r/AskReddit • u/VGAddict • 5h ago

What's your proudest "I saw that movie in theaters during its original run" achievement?

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u/Brentolies 4h ago

If we won't count a preview screening of There's Something About Mary, then I'll go with Mulholland Drive.

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u/tomaesop 4h ago

I saw Mulholland Drive in its first run. I can't remember if I read a review or got a recommendation form some music forum. I was unfamiliar with any of Lynch's work. I took a friend who I barely talked to anymore at the time. We walked out of the theater in silence when it was over. To this day I have no idea if he was happy I invited him.

That started a lifelong fascination with Lynch. I promptly bought Twin Peaks on VHS and rented Eraserhead and Blue Velvet.

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u/crystalknife 4h ago

i went in completely blind as a teen with my friend that was a huge lynch fan. i think i had watched a couple twins peaks eps. it was an awakening

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u/let_it_grow23 4h ago

Ha, I went to a preview of There’s Something About Mary too - they gave out little packets of hair gel

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u/doomgoblin 3h ago

Is that the movie where the suburban keeping up with the Jones’es are banging each others wives?

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u/diccwett1899 3h ago

What was the average reaction to it? Did people like it or

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u/Brentolies 3h ago

I can only speak about my friend group, but we had enough of a good time that it's one of the rare cinema experiences we still talk about years later.

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u/diccwett1899 3h ago

Very fun to hear, its my favorite movie, finally have the chance to see it in cinemas for my first time next month