Film Club ideas/suggestions

Galvasean

Hello fellow film fans.
I was thinking it might be high time we ran a sort of film society out of the forum. Nothing major now, just a means of meeting up with other film forum posters, watching a film in the cinema and then going somewhere to chat about it .
I'm leaving the floor open to suggestions.
How often would we meet up?
What kind of films would we be in the habit of seeing (ie: mainstream or non mainstream)?
Anybody interested?

fitz0

I'd be interested depending on times and dates. I assume it would be Dublin based?

Galvasean

fitz0 wrote: »

I'd be interested depending on times and dates. I assume it would be Dublin based?

Yeah I suppose it would have to be Dublin based since thats where most of our posters hail from.
Although if it's a success we could always get regional branches foor other areas going or something.

Pushtrak

I'm from Limerick, and wouldn't be averse to such an idea. Don't mind it being in Dublin, but I wouldn't be able to go to that many, depends on frequency. I mean, I'd end up staying overnight up there, which would be pretty expensive.

Any decent cinemas in Dublin in a walking/bus trip from The Ambassador/Fibbers/The Gate? I don't have the best knowledge of Dublin. Any times I've gone up, I've been with people who knew their way around better. (If this does end up happening, I'd like to know what the story is beforehand.)

Galvasean

Pushtrak wrote: »

Any decent cinemas in Dublin in a walking/bus trip from The Ambassador/Fibbers/The Gate?

The Savoy and Cineworld are 5 and ten minutes walk from the Ambassador respectively.

Duggy747

Dublin? Bah!! *clicks fingers*

Good idea, though. I hate going to the cinema with people and not being able to drivel on about cinema for hours to them. So I come here afterwards to get me fix. :pac:

star-pants

Sounds like a good idea, lots of planning involved / booking tickets etc (if it's a popular film?)
But could have some interesting discussions afterwards lol (depending on how strongly ppl felt about the film)

johnny_ultimate

Sounds like a good idea alright, would definitely be up for something along these lines (always meant to go to the one that was organised here a year or so ago, but never got around to it).

Coriolanus

Colour me interested.

Cineworld gets my vote since it does have an area where we could sit and talk, without having to traipse around the city (someone always gets lost!). That, and something about the Savoy has always annoyed me.*
Living in Wicklow at the moment so getting in and out isn't a problem, I have stayed in the city centre on the cheap before though, so for people from further afield it is possible. Lots of hostels and 1-night apartment lettings around, though this would require a bit of coordination I guess.
*It doesn't have a bar.

Galvasean

Well I sure as hell aint organising accomodation for anyone! :P
I'm thinking, keep it really simple for now. Just start a thread with a time*/date/place. If anyone wants to come along they can kind of thing. Everybody sorts out their own tickets etc.

*I'd say meeting up say half an hour before the actual film would be wise.

ToniTuddle

The Book folks have their book club... so makes sense for yous to have a film club!

Think it's a mighty idea..though I doubt I'll be able to make it
Still everyone else should join in! Something different to do

Podman

No noisy food!

ToniTuddle

Ohh sorry folks.
Noisy, crunchy hot nuts all the way.

Podman

I'm bringing a box of tomatoes in case the film is crap.

Podman

There are nitelink buses on Friday and Saturday to most places in Dublin. (€5)
Here are the timetables, click your bus number for departure times from town.

The Black Oil

I'd be interested in this. Definitely need to get back into visiting the cinema a bit more often! Last bus is around 11:20 which can cut things a bit fine based on previous cinema trips, but as above there is the nitelink option.

Coriolanus

Galvasean wrote: »

Well I sure as hell aint organising accomodation for anyone!

No, no, didnt' mean to suggest that you should. If there were a people who post in the Feb thread or whatever that they'd love to make it but..., well, they can work it out between themselves if they want to.

pixelburp

Sounds interesting, it has my vote. I'm living & working in north Dublin City & Cineworld is my usual haunt for movie-going anyway

Once a month might be enough as it gives enough time to amass a selection of movies to chose from, leaving said selection open to both mainstream & indie.

Would the choice of movie be up to the members, possibly via a vote, or what?

monkeyfudge

Zabbo used to run a Mid week movie club and it worked very well.

We'd just put some balloons on a table in the Cineworld bar and people would meet there before the film.

The only problem you run into is that they tend not to do free seating the first week of a films release so it makes it hard to sit everyone together.

Galvasean

chompy wrote: »

No noisy food!

chompy wrote: »

I'm bringing a box of tomatoes in case the film is crap.

I like your style.

chompy wrote: »

There are nitelink buses on Friday and Saturday to most places in Dublin. (€5)
Here are the timetables, click your bus number for departure times from town.

