Jason sees SPACEBALLS at Starlight Cinema

Back at Starlight Cinema for some free outdoor movies.

And this time, they actually played a Cinequest short--TIME FREAK, part of the Comedy Favorites from this year. A guy invents a time machine, but gets hung up on trying to use it to perfect every moment of his life. That's exhausting!

And then the feature, SPACEBALLS. This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. And now, seeing it as a grown up, I still love it. Sure, the humor is juvenile, and it's really, really cheesy, but it still works for me. In fact, I was surprised to see how many of the lines I still knew by heart. Lots of fun.

Oh, and the projection was somewhat better than last week's THE BIG LEBOWSKI. The wavy artifact was gone, and it looked at least close to the right aspect ratio, although it was slightly cropped on the edges. That mostly didn't matter, except during the plastic surgery scene--the comparison picture of her old nose was just barely off screen. Oh, well.

Next week, THE BIRDS (although I won't be there, I'll be at the Quakes game).

Total Running Time: 106 minutes

My Total Minutes: 242,390

Jason watches THE BIG LEBOWSKI in San Jose's Starlight Cinema

All summer long Wednesdays in San Jose is the time/place to catch free cult/classic movies outside. I've missed most of the series, but I was there last Wednesday for THE BIG LEBOWSKI, along with my friend Ira, a champion Walter Sobchak impersonator (he was robbed at the costume contest this time). No need to say anything about the movie. If you know it, you know it; if you don't, learn it.

I will say that as much fun as it was to see it on one of those warm San Jose evenings, the projection was not great--wavy artifacts and the wrong aspect ratio. They could use a little technical help, perhaps. But at least I got up and acted out Donny's death scene with Ira. I played a blue-haired, trench-coated Dude and it wasn't windy enough to really make Donny's ashes fly, but at least I got an applause.

Next Wednesday, SPACEBALLS!

Running Time: 117 minutes
My Total Minutes: 242,096