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I live in a different type of area I guess

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In Reply to: RE: Theaters are the worst posted by Jazz Inmate on September 25, 2008 at 19:03:25

"Unless you like paying a fortune"

Movies cost 7 to 10 dollars where I live- not a fortune to me.

"to sit on seats caked with a layer of gum, soda and popcorn,"

never happened to me

"and deal with people texting, coughing, farting, kicking your seat and talking."

sometimes people talk- not often- my smell is obviously less sensitive than your own, as the farting has not been a problem for me.

While I will gladly admit that Blu-ray is a damn sight closer to the movie theater experience than DVD, well, it's still not the movie theater experience. The resolution of 1080p is not anywhere close to 35 mm film. Ok go ahead and say the projectors are out of focus, you never achieve ideal film resolution, etc. etc. But if you are honest about what you actually see on a screen, you will admit you see more detail, i.e. more resolution in a movie theater than on your home TV. Look at the pattern on a wallpaper for example. Does this matter? To me it does.

The real point is that the Godfather is not playing in theaters and the BR version is a fine option to enjoy the best possible home version of this great classic. But there is no need to denigrate movie theaters. If the Godfather were to show again in a theater, that would be the best place to see it.

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RE: I live in a different type of area I guess - Jazz Inmate 22:30:11 09/26/08 (0)
Just a couple highlights of experiences I have had in recent years:
after previews ended and opening credits rolled, a guy sitting one seat away from me continued talking on his phone. I had to politely whisper over his girlfriend for him to get off the phone please, at which point his date told me I was rude.

during one of the most sensitive moments of a very emotional, intense film (Letters from Iwo Jima), a man sitting next to my date let two loud farts rip. A different man sitting behind us coughed throughout.

at one of the most graphically disturbing and violent war films ever made (Black Hawk Down) a woman had an infant and young child (maybe five years old) who acted up throughout the movie.

I could go on and on about the behavior of others in the movie theater. Usually it involves use of cell phones, but kicking the back of seats is a problem and it isn't too fun to walk out and realize you have a couple junior mints stuck to your ass thanks to a sloppy patron who earlier sat where you did.

But I'm glad your experiences at the theater have been more positive. I did see Burn After Reading the other day and had a great time, so it's not like I've sworn off the theater altogether and I don't mean to say that every trip to the AMC is abysmal. I do agree with your point about film, but what about a film's audio, which has an even greater emotional impact than video? No theater can compare to a good home theater, by virtue of the advantages of nearfield listening (not to mention quality of electronics and care in setup and room acoustics).

But back to video. My observation is that a BD produced from good source with a decent transfer on a large 1080p plasma has qualities that trick the eye into thinking it is seeing film to a far greater extent than DVD, line doubled/quadrupled DVD or upscaled DVD ever did.
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