I suppose Friday or Saturday might be the best option since there's night links. The only downside is that the cinemas are geneally busier on those days.

pixelburp wrote: »

Once a month might be enough as it gives enough time to amass a selection of movies to chose from, leaving said selection open to both mainstream & indie.

I think once a month is probably the best for now. I'd like to focus more on less mainstream stuff (I don't necessarily mean a Hungarian documentary about goat herding), as opposed to heading out with everyone to see the summers biggest blockbuster wich everyone sees anyhow.
For example, when Moon was in the cinema I tried to get a few friends to go see it with me. None of them had heard of it so they all declined and we went to see something more mainstream instead (shows how good it was, I dont even remember what film it was). Only having seen Moon recently on BluRay we all missed out.

pixelburp wrote:

Would the choice of movie be up to the members, possibly via a vote, or what?

I'm not sure. A democratic vote might sound good in theory, but if I were to calla vote right now, chances are most people would vote for Avatar (not that I didnt like the film, but re: my point on mainstream films).
I'm thinking maybe leave the floor open to nominations for about a week, and if something genuinely interesting shows up and gets a bit of interest going we can go for that. how does that sound?

Galvasean

monkeyfudge wrote: »

The only problem you run into is that they tend not to do free seating the first week of a films release so it makes it hard to sit everyone together.

That's true. While pesonally I don't give a monkey's (sorry) about if im sitting beside friends or not, Im sure some people do. That's why I think we shold all meet up beforehand (maybe in the Woolshed if the film is in Cineworld for example). That way, a few people can buy tickets together, makin sure that they have someone to sit beside.

Wacker

I'll support/attend to the best of my ability, and I applaud your initiative.

unreggd

Guys, theres already one called Cinema Craicers @ Meetup.com

Big following, same idea, seems pretty successful

seraphimvc

sound cool me live in d4 area so i have no prob to attend some club event -

would be great if we can discuss after a movie!dont we all find it abit lonely when the friends around us have some complete different opinion about the movie you just watched?:P

the movies will have to be highly anticipated big titles tho.

pixelburp

Galvasean wrote: »

I think once a month is probably the best for now. I'd like to focus more on less mainstream stuff (I don't necessarily mean a Hungarian documentary about goat herding), as opposed to heading out with everyone to see the summers biggest blockbuster wich everyone sees anyhow.
For example, when Moon was in the cinema I tried to get a few friends to go see it with me. None of them had heard of it so they all declined and we went to see something more mainstream instead (shows how good it was, I dont even remember what film it was). Only having seen Moon recently on BluRay we all missed out.

I'm not sure. A democratic vote might sound good in theory, but if I were to calla vote right now, chances are most people would vote for Avatar (not that I didnt like the film, but re: my point on mainstream films).
I'm thinking maybe leave the floor open to nominations for about a week, and if something genuinely interesting shows up and gets a bit of interest going we can go for that. how does that sound?

Sounds good; I suppose the deciding factor is what is actually playing in the cinemas. In many ways choices would be decided by the mainstream blockbuster types as they tend to dictate the amount / quality of other movies released around the same time. A nomination system sounds about the best bet

Coriolanus

Cineworld has a coming soon page which should help somewhat. I'd second the idea that blockbusters not be eligible. In fairness, we'll all see Ironman 2 etc anyway, and the post-film discussion would just be fanboi drooling... From me at least!

Galvasean

Glad to see so much feedback/interest already.
I wasn't planning on doing anything 'til February, but how does the last week of January sound?
If we were to do Friday 29th or Saturday 30th (helps due to nitelink buses) that gives us enough time to have a few nominations (check Nevore's link for upcoming movies).

So, anybody wanna throw something out there?

fitz0

I'd like to propose The Lovely Bones as the first film. I know my friends probably won't go see it and I really can't wait to see it.

If there's something out sooner that people want to see, then by all means suggest away.

Its out on the 29th btw

pixelburp

Just looking at that list, a few for consideration:

The Road (8th Jan) - Supposedly getting high praise Stateside and would be an interesting choice for those (like myself) who read the book. I do get a slight whiff of Oscar baiting from it though.

Daybreakers (8th Jan) - Might be too mainstream (and may yet be utter rubbish), but the concept is interesting considering how awash pop-culture is with the toothless vampire.

Invictus (5th Feb) - The latest Clint Eastwood effort hasn't met with praise in the US, although maybe that's due to it being a rugby movie (Eastwood's apparently a big fan). Again it has a stench of Oscar worthiness.

Shutter Island (19th Feb) - The latest from Scorsese, and looks like an interesting enough thriller in its own right.

