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In Reply to: NO MORE AT THE MOVIES posted by warrenh@optonline.net on December 23, 2004 at 07:30:58:
of course and the DVD/video scene has many advantages. Convenience and selection. And the picture can be very nice, I have a friend with a big screen LCD and it seems fully satisfying. However...film is just much more detailed and richer in obvious ways. Saw House of Flying Daggers the other day, kind of slow, but beautifully photographed, sumptuous visuals. You can see the tiny details of the patterns in the clothes, in the autumn landscape colors. The fine details simply do not exist on DVD, it is too coarse. If an HDTV format comes along, that will come closer. Whether it is the details of the visuals, the darkness, the lack of a running timer, I am able to get far more involved in a movie in a theater than in a home. It is well worth the admitted hassle to me. All you say is true, inconsiderate people, endless advertising, lousy sound, etc. But when the movie starts and you settle in, it is far better than video.
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> > > You can see the tiny details of the patterns in the clothes, in the autumn landscape colors. The fine details simply do not exist on DVD, it is too coarse. < < <
I don't think so. Have you seen the disc on a decent home system? I saw it before it ever came to theaters here. Fine details don't exist on the disc? Bulls##t. Shoebox multiplexes have nothing on a good home system.
As you say, to each his own.
Jack
Have not seen this DVD. OTOH, have you actually seen the 35 mm print? Why not give it a try? Resolution of DVD vs. 35 mm. film is not a matter of opinion, it is fact. While it is true that this advantage could be destroyed by a severely out of focus projection, that is in my experience very rare.
Its not playing near me so comparisons are moot.> > > Resolution of DVD vs. 35 mm. film is not a matter of opinion, it is fact < < <
Perhaps, but like everything else,theory and reality are not always the same. Prints shown in theaters are not always pristine. I've been to my share of subpar showings. Ever been to a theater and have the projector screw up or have someone forget to change reels? I stand by my comments. IMO, the advantages are not always there, and its just not worth the hassle.
Jack
***or have someone forget to change reelsHmmmm.... no one changes reels. The whole movie is spliced together onto one "reel". You are what - 110 years old?
The last time I went to a theater. It was LOTR, long before the intermission, the film went blank for quite a while, than started again. If that wasn't a reel change, than there was a major problem. For that I paid $8.50 a pop???
Lets face it folks, theaters are not what they used to be. They are smaller, less comfortable, there are fewer *good* seats, and in some cases the screans are smaller. I guess they make up for this by the ever increasing prices.
Jack
Apparently some sort of a malfunction. Maybe a splice broke.Some theaters are actually pretty good, like the 16-screener here, but the problem is the whole building is one huge popcorn factory, with noisy teenagers and videogames everywhere, smell and comotion, the atmosphere certainly not conducive to viewing some good work.
Shame, as there are some really nice rooms there... as far as I recall... having visited it last time maybe five years ago.
> > > Maybe a splice broke < < <
Quite possible, though it shouldn't have been spliced in the first place for a new movie.I used to go to the theaters quite regularly. Unfortunately, as you pointed out, the atmosphere is not really conducive for serious viewing.
I don't want to bore everyone with technicalities, but here is how it works, to the best of my understanding.The films get delivered to the movie houses from a distributor on several 20 minutes reels - you all have seen those in their octogonal cans.
At the theater they are all spliced together into one piece, and put on a special carousel type device, so they could be shown in one shot, without changing reels.
When the theater is done with the movie, it is cut again into the 20 minute parts, each one packed in its own can and sent back to the distributor.
Perhaps Chris Garrett will clarify that for us, but this is what I was told by a projectionist who runs the "home theater" system for one well known billionaire whose name you would recognize instantly. That home theater installation (which I visited) included two real 35mm projectors in addition to your obligatory digital video one. So there a person actually does switch between the two projectors - he has a control panel for that near his window.
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