Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Why would you watch the Bourne movies with Asian subtitles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Why would you watch the Bourne movies with Asian subtitles? Becuase its your language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Becuase its your language? I didn't know you're Asian. Apologies etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Its not my language. I speak English, some french, and some Spanish. I understand your posts most if the time so maybe i understand Norwegian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Why would you watch the Bourne movies with Asian subtitles? Because it's a pirated copy obtained by videotaping a theater showing the movie in Asia? That's how I watched How to Train Your Dragon 2 in college, an illegal cam rip. It was terrible. 26 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: There's usually only you in the theatre? No, I pay a friend to sit on the floor in front of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Ah a criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tallguy 3,380 Posted October 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2021 Nothing at home beats going to the cinema. Even these days. (I don't generally go to theaters with crappy sound and picture.) Someone pointed out on a podcast that there are certain stars that you just don't "get" why they are stars on a TV. But when they're 50 feet tall? Magic. I used to divide my movies into "Gotta see that on the big screen" (your Jurassic Parks, your Top Guns, your Star War) and I can see that at home (your rom coms, your two or three character dramas). But getting to see Anthony Hopkins act at 50 feet tall is pretty amazing. I enjoy watching movies at home, sure. But movies are a community experience. One of my most treasured experiences was seeing The Sixth Sense. When she drops the ring. Different people "got it" at different moments and you heard the oohs and ahhs and gasps ripple through the audience. Another was seeing Return of the Jedi on opening day. The 20th Century Fox logos came up and the crowd went nuts. Then "A long time ago" came up and everyone went totally still. Then it said Star Wars and everyone went crazy again. Seeing Endgame with an eager crowd all enjoying the heck out of it together. "On your left!" There's a reason that when they advertised Black Widow they showed clips of people seeing that scene all together. I'll be as misanthropic as anyone, but other people are good to see movies with. (Except the ones who talk. Screw those people.) And finally. When I see a movie at the cinema I'm going to SEE the whole movie from start to finish. During the pandemic (and since having kids) there are too many movies that I've see 30 minutes at a time. (Justice League is certainly a special case.) THREE MORE DAYS! Bofur01, Edmilson, JoeinAR and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: Why would you watch the Bourne movies with Asian subtitles? Because the shaky cam has very poor sound so you can't hear the dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: Because the shaky cam has very poor sound so you can't hear the dialogue. Maybe shaky cam makes him puke. It gets me close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Tallguy said: I don't generally go to theaters with crappy sound and picture. I've seen nothing but theaters with crappy picture these last decades (we have two multiplexes here in Antwerp: Kinepolis and UGC). There was improvement for a little while but then they changed the projection system again (it's Laser Ultra now) and it was back to bad. I simply can't enjoy a movie when the picture has poor contrast. Sound never seems to be a problem. But IQ is much more important to me than sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Maybe shaky cam makes him puke. It gets me close. I try to cancel it out by shaking my own head in synchronisation. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Glóin the Dark said: I try to cancel it out by shaking my own head in synchronisation. That sounds like a recipe for projectile vomiting. Alex keep an open mind that there are cinemas with perfect projection. Keep hoping it will get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: That sounds like a recipe for projectile vomiting. I'm always careful to have a bucket within reach so that I don't have to pause the film and ruin the immersive experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Immersive being the key word. Would you like a dinner mint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I'd best leave it for a few minutes, thanks - Bourne's being chased again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Well, not to go off topic, but I will be watching this tomorrow in IMAX badbu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 It's being released on HBO Max at 6 ET on 21/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,380 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Romão said: Well, not to go off topic, but I will be watching this tomorrow in IMAX I waffled on IMAX. The last movie I saw in IMAX was The Dark Knight Rises and I couldn't tell if I hated the sound because it was IMAX or because it was a Nolan film. So I went with Harkins Cine Capri. (Nice auditorium here. Not as nice as the original Capri which was Phoenix's last one screen movie house where Star Wars played exclusively for over a YEAR.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Alex keep an open mind that there are cinemas with perfect projection. Keep hoping it will get better. Don't worry about me, Joe. Going to the theater is not something I desire and this for a multitude of reasons. Are there theaters with perfect projection? Hmm, I don't see how 2K spread over a giant screen is better than 2K or 4K on my 4K OLED. Will it get better? Why should it? 99% of the audience doesn't see that what there are getting is a poor picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 IMAX, IMAX, IMAX!!! you can't miss the experience!!