Coriolanus

The Road, Book of Eli or Up in the Air for me.

The Black Oil

Certainly some of the films mentioned in the last few posts. Also worth remembering that as time goes on the number of available screenings will drop.

Galvasean

Also, it might be worth avoiding films released on that day since they'd be likely to sell out (again, depending on how many screenings they are getting).
For now the best we can do is nominate away until we hav e abetter idea of screen times.

star-pants

Good plans, sorting out what's on / what people would most like to see, if ye have a date maybe someone post up what's on on those dates so people can look and decide?

johnny_ultimate

Dublin Film Festival is on in mid-February so might be a good idea to have something up and running then? Best time of the year for interesting films!

Notice would be good too - I often work Friday / Saturday nights so can work around it if the dates are posted in advance

Galvasean

Alright, can we all agree on going to see something (dont have to decide just yet) on Friday 29th? I've chosen Friday instead of Saturday on the off chance that anbody comes in from far away places and stays the night in Dublin (Sunday sucks for transport).

The Black Oil

Yep, that date sounds OK to me.

The Black Oil

Maybe this is a little premature, but if it went well (over time) we could get in the odd guest speaker or two? Or keep it as a boardsies folk thing?

1968

nice initiative.

K4t

Count me in.

Jako8

It'd be cool if one was set up in a few areas/ counties.

The people meet up on the same day in an area/ county, go somewhere to discuss it then there could be a thread on here where everyone cold discuss it together.

/idea

dog-man-star

Someone on Boards started a similar club last year, 'The Dublin Movie Club' he put a lot of work into it, was very professional, even set up it's own dedicated website and ran a blog for it on http://www.Movies.ie

Not sure what happened but it ended in March of 2009. It's a great idea, I'd love to know why the Dublin Movie Club ended.

Here's a page from Boards about it
http://pie.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=56351841

Anakin.S

Can I suggest something as an add on. If you post a date and movie, people all over ireland can go watch the movie and talk about it here the next evening.

allanb49

i'm up for it

sprinkles

Anakin.S wrote: »

Can I suggest something as an add on. If you post a date and movie, people all over ireland can go watch the movie and talk about it here the next evening.

This would suit me as the commute from Canada would mean the film would have to be spectacular to justify


Good idea though!

Galvasean

Anakin.S wrote: »

Can I suggest something as an add on. If you post a date and movie, people all over ireland can go watch the movie and talk about it here the next evening.

Can and will do

How would people feel about seeing Up In The Air (the George clooney film) on Friday 29th?
It will have been out for a week at that point, meaning there wont be first day sell outs, but tehre should be frequent screenings?

Anakin.S

sounds good I'll go in belfast

Eirebear

Theres a few of you lads and lassies id absolutely love to talk films over a beer or two with.

So when y'all comin' to Glasgow!?

Coriolanus

Sounds good to me.

Oh, passed the Woolies or whatever it's called on the way to Cineworld last night, it has a 21's/neat dress essential policy, signs on the doors and bouncers on duty, and that's midweek at 6pm, so no doubt the same applies on a Friday.
Not a problem for me, but we might need to get a fix on the agegroup of attendees in case it's a problem for others

sprinkles wrote: »

This would suit me as the commute from Canada would mean the film would have to be spectacular to justify

Psh, a film and drinks with some boardsies? How much more spectacular need it be?

Galvasean

Right so. Up In The Air on Friday Jan 29th at Cineworld.
Times have not been set yet, but assume it will be late evening (suits more people re: work that way).
Sound good?

I'll make a thread dedicated to it.

Galvasean

Galvasean wrote: »

Right so. Up In The Air on Friday Jan 29th at Cineworld.

Hmm, it's due for release on the 15th. Perhaps if we went on the 22nd instead of the 29th (as screen times might be very limited after it's been out two weeks).

tunguska

Galvasean wrote: »

Hello fellow film fans.
I was thinking it might be high time we ran a sort of film society out of the forum. Nothing major now, just a means of meeting up with other film forum posters, watching a film in the cinema and then going somewhere to chat about it .
I'm leaving the floor open to suggestions.
How often would we meet up?
What kind of films would we be in the habit of seeing (ie: mainstream or non mainstream)?
Anybody interested?

Definitely would be up for that, great idea Galvasean.

In regards to Up In the air, I dont think it will matter much between the 22nd and the 29th. I think that'll be pretty popular anyway so I cant imagine it'll be knocked down to a limited showing in just one week. I mean Clooney is in it for one, so all the ladies will be keep that one going for a few weeks alone. Plus its up for a few Golden Globes this weekend which will definitely inflate its popularity.