Went to see Millions yesterday, an unabashedly emotional movie. Afterwards, my friend said something like, I'm starting to understand why you go to so many movies. She said that she completely lost herself during this movie and only at the end started to remember where she was, and that during the movie, all the problems of her life essentially disappeared. In a nutshell, that is quite common and one of the things I love about going to a movie, it is often a truly immersive experience. This simply does not happen to me when watching DVDs at home. But my video system is low end. I wonder if the people here, who seem to mostly watch DVDs, actually experience this and, if so, what kind of video equipment is necessary to get there.
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Topic - immersion in a movie- does this happen with DVD? - tunenut 17:25:14 03/21/05 (47)
- comments - tunenut 13:01:11 03/23/05 (3)
- One good thing for the movie theater - you have a captive audience. - oscar 05:28:33 03/25/05 (1)
- "The distraction sometimes affects the movie 'flow'." No kidding! nt - clarkjohnsen 10:52:43 03/25/05 (0)
- "The delivery medium does make a difference." Indubitably! nt - clarkjohnsen 10:14:00 03/24/05 (0)
- Audiophilus Uninterruptus - Victor Khomenko 12:43:26 03/23/05 (4)
- Re: Audiophilus Uninterruptus - thoriated_tiger 15:29:29 03/23/05 (3)
- Good points - KT88 09:59:38 03/26/05 (0)
- Re: Is Victor right...size DOESN'T matter?! - Gee LP 22:15:05 03/23/05 (1)
- Re: Is Victor right...size DOESN'T matter?! - AudioHead 06:49:59 03/26/05 (0)
- put it this way, i've stopped going to the cinema for the last 3 years ... - Christine Tham 16:30:34 03/22/05 (15)
- "Digital projection at the cinema may swing it back the other way again." We do seem to be at odds here. - clarkjohnsen 07:51:30 03/23/05 (14)
- Re: "Digital projection at the cinema may swing it back the other way again." We do seem to be at odds here. - Analog Scott 21:00:58 03/23/05 (1)
- Bingo! Bravo! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:50:18 03/24/05 (0)
- Headaches from digital projection? - thoriated_tiger 12:15:25 03/23/05 (2)
- "While I have yet to see a cine digital projector in use..." Well there ya go! - clarkjohnsen 09:48:07 03/24/05 (0)
- SMART III is worth every cent - Christine Tham 23:33:05 03/23/05 (0)
- Re: "Digital projection at the cinema may swing it back the other way again." We do seem to be at odds here. - Christine Tham 10:36:46 03/23/05 (8)
- "You don't seem to be, so that's fine." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 11:07:25 03/23/05 (7)
- Re: "You don't seem to be, so that's fine." Hmm... - Christine Tham 23:20:55 03/23/05 (6)
- Re: "You don't seem to be, so that's fine." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 10:06:41 03/24/05 (5)
- Re: "You don't seem to be, so that's fine." Hmm... - Christine Tham 13:38:53 03/24/05 (4)
- Christine...ask Clark if we REALLY put men on the moon. (nt - dennzio 19:26:00 03/25/05 (0)
- "I am humbled before your august presence." As well you might be. - clarkjohnsen 10:50:50 03/25/05 (2)
- sorry for taking so long to reply - Christine Tham 13:35:51 03/28/05 (1)
- Back atcha in a few days, I'm off now myself. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:26:30 03/28/05 (0)
- Most "home theaters" whatever size the screen have sufficient distractions around -- - clarkjohnsen 14:34:03 03/22/05 (7)
- The dangers over over generalizing ... - Christine Tham 16:34:15 03/22/05 (6)
- Re: The dangers over over generalizing ... - rico 07:57:51 03/23/05 (0)
- "The ability to press pause." Rats! I forgot... - clarkjohnsen 07:42:41 03/23/05 (4)
- Re: "The ability to press pause." Rats! I forgot... - Christine Tham 10:45:20 03/23/05 (3)
- Gotta disagree again - clarkjohnsen 11:14:59 03/23/05 (2)
- Re: Gotta disagree again - Christine Tham 23:27:36 03/23/05 (1)
- "You are getting funnier by the minute!" You're very kind. - clarkjohnsen 10:11:58 03/24/05 (0)
- To me, much more so, yes. - grantv 06:57:23 03/22/05 (0)
- FRONT PROJECTOR! - draggcj 06:54:10 03/22/05 (1)
- Big second on that one! - David S. 10:19:31 03/22/05 (0)
- Generally - LWR 06:39:03 03/22/05 (0)
- Re: immersion in a movie- does this happen with DVD? - Rich Jura 06:16:19 03/22/05 (0)
- Re: immersion in a movie- does this happen with DVD? - rico 05:48:31 03/22/05 (2)
- Sure, it can be better even. - KT88 16:20:07 03/22/05 (1)
- Well said.(nt) - Jack G 08:41:56 03/23/05 (0)
- Re: immersion in music- does this happen with a pocket radio? - patrickU 04:18:00 03/22/05 (2)
- not for me - tunenut 08:49:00 03/23/05 (1)
- Re: I feel like Bernardo on this one. - patrickU 08:57:31 03/23/05 (0)
- Re: immersion in a movie- does this happen with DVD? - Charles Hansen 00:10:09 03/22/05 (0)
- No...can't wait for a room large enough for a dedicated screen - ToshiroMeyers 18:56:11 03/21/05 (0)
- I have visited guy's homes and viewed DVDs on - tinear 17:38:28 03/21/05 (0)