A Night at the Theater 2

I went to the Normal Theater this Saturday and saw the classic holiday movie called, Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and other stars. It was great and new experience, part of what I imagined when I first thought about this assignment. I loved it just on the walk there; it was pretty as I saw all of the theater lit up because of the sign and seeing all of the little downtown area. It was so cute with the actual classic ticket booth with just one person to get your tickets from. The theater itself, where you watched the movie was small and exclusive rather than regular theaters at the malls today. It was nice to have it smaller than what I’m used to. It was such a nice and friendly environment, as a host was there before the film started and was talking to the audience. It was so nice that the workers actually care for their customers and are making sure that the audience is having a great experiment at the Normal Theater.

When they started the movie it was Amazing!! It started off with a classic episode of Looney Tunes. I loved Looney Tunes when I was a child I couldn’t get enough of the shows. The best part of that was it was in classic black and white. When the Looney Tunes started out the film, they officially hooked me and got my attention. When the official movie started it was interesting as it was in black and white and started off by showing everyone who was involved in the making of the film. The movie had officially started and began to weird me out, as it was all just so different from what I’m used to. I’m so used to loud sounds, big crashes, and lots of special effects. This movie had none of that, but was really great without all of it, actually a little better than all of that. This movie was high quality movie with an excellent and not so predictable storyline.

Overall, this whole experience was great. I was able to watch an old classic holiday movie, seeing it in black and white was a good and different experience as well. I’m so glad I had to do this assignment because it is such a great idea and memory now. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie that I chose to watch as well it was a great storyline. 

A Night at the Theater 1

What I plan on going to see this Saturday at the Normal Theater here, close to the Illinois State campus is a classic film called, Holiday Inn. This movie was filmed in 1942 and according to IMDb website it was directed by Mark Sandrich with main stars being, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Marjorie Reynolds. To give a little brief summary of this classic film is that at a hotel inn, which is only opened on holidays and a singer and a dancer both compete eagerly for the affections of the most beautiful up-coming performer at the hotel.
Going to this theater will be an excellent experience as I am a new student and new to the Normal area. It will be a great opportunity to visit and look at new areas and things around this town. I have always been interested in going to that area and theater as it looks like a classic movie theater. I pass by this theater a few times a week and it always reminds me of older times way back when in history. Reminds me of movies that are black and white and when everyone would dress up nicely for everyday life, rather than just wearing sweatpants outside as we, college students do.
I decided to pick this movie for this particular project rather than the Bachelor Mother movie as a choice because I wanted to experience an older movie that was made, but also wanted a holiday and Christmas movie. Considering it is that time of year where everyone just wants to watch classic holiday movies. I thought this storyline and plot was very interesting to me as it is a different kind of story. I thought that the other movie was just a typical movie and didn't catch my interest like this one had done. I would rather choose a holiday movie now that Christmas is near and it just gets me in the mood for holiday cheer. I also hope to take away from this movie experience is watching an older movie from the 1940s. I hate to admit it, but I have never seen a movie that is in black and white as an original. I hope that they show this film in black and white so I can gain that experience. Then I can cross off that want or task of watching an old time classic black and white film from my bucket list! I hope I enjoy this experience from my freshmen year at college, here at Illinois State. I also hope that I get to take away what I hope to and gain experience from this project.