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Traditional IMAX 70mm film, yes. But these days it's usually 4K digital projection. Though I admit I haven't seen it yet. badbu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 yeah true. but here in germany the sound in imax is way way better then the "normal" ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 12 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Would you like a dinner mint? Fuck off, I'm full. I see both @JoeinAR's and @AC1's points. Cinema sound and projection is, nowadays, nothing more than adequate. There's n'owt wrong with either, it's the attitude of those running the cinemas which annoys me. Nobody seems to care about what is being shown. Projectionists are almost a thing of the past and, because of this, rookie mistakes are made, regularly. I've lost count of the times I've had to run out of a showing, and tell some spotty kid to "get the f***ing ratio right, in #5!", or something. That simply wouldn't happen, in days of yore, because people had something that's missing from today's workforce: pride. That being said, I still enjoy a trip to the cinema, whenever it comes to where I live. Sound I really don't care about, too much. Most 5.1 systems are very sensitive, and can approximate the "cinema experience" (whatever that means). The one thing that I miss when watching a film on a television, however, is detail. Even a 54" screen cannot hope to offer the amount of detail that a full cinema screen does. It's for mainly this reason, that I'll continue to frequent cinemas, as long as they are active. In the meantime, I'll continue to watch films on my telly, with my popcorn, my chilli dog, and my Mountain Dew, while sitting in my PJs (or less, if I fancy!), knowing that I won't be interupted by wailing children, mobile 'phones, bad breath on the back of my neck, or people making out in the back row. Cinema has its advantages, but so does home cinema . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 53 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: The one thing that I miss when watching a film on a television, however, is detail. Even a 54" screen cannot hope to offer the amount of detail that a full cinema screen does. Detail? Watching digital 4K at home I would say there's almost too much detail. I can literally count the leaves on the trees all the way back on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2021 You guys apparently have horrible experiences in the cinema way more than I do. I can count on one hand the number of bad experiences I've had ever in my life. I almost never see people using their phones or talking loudly or whatever. Maybe we're just better behaved in rural Virginia Edmilson, HunterTech, badbu and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Im sorry but no ones home theatre is anywhere close to the theatre. Not possible. Tallguy and badbu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 20 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Im sorry but no ones home theatre is anywhere close to the theatre. Not possible. 100% true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 43 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Maybe we're just better behaved in rural Virginia Stu, I've lived in rural Virginia: you're not 3 hours ago, AC1 said: Detail? Watching digital 4K at home I would say there's almost too much detail. I can literally count the leaves on the trees all the way back on the horizon. That's a form of modern hyper-detail, which is inaccurate, and unnecessary. I mean the detail which is present on the original negative, which is meant to be seen on the largest screen possible. 39 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Im sorry but no one's home theatre is anywhere close to the theatre. Not possible. I would accept that as an axiom. It would seem, however, that it is becoming a viable alternative, to the movie theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 For those afraid to be in public I Suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 I don't have agoraphobia but why am I not surprised Joe is trying to mock people who do have it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 A lot of Americans are afraid of unnecessary public spaces because of the pandemic and being shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Sequel basically confirmed? Quote “Will we have a sequel to Dune? If you watch the movie you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the answer to that,” WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Chair and CEO Ann Sarnoff told Deadline Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 O hehrstes Wunder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,395 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I wouldn't celebrate just yet. Studio heads announce sequels for movies on the eve of its release to give the impression of success. But, if the movie bombs at the box office, they never talk about the sequel again. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 There can also be the situation where Part Two gets greenlit and made, but doesn't have as big a budget... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I'm still waiting for the unfulfilled Battlefield Earth sequel to finish its book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,380 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 54 minutes ago, Chen G. said: There can also be the situation where Part Two gets greenlit and made, but doesn't have as big a budget... The last part of Dune is a smallish, intimate piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, Tallguy said: The last part of Dune is a smallish, intimate piece. The sequel books are VERY intimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,380 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Positivatee said: The sequel books are VERY intimate. I just read Children. It's fair to say that 75% of the book is people in rooms talking to each other about what will happen soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephariel 451 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 As someone who never read the book, I only know what I am getting into from snippets of what I read on message boards like this. I knew this isn't an action film and this is not the complete story. I knew the trailers tried to make the movie seemed more adventurous than it is because they keep selling the same scenes differently rather than revealing more spectacles. But I am still shocked how little action the film has. The last act of the film...I thought was the second act because I keep waiting for some sort of climax that never materialized. The cinematography is beautiful, but also surprisingly dark, and like 70% of the movie takes place at night. The tone echoes most of Villeneuve's films: sterile and humorless outside of Idaho's jokes. Maybe I should have seen this coming, but I didn't to this extend. