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BY HILARY
SCHRAMM
IlfE GAMECOCK
Ask almost anyone, and he can
tell you his favorite movie and
movie quote. Movies are impor
tant to our society, and increas
ingly so.
• This summer was host to many
blockbuster films and a record
breaking 15 sequels. To the aver
age USC student, movies are a way
of getting out or staying in, of fol
lowing the arts or just escaping ev
eryday life.
Most students prefer comedies,
especially with the flood of hu
morous releases this summer and
fall. They see comedies as a way
to escape, a way to be enter
tained,or even a way to entertain
others in the future by quoting
the lines.
“My favorite movie genre is
comedy,” said third-year psychol
ogy student Jill Carmean. “I like
to laugh, but then, who doesn’t?”
For information about movies
playing locally, most students
turn to www.colamovies.com,
which lists movie availability by
film or by theater. It also has links
to user movie reviews and to re
lated Web sites such as E! Online,
Movies.com and the Internet
Movie Database.
Most students see
movies at such conveniently lo
cated theaters as Dutch Square
Mall (Broad River and Bush
River Roads) or Columbiana
Grande ( 1250 Bower Pkwy.).
Both theaters offer standard re
leases for $5.50 with a student ID.
some stu
dents also
choose to go to
the Nick
elodeon, the
nonprofit the
ater on Main
and Pendleton
Streets that
serves up inde
pendent fare at
a student rate
of $5.
“The Nick
is such a great
experience for
anyone who visits,” said third
year advertising student Jessica
Kinard. “It reminds us that
moviemaking is actually an artis
tic venture and allows everyone,
even broke college students, to
appreciate and enjoy it.”
Other students enjoy the
Nickelodeon less, or resent the
$1.00 price increase the
Nickelodeon implemented
re
cently.
“I watch independent films oc
casionally,” said Mitch Frye, a
first-year graduate student in
creative writing. “I used to go to
the Nickelodeon a whole lot
more than I do
now. I’ve kind
of been turned
off because it
doesn’t seem
much better
than most
mainstream
cinema.”
Not everyone
chooses to go
out to movies.
According to an
Aug. 6 article in
the Los Angeles
Daily News, rev
enue frofn DVD rentals doubled to
$2.9 million in the past year, and
even VHS sales are on the rise.
Many students support this trend.
“I watch movies pretty much
daily,” said Steve Lownes, a third
year Spanish student. “We have
HBO on Demand.”
Lownes’ view reflects the
choices of many students, who
are tired of sitcoms and reality
programming.
While USC students recognize
the importance of movies to their
daily lives, they also agree that
movies play a crucial role in soci
ety as well.
“Of course movies are very
important to society," Lownes
said. “Think about Arnold
Schwarzenegger trying to be the
governor of California. Movies
have a huge staying-power.”
Schwarzenegger’s campaign to
replace Republican Governor
Gray Davis has surprised citizens
nationwide and shows just how in
fluential the American movie in
dustry has become.
The star announced his deci
sion to join the race on “The
Tonight Show,” as opposed to a
traditional press conference.
Schwarzenegger’s campaign has
dominated the media, and he has
ranked high in the polls.
Aside from how the film indus
try can affect areas such as poli
tics, many students see the value
of movies in their portrayal of so
ciety and its personal effects on the
viewer.
“Movies hold a mirror to so
ciety
and let us see things about our
selves and others that we may
never see otherwise,” Kinard
said. “They allow us to laugh at
ourselves and realize how petty
we can be, all the while allowing
us to escape from our everyday
lives.”
Others see films not as a way
to see themselves, but as a way to
see others.
“I don’t think movies are es
sential to society,” said first-year
business student Sean Healy, “but
I think they’re very important be
cause they can express different
ideas and are awindow to differ
ent lifestyles.”
Perhaps most important of all
is the staying power of cinema
and how it will represent our cul
ture in the years to come.
“Movies are important for the
same reason literature used to
be,” said Frye. “They’re what
we’re leaving behind for the peo
ple to see in the future.”
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“Of course movies are
very important to
society. Think about
Arnold Schwarzenegger
trying to be the governor
of California. Movies
have a huge staying
power.”
STEVE LOWNES
THIRD-YEAR SPANISH STUDENT
Where to Catch
a Flick
Got a craving for a
movie? Head to one of
these local cinemas:
CARMIKE CINEMAS
Across from the
Columbiana Centre
781-3067
General Admission: $7
With student ID: $5.75
Matinee: $4.50
COLUMBIANA GRANDE
1250 Bower Pkwy.
407-9898
General Admission: $7
With student ID: $5.50
Matinee: $5.25
CARMIKE CINEMAS
WYNNSONG
5320 Forest Dr.
782-8100
General Admission: $7
With student ID: $5.25
' Matinee: $4.50
DUTCH SQUARE
GENERAL CINEMA
Dutch Square Mall,
800 Bush River Rd.
750-3576
General Admission:
$7.50
With student ID: $5.50
Matinee: $5.50
REGAL CINEMAS
Richland Mall rooftop
782-8122
General Admission: $7
With student ID: $5.50
Matinee: $5.00
NICKELODEON THEATRE
937 Main St.
254-3433
General Admission:
$6.50
With student ID: $5.00
Matinee (students):
$4.50
ST. ANDREWS CINEMA
527 St. Andrews Rd.
772-7469
All Shows: $1.50
YOU SAID IT
Your favorite quotes from your favorite movies:
“I’ll be back”
FROM “THE TERMINATOR”
JACQUE RILEY, THIRD YEAR PUBLIC RELATIONS
STUDENT
“I am smitten. I am
in deep smit.”
FROM “SO I MARRIED AN AXE
MURDERER”
JESSICA KINARD. THIRD-YEAft
ADVERTISING STUDENT
“You broke my
heart, Fredo, you
broke my heart.”
FROM “THE GODFATHER PART II”
HEALY, FIRST-YEAR BUSINESS
STUDENT
FALL RELEASES
Film
Sept. 12
“Cold Creek Manor,”
“Matchstick Men”
Sept. 19
“Anything Else,” “The
Fighting Temptations,”
“Secondhand Lions”
Sept. 26
"Duplex,” “Lost in
Translation,” “The Rundown”
Oct. 3
“Out of Time,” “School of
Rock,” “Mystic River”
Oct. 10
“Good Boy!.” “Intolerable
Cruelty,” “Kill Bill Volume 1”
Oct. 17
“Casa de Los Babys,”
“Runaway Jury,” “Texas
Chainsaw Massacre”
Oct. 24
“Beyond Borders,”
“Gothika,” “Scary Movie 3”
Oct. 31
“Alien: The Director’s Cut”
Nov. 5
“The Matrix: Revolutions”
Nov. 7
“Elf’
Nov. 14
“Honey,” “Looney Tunes:
Back in Action,” “Master and
Commander: The Far Side of the
World”
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Sept. 9
“View from the Top,”
“Bulletproof Monk," “The Core”
Sept. 16
“Anger Management,”
“Confidence”
Sept. 25
“Daddy Day Care,” “Holes,”
“The Dancer Upstairs”
Sept. 30
“2 Fast 2 Furious,” “Bend It
Like Beckham,” “Better Luck
Tomorrow”
Oct. 7
“The Italian Job,” “Down
With Love,” “Hollywood
Homicide”
Oct. 14
“The Matrix: Reloaded”
Oct. 21
“Charlie’s Angels: Full
Throttle.” “28 Days Later”
Oct 28
“The Hulk,” “City of Ghosts”
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