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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- to each their own - tunenut 12:03:16 12/23/04 (9)
- Re: to each their own - Jack G 15:49:02 12/23/04 (8)
- no - tunenut 16:12:05 12/23/04 (7)
- Re: no - Jack G 19:44:41 12/23/04 (6)
- Re: no - Victor Khomenko 20:05:04 12/23/04 (5)
- then there was a serious screw-up - Jack G 06:49:35 12/24/04 (3)
- Re: then there was a serious screw-up - Victor Khomenko 07:04:38 12/24/04 (2)
- Exactly - Jack G 08:21:52 12/24/04 (1)
- Re: Exactly - Victor Khomenko 08:30:44 12/24/04 (0)
- Yep ...that stumps me also...nt - millen 21:13:56 12/23/04 (0)