Frailty
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
The second to last Thursday Thread-Up screening of the season was a Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey film from 2001 that I have never heard of before, but that I had been looking forward to since it was announced. Virgil spoke very highly of it and mentioned that this was the main film that he recommended to customers when he worked at a video rental shop when he was in high school. He and I don't have exactly the same tastes, but I trust the dude's judgment on things like this. Besides, I haven't missed a Thursday Thread-Up screening yet, and I wasn't going to start with this one.
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
The second to last Thursday Thread-Up screening of the season was a Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey film from 2001 that I have never heard of before, but that I had been looking forward to since it was announced. Virgil spoke very highly of it and mentioned that this was the main film that he recommended to customers when he worked at a video rental shop when he was in high school. He and I don't have exactly the same tastes, but I trust the dude's judgment on things like this. Besides, I haven't missed a Thursday Thread-Up screening yet, and I wasn't going to start with this one.
The universe gave us a pre-show that we'll never forget after the sun went down. I've seen a lot of pretty cool things in the night sky at the Mahoning, but the aurora borealis last night has them all beat.
Seriously, how freakin' cool is that!
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I love seeing movies for the first time at the Mahoning, especially when I'm going into the screening completely cold. That was what happened here. Frailty was not on my radar at all. I didn't hear about it when it first came out in 2001. I never saw the trailer, or read the back of the box. I never saw a review of the film. I didn't even know what genre you'd classify it under, let alone anything about the plot. I went in with no expectations, and I was rewarded with one of the best psychological horror/thriller flicks that I've seen in a very long time. I'll write more about it later when I have more time, but if you're like me and you've never heard of this movie before, it gets a strong recommendation from me.
