A few months back I bought a widescreen projector for my living room. Despite living two blocks away from a cinema (but not a good one), I was busting to recreate the “big screen” experience at home with movies that I’d otherwise not get the chance to see in that format. Sort of like living out my dream of having a second-run cinema.
Since setting it up (and my 5.1 sound – less the .1), I’ve watched loads of movies on it from classics to the latest cinema releases. Anything DVD quality looks great, but anything of 720p or higher looks spectacular – with a similar quality to seeing projected film. I thoroughly enjoy movie nights at my place, which are becoming quite a regular thing.
Last night, being Halloween Friday the 13th, we had a bit of a Fright Night. Adam, Tim, Matt and myself enjoyed some Mexican food over an episode of The United States Of Tara before kicking off with the Jamie Lee Curtis in “Terror Train“. I have previously blogged about another JLC slasher film from the ’80s, “Prom Night” (of which they’ve now made a remake), but I actually enjoyed thoroughly enjoyed “Terror Train”. For some reason I enjoy the romance of train films, and while this was hardly romantic, the story rocketed along, aided by a very creepy looking David Copperfield doing magic routines every now and then to fill in a few minutes.
Our second film in the double bill was the original “Friday the 13th”. Brett joined us for this one, and I was surprised that I was the only one who had seen it. I think everyone enjoyed it, and it was a blast to see it on the big screen in the dark. Spooked jumping aplenty.
The next night is already being planned, and it will involve a screening of “Milk”.
Are you blogging from the future? Last night was Halloween where?
Did you buy a screen or use are you using a wall to project onto?
Whoopsies. I meant Friday 13th, not Halloween. Of course, we would have watched Halloween, had it have been Halloween. :)
I’m projecting straight onto my wall. Other than a few misplaced hanging screws, it’s about perfect.