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the movie since I prefer cerebral sci-fi over things like Marvel films and hope the story gets finished. I just don't see how they are going to get people in the seats. The fact that it is a modest box office success in Europe so far is actually surprising to me and gives me hope for humanity. Musically, Zimmer's score shines the most in key moments like the first sandworm sighting, the Atreides landing on Arrakis, and the expression of the desert and spice. But it is like he is scoring a series of paintings because, really, the musical journey has nowhere to go since the major character arcs are incomplete. And outside of Jessica and Paul, there aren't really any emotional crevices to explore. There are no epiphanies, glorious moments, or tender scenes to elevate. It is definitely not a score I enjoy much on album, but at least now I understand why the Zimmer scored it the way he did. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 @Mephariel, you might like Lynch's version more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I decided to watch the film tonight. Pre-booked the evening showing with my late friend Rob who died very unexpectedly a week ago. It would have been our 75th Odeon Limitless trip together. He was looking for the film very very much and would send me information about it constantly. He was a massive s-f nerd. Will buy his favourite snacks and will send him my scathing dour comments afterwards. He would expect nothing else from me. Looking forward to it...and not looking forward to it...both at the same time. But, oddly, it feels only appropriate. ❤️ EDIT: Wrong thread. Should have been the film one. Karol Edmilson, Disco Stu, Bayesian and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Mephariel said: But I am still shocked how little action the film has. As it turned out, I loved that it made me wait for the action. Problem is, the action itself isn't very good: Villenueve doesn't have a natural knack for action, it seems to me. That's probably the main demerit of the film - it wasn't a huge one for me (in fact, I loved it) but other audience members might mind it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,395 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Mephariel said: As someone who never read the book, I only know what I am getting into from snippets of what I read on message boards like this. I knew this isn't an action film and this is not the complete story. I knew the trailers tried to make the movie seemed more adventurous than it is because they keep selling the same scenes differently rather than revealing more spectacles. But I am still shocked how little action the film has. The last act of the film...I thought was the second act because I keep waiting for some sort of climax that never materialized. The cinematography is beautiful, but also surprisingly dark, and like 70% of the movie takes place at night. The tone echoes most of Villeneuve's films: sterile and humorless outside of Idaho's jokes. Maybe I should have seen this coming, but I didn't to this extend. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the movie since I prefer cerebral sci-fi over things like Marvel films and hope the story gets finished. I just don't see how they are going to get people in the seats. The fact that it is a modest box office success in Europe so far is actually surprising to me and gives me hope for humanity. Musically, Zimmer's score shines the most in key moments like the first sandworm sighting, the Atreides landing on Arrakis, and the expression of the desert and spice. But it is like he is scoring a series of paintings because, really, the musical journey has nowhere to go since the major character arcs are incomplete. And outside of Jessica and Paul, there aren't really any emotional crevices to explore. There are no epiphanies, glorious moments, or tender scenes to elevate. It is definitely not a score I enjoy much on album, but at least now I understand why the Zimmer scored it the way he did. It's interesting that you'd say that because Villeneuve himself said this was his most popcorn movie/blockbuster he's ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 42 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Villenueve doesn't have a natural knack for action Have you seen Sicario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 No, but in Blade Runner 2049 the action was...not quite there, so to speak. Its the same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Well Sicario has excellent action scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Well, Dune doesn't. It excells in other fields (visuals, pace and Rebecca Ferguson), but not in the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,380 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Chen G. said: No, but in Blade Runner 2049 the action was...not quite there, so to speak. The whole scene at the dam (or whatever the place was with all the water) was pretty damn riveting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo 63 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Tallguy said: The whole scene at the dam (or whatever the place was with all the water) was pretty damn riveting. It's referred to as the sea wall, I believe. Yeah, liked that scene.. the movie, too, though it's not something I need to watch often. Dune, however, I already watched twice, and am looking forward to the 4k UHD Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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