a date . . . The movie was okay too.
The worst would be "Hells Angels on Wheels". The best would be "Super Mario Brothers"
Best = Young Frankenstein. Worst = Pearl Harbor.
what's a drive in
@Lotsofgoats
A drive-in is something that older folks remember and lucky folks live near.
@f00l We still have one!
When my step dad and mom were first dating, he took us all to see The Flintstones movie at a drive-in. That movie sucked but we didn't really care too much, since we were watching a movie on a big screen in the back of a truck.
Can't say what was the best movie, most of the other times I went to a drive-in wasn't really to watch the movie.
My parents took us when we were kids. I've only seen two, so best is Big Trouble in Little China, and worst is A View to a Kill (although both were kinda awesome).
Seeing a Ghostbusters 2/Honey I Shrunk the Kids double feature is one of my favorite childhood moving going memories.
Planet of the Apes, from the 1970's
Worst/Best was a double feature - "Dead End Girls" and "The Scavengers".
Best. South Pacific.
@pooflady
Ooooh, cool.
My parents met at a party while the band was playing "Some Enchanted Evening.". So that's their song.
The party was a super-rich people's party. They were the token rather poor people who got invited. Later in life one would look at the other and say "You know, you are supposed to be rich. Are you gonna measure up, or do i have to toss you back?"
It has been so long since I've seen a movie at the Drive In. About the only one I can remember was The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
Best I ever saw in a Drive-in was Jaws, the first & best of them all! Scared me enough to stay out of every body of water for at least two years!!
A drive-in was the total the best place to see Night Of The Living Dead. And incidentally, the only place, till it was a monster hit. The "zombies eating" sounds were perfect on a tinny drive-in speaker.
Curiously, a huge, down-at-heel drive-in got the local exclusive first-run shot at showing MASH in our county. If you wanted to see MASH during the first few months after release, you went to that drive-in or drove to another county.
That drive-in was a great venue for MASH, and was sold out every night of the week for the months of the movie run. The place turned into a giant nightly tailgate party, everyone from junior high-schoolers to their grandparents under the stars with a beer or three. I must have gone 10+ times.
Everyone was sad when the MASH run ended and indoor theaters got it.
Best: I was so enamored with Star Wars (Episode Four before it actually said Episode Four) in a regular theater that I took my little brother to see it at the Drive-In. We sat on the hood of the car (1969 Rambler) and heard the movie from a hundred tinny speakers on a warm night.
@TimWalter
In 2013 Lucasfilm and The Navajo Nation Museum collaborated on an official Navajo version of Star Wars VI: A New Hope. It premiered in LA and on the reservation, and has been shown on the rez both in theaters, and outdoor projected against screens or the sides of buildings.
This is the only major theatrical release film ever showed in an American Indian language version.
Afaik you can't get it in blu-ray, but Walmart sells the dvd version here:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-A-New-Hope-Navajo-Limited-Edition-Widescreen/33963129
Since this was a Lucasfilm project, i'm sure they used the junked-up "improved" cgi multi-re-edit version as the visual source.
2 come to mind. you must remember, a fright movie was a good strategy. We all fantasized that our date would scream and grab hold tight and not notice my creeping (creepy) hands. Rarely worked. By far my best effort was the creature from the black lagoon. She actually creeped me. Biggest failure, "barberella. I was so turned on I forgot my strategy.
@Bkmack
If my date gor too feely it would piss me off. If at a movie, i often wanted to watch it. It i liked a date that way, the rest was for "later".
@f00l what are you doing later?
@Bkmack
Re: after the drive-in movie
If you weren't looking in the car windows with a flashlight (like some cops did), you dont get to know. :)
I remember being pretty oblivious. We never knew the cops were there till the flashlights went on. They could have watched for quite a while in the quiet dark and we would never notice.
Best: Jaws..Worst: Wrath of Khan..thunder and lightning, locked our parents out of the car on top of a mountain ;}
Lots of recent runners up..we're the millers..pan..
I think one of my first drive-in experiences that I remember was Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon.
(p.s. I miss Drive-Ins)
@mfladd we have a bunch of them still
@mikibell
We have a great newish one that does 1st run double features. Too cool.
@mfladd
I had forgotten the 70s hair in those.
@mikibell :jelly:
@mfladd
Along the river just north of downtown. They had Star Wars VII, kinda wish i'd gone but everybody always wanted the IMAX Dome which has its own virtues.
Perhaps you can rent the drive-in for special events? I think someone did a wedding reception?
Best was Superman IV, worst was Wild Wild West
Gotta be an Andy Warhol double feature- both his Dracula & Frankenstein movies. They were so bad they were hilarious. The next week- a Fritz the Cat marathon!
Damn, I miss drive-ins...
@alacrity
Were either in 3D? Hard to imagine an olde tyme drive-in doing 3D.
@f00l no, sadly- neither was.
When I was a kid, I convinced my mother to take me to see the original "13 Ghosts," and was only showing at a drive-in. You were supposed to put on these cheesy cardboard "ghost glasses" at certain parts of the movie to see them. A huge waste of time.
Saw a double feature, Jaws/Iceman. Loved the entire thing. We used to go often. But last summer we discovered there's a great drive in not too far away. The kids loved it!
Gone With the Wind. 1974ish. I was in junior high, had read the book, and back then you had to wait for a movie to be rereleased to see it---no VHS, no DVD, no Netflix. All the neighborhood kids would bring something...popcorn, Rice Krispie treats, cookies, Kool-Aid...and some poor parent would take a truck load of kids, food, and blankets. We'd all ride to the drive-in sitting on the sides of the bed of the pick up, which was legal then.
We'd all get back late and head home, making sure the unlocked screen door didn't slam and wake up the parents as we slipped in and went to bed.
God, when you write it down it sounds like Mayberry.
@lpevehou
Might sound like Mayberry but to my mind it was pretty damned good now and then.
I was going to say Night of the Living Dead, but I remembered I first saw that on a lawn at a college when I was in high school, not at a drive-in.
So I'll go with Student Bodies.