Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I saw Ready Player Once Again at the Cinemark theater. Just as fun the second time. The theater experience was far superior to the Studio Movie Grill (the Applebee's of movie theaters). The projection/3D was great and they actually turned off the god-damn lights when the movie started! (which most theaters no longer do for some reason (liability?)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: they actually turned off the god-damn lights when the movie started! (which most theaters no longer do for some reason (liability?)) Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Really? Most theaters near me only dim the wall lights when the movie starts. It's not on full brightness or anything but it's enough to diminish the projection quality* and becomes obnoxiously more prominent the further back you sit. *ie poor black levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Shows you how poor quality projection actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: What a bunch of special snowflakes! Can't even stand people eating their popcorn. Maybe you should eat before going to the cinema... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 10 hours ago, Alexcremers said: It isn't Netflix that decides that movies aren't 'good enough' for a theatre release. The Irishman is a Netflix production because Paramount didn't want to give Martin Scorsese the production budget he needed to make the movie (which at the time was estimated around a 100 million dollars). Netflix has more faith in Scorsese than the studios. Well, in this case I love Netflix! But they gotta show it on the big screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 16 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Maybe you should eat before going to the cinema... You don't eat at the cinema, you snack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I can't hear anyone eating inside the cinema anyway. How sensitive are these people's hearing in this thread? Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Margo Channing said: I can't hear anyone eating inside the cinema anyway. Because most sounds are drowned out by your own chewing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The "right to chew" is guaranteed in the Constitution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Because most sounds are drowned out by your own chewing? Nice try, but I don't eat in the cinema. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 It's probably best that these unsociable "snack-fascists" don't like going to the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 OK, Chewie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I don't snack much in the cinema either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On 8.4.2018 at 12:12 PM, Stefancos said: Sexist pig! You make it sound like men being attracted to the women on the screen is something to be frowned upon.... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Don't involve yourself in a running joke, Chen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I don't snack much in the cinema either. I guess we just got different preferences. I like to listen to the film, while you prefer the sound of other people chewing. Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I don't think I've ever noticed anyone's chewing noises in the cinema. I prefer to focus on the movie, not the people around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Cellphone status checks every 3 minutes are the worst offenders. When i saw RPO in Bangkok i became super-annoyed by hundreds of jittery asians having their display at 100%, virtually always checking FB, Twitter and god knows what else. crocodile and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Yes! Cellphone use during a screening is completely unacceptable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Don't focus on it then! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Who'd spend $22 for a movie ticket just to spend two hours checking social media? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 31 minutes ago, publicist said: Cellphone status checks every 3 minutes are the worst offenders. When i saw RPO in Bangkok i became super-annoyed by hundreds of jittery asians having their display at 100%, virtually always checking FB, Twitter and god knows what else. That should by punished by death! Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 In China, that might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 44 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Don't focus on it then! That's impossible sometimes! During SPECTRE I had to tell some woman to stop filming the title song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 You should have had a quiet word in the management's shell-like. What's so special about the main title of SPECTRE, fer cryin' out loud? Its just bad octopus porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Margo Channing said: Who'd spend $22 for a movie ticket just to spend two hours checking social media? Everything is bothersome to me, but I prefer it if someone is quietly reading his facebook messages than if he would eat a bag of Lay's. I just don't want to hear people makes sounds, not with crispy bags, crunching or comments. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 When I go to the movie theater (which has always been very seldom), I expect and want a social experience of all of us as a crowd reacting to and engaging with this film together. If someone opens up a bag of Skittles, that's just a little noise. But when people are on their phones, I _know_ they're not experiencing the film. The two actions are hardly comparable in my mind. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Why would I care if someone in the audience doesn't watch the movie? As long as he doesn't distract other people with two hours of eating, crunching and playing with crispy bags, it's fine by me. If there's no audience, then it's even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 If there was no audience, you wouldn't be in the cinema Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 My home is my cinema! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Then you've only got yourself to blame, if you make a noise Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: Why would I care if someone in the audience doesn't watch the movie? As long as he doesn't distract other people with two hours of eating, crunching and playing with crispy bags, it's fine by me. If there's no audience, then it's even better! Yes, you wouldn't want your Marvel films interrupted by such lowbrow interruptions as an occasional crinkle or chewing. Are all cinephiles misaphonic, or is it just you and other esteemed JWFans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I wouldn't know. If there are others like me, then they too are likely to watch their Marvel movies at home. Nick Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Have said it before, but my dream cinema wouldn't sell noise-making food, would have phone-jamming tech in its screens and would throw out persistent chatters without refund. Laughing at the funny bits, gasping at the thrilling bits, jumping at the scary bits etc ... those are the type of audience behaviours I heartily welcome . Ghost Stories - Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's updating of the 'portmanteau' horrors of the 60s and 70s transfers successfully from stage to screen, with its unsettling atmosphere and jolting jump-scares very much intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Sweeping Strings said: Have said it before, but my dream cinema wouldn't sell noise-making food, would have phone-jamming tech in its screens and would throw out persistent chatters without refund. And no kids under 10 except if it's explicitly a little children's movie or the parents have a certification that they can keep them quiet! Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Phone jamming tech, eh? Gee, I hope nobody falls ill and requires immediate medical attention. You know, in case someone gets their head stuck in the footrest and dies, or a masked madman shoots up the place. Gunfree zones with cellphone jammers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 People should stop clinging to their pathetic lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Both those things have already happened without said tech in place, so I'm not sure I understand your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, Woj said: Phone jamming tech, eh? Gee, I hope nobody falls ill and requires immediate medical attention. You know, in case someone gets their head stuck in the footrest and dies, or a masked madman shoots up the place. Gunfree zones with cellphone jammers... I wanna say some concert venues are requiring people to put their cell phone in some kind of special lock pocket device...I get wanting to have a good concert experience, but I don't want to be treated like a kiddo who can't be trusted with a portable communication device. As you say, hope nothing bad happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, Woj said: Phone jamming tech, eh? Gee, I hope nobody falls ill and requires immediate medical attention. You know, in case someone gets their head stuck in the footrest and dies, or a masked madman shoots up the place. Gunfree zones with cellphone jammers... Let us take a quiet moment to remember the hundreds whos feet became wedged between the seat spring mechanisms and perished between the aisles, pre Nokia times. If only Apple had been quicker on the scene, so many lives might have been saved... inside what were once the most dangerous recreational buildings on the Earth. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Man Dies After Getting Head Stuck in Movie Theater Seat Maybe people just got more stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 If only he'd had a signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 It's Birmingham, what do you expect? Nick1Ø66 and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 6:09 AM, Sweeping Strings said: Wondering what the chances are of seeing A Quiet Place with an audience who actually get that BEING quiet is necessary to appreciate it properly, as opposed to 'One ticket for A Quiet Place and the largest-sized bucket/tray/bag of popcorn/nachos/individually-wrapped sweets that you've got, thanks'. People were absolutely silent in my theatre. They still but I couldnt hear that. I could see others jumping with the rest of us-out of the corner of my eye. Seriously this new generation of soft sissies who are afraid to go the movies. You are what abortions are necessary for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I think the only time that I could have heard a pin drop, in a movie theater, is when the Mothership came over the top of Devil's Tower. It was as if all the air had been sucked out of the cinema. No-one said a ****ing word, until it had landed. That's the power of cinema, and I'm sorry to say that it's sadly lacking, at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 But its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Ok, it's not, but maybe people don't respect the cinema-going experience, at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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