Movie Details
| Title: | The Big Easy | |
| Director: | Jim McBride | |
| Year: | 1987 | |
| Genre: | Pulp | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 09.20.05 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (0)
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 09.20.05 | Alamo Village | The Alamo Village played this with some "classic New Orleans cuisine," proceeds to go toward Hurricane Katrina Relief. I've only ever been to the Alamo Village once before to see Raiders of the Lost Ark. The vibe i get from being there and also seeing the special events they do there is that it's like the second string Alamo. If Downtown is the original and South Lamar is the flagship, Village is like the little brother. It still does special events unlike the other franchised Drafthouses but it's minor stuff. So... this was about like that. The meal wasn't bad but i wanted the gumbo to be spicier and especially the cayenne-cheese grits with cajun shrimp. Also, they couldn't get a film print of the movie so they had to play it on DVD on a somewhat older digital projects so it was pixellated a bit. That aside, i didn't have a bad time, and the movie was kind of fun in a very certain way. Good supporting cast, I never quite buy Dennis Quaid as cajun but this was when he was such a pretty boy i guess nobody cared how he talked. Ellen Barkin is hot as always, and aside from constantly referring to the city as "The Big Easy," the locations and whatnot were cool. I think whatever my next "thing" was after QT6 was gonna disappoint me so it's good i got that out of the way with this... so i can start to gear up for Fantastic Fest. |
