Comments on: Rhonda’s Ten Best Reasons to Live In Raleigh: #1

By: Bill Peebles

Bill Peebles — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:17:02 +0000

Thank all you folks for your kind words. I am glad our efforts are noticed. We have a great staff and great patrons. Also, please check out our Six Forks location.
Plesae let us know what you like about our theatre and on what we can improve at our Colony, Mission Valley, Rialto, and Six Forks cinemas.
See ya at the movies,
Bill Peebles

By: Beth Y

Beth Y — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:19:01 +0000

Despite Crank’s admonition about not to mention it…..I will not that Cinema, Inc. just selected the films for its 2007/2008 season: http://www.cinema-inc.org/07_08_Schedule.htm
It is the usual varied list and I am looking forward to them all!

By: crank m

crank m — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:25:57 +0000

I scan this site periodically hoping that most of Raleigh’s true hidden gems will remain hidden. Please keep all references to Cinema Inc and similar venues to yourself and close family.
Let’s hear it for the RALEIGH GRANDE!

By: Robert E

Robert E — Thu, 24 May 2007 22:32:06 +0000

Yes, Raleighing is definitely picking up steam lately with Rhonda’s posts. You might also want to check out RDU-WTF http://www.rduWTF.com

By: themarquise

themarquise — Thu, 24 May 2007 03:47:10 +0000

I’ve recently found this great little blog while doing some completely unrelated research and am glad I did. As a die hard movie fan (and ex movie theatre worker and manager over Chapel Hill way for many years), I’m glad to see there are others who share my love for The Colony.
Every comment you make right about the technical aspects being followed is dead on and I suspect will *always* be that way, even though I’m sure the need for a projectionist is all too quickly dying out as film is being savaged for DVD and other (read: cheaper to distribute, show, and milk for every dollar) technologies in the biz. I’ve seen the future of film presentation and it’s scary. But it’s the professionalism, attention to patrons, and willingness to show ‘the small gems’, are what makes a theatre away from simply being entertainment to being a much loved place to visit and meet friends…regardless of what’s on screen. Forget all the multiplexes with the copycat boxes; give me genuine devotion to the art every day.
The Colony does it right and the way it should be…and I warmly promote them to anyone and everyone I can. Not sure it’s a No 1 (and again, not a knock, just an observation as someone else has stated previously), but definitely in the top 8 for certain.

By: rhonda

rhonda — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:40:16 +0000

Sorry this was delayed and some of you missed Kundun. My fault. Probably.
Yes! The sound of the beer bottle rolling down the slanted floor, muffled giggles marking its path–what can you do but laugh as it comes by your seat but you can’t see it in the dark, so you can’t grab it or anything–so on it goes merrily, and no one ever knows where it eventually comes to rest. Except that hard working staff that cleans up after.
Splash? Nothing on my list has splash, sorry. Splash is noise. Which is the opposite of what I’m after with this list. Splash is the sound that people above the surface hear when something with substance makes a plunge into deep water. The sound of splash dies quickly, while the thing that made that sound continues on through depths so mysterious and strange and delightful you must dive in to know, follow until it reaches the ocean floor where you will find other sunken treasure, along with beer bottles from the Colony and the Rialto.
Warning: if you are looking for splash, don’t read the second installment, coming soon. It will put you to sleep. I’m serious. Skip the next one.

By: Beth Y

Beth Y — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:28:56 +0000

CarnifeX, the big splashy things are fine and certainly get us on the map, but it is the little things that make YOUR city into YOUR city…a city that you love. The things you really miss about your city when you leave. I’m with Rhonda. The Colony is great. And I will add a sub #1 — Cinema, Inc. Raleigh’s oldest running “film society” For you movie lovers who do not know what this is, check this out: http://www.cinema-inc.org/ Once a month, Sunday night movies for anyone who loves good movies. 12 shows, one a month, at the Rialto. A steal for $20 and it is great to see these movies again, or for the first time, on the wide screen. And Rialto has such great popcorn. Thank you Ambassador, for Colony, Rialto and MV.

By: moon looney

moon looney — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:40:46 +0000

rhonda.
you are dead on.
as usual.

By: raleighDan

raleighDan — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:08:20 +0000

thanks Rhonda. i had forgotten about the Colony. can’t wait to read the rest of your list.

By: ml

ml — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:32:48 +0000

Something else that rolls well down the concrete floor are peanut m&m’s. Not that I have ever spilled an entire bag during a serious film or anything. . .
One thing to note – they only take cash. No debit cards.
Also, only came into the feed reader today – missed the film last night. Don’t know if that’s a Raleighing thing or a reader thing.