I don't even remember the last time I watched a movie in the theater, I am guessing it has been 3-4 years... I didn't miss it at all. But the wife wanted to see Lincoln (I didn't, hate his politics) so we went. I got lucky, because the show was sold out, so instead we saw Flight. Overall, it was a positive experience. I was worried about teenagers talking and cellphones going off,(there were at least 3 warnings before the movie) and showing endless commercials, but none of them manifested themselves. Since it was a rather new cinema, the seats were nice leather and wide. There was an extra line for 2 handicapped seats, and since we got corner seats just before the handicapped ones, we only had neighbours on 2 sides. The whole hall was rather small, I guess they sized them smaller to have more screens. So I guess as long as it is not a sold out, full priced movie but an afternoon matinee with half the seats empty, I might get back into the movie going business. I don't really see the need to see most movies on the big screen though...
Well, since I don't like to wait, I do watch movies in not so good quality. But then later I noticed, that a movie in bad quality lowers my opinion of it and later when I saw it in at least DVD quality, I find it much better. Also, some movies were made for the big screen no matter what...
I turned down Lincoln on the big screen and refuse to watch hobbit as I hate continued movies. I can understand Lord of the Rings being 3 movies as there were 3 books, but The Hobbit was only one book. Some movies lend themselves to being more graphical. If you had seen Jurassic Park for the first time on a small screen then you missed out. A movie high in special effects like Total Recall, and Batman made great big screen movies. I avoid the younger crowds by attending matinees often while everyone is in work and at school.
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! We love the rich colors and awesome contrast that OLED displays can give us. We're already enjoying the wonders of OLED and AMOLED and we dream of seeing the technology at the sizes of the LCD and plasmas of today. Mitsubishi is planning on selling a 100-inch OLED TV later this month. Yes, that sounds jaw dropping at first, but sadly this isn't the HDTV that we're waiting for. In fact, it's not really HD at all. This Diamond Vision model at 100-inches has pixels that measure around 3mm in size. Viewers will have to view the displays from at least a couple of meters away to get a decent image. The sets will get even bigger, perhaps to the 155-inch model that Mitsubishi prototyped. This massive size was accomplished by putting together multiple OLED modules, all of which add up to 17.6 pounds in weight and 15.1 inches think. These Diamond Vision models have a maximum brightness of 1,200cd/m2, which is twice as bright as the company’s current LED-backlit LCD TVs.
You need a huge house to have a 100 inches TV. The general rule is, you are supposed to be from the TV 5 times the diagonal. So 500 inches is almost 42 feet. You tell me you have a room 42 feet wide or long???
From the picture I posted it would seem that the person who took that picture isn't more than 15 feet away from that TV. So I do not think you'd need a 42 foot room to view this type of TV but at least a 20 foot room would be better.
I have a love/hate relationship with movie theaters. I like the experience of going - it's an Americana tradition, so to speak. But at the same time, it's absurdly expensive. Tickets where I live usually run about $12 USD per person. And because I never go by myself (usually am accompanied by my best friend), it's $24 just for the tickets. Then a medium bag of popcorn is about $6. A medium drink is $4.50. And if you want a box of candy, be willing to fork out another $5. Hot dogs are about that price as well. So, for two people sharing one bag of popcorn, but each having their own drink and box of candy, you're looking at a total of about $50. If you're looking for a place to take a date, the theatre is not a cheap place to go. Not to mention that of almost every time I've been to the theatre in recent years, I've noticed that people don't know how to shut the #### up! And forget about seeing a horror movie! You'll always have that guy or girl saying "Oh my god. Did you see that?!" No... I didn't. Sorry. I just come to the movies to stare at the floor for 2 hours. Come on! The worst are the people that feel the need to give a play-by-play commentary during the movie. So, I guess my relationship with theaters is more hate than love.
For an HDTV, the rule is generally 1.2-1.9 times the diagonal. The 5 times the diagonal rule is based on standard def TVs.
That still limits the number of houses. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! The point is, just because they can make them bigger, that doesn't mean that they should.... I have to look it up. If you are too close to the action, you might have to keep turning your head.... Or your eyes have to go like watching a ping-pong match.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance This says 1.2 to 2.5 times....
Well, in a related way, the commissioner of the NFL complained about the good quality of HDTVs, because they are taking away viewers from the live attendance. If you run the same numbers for an NFL game (and specially for a family of 4) you can easily end up with 6-800 bucks for not even good seats. And beer for 8-12 bucks. Parking from $40 and up.... So obviously it is cheaper to buy the HDTV and subscribe to the sport channels and get your on food and beer. The same applies to moves. A smaller HDTV can be bought for $400, so in watching 8-10 movies you got your money back. The rest is savings... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Not all theaters are created equal. I find most theaters have substandard picture and sound which turns me off as much as misbehaving kids and endless commercials. Normally I watch movies on my sweet home theater setup at home, which had been a more satisfying experience than what I was finding at the cinemas. Recently though I found a theater in my area that sells alcohol and doesn't run commercials - perfect. I last saw the Hobbit there in high frame rate 3D with Dolby Atmos sound. Now that was a quality movie watching experience with the latest and greatest in picture and sound. Before I found that theater, I would only go to IMAX screenings because of the superior sound and lighting IMAX has over your average theater.
Theres no point in seeing any film nowadays unless its IMAX. Theatres used to be fun and elegantly designed...they were large enough to get a real crowd roaring, and they didnt torture the patrons like rats in a marketing lab with endless advertising that you cant turn off. Most films should go direct to DVD anyway.
The average movie is less than two hours long. A great novel spans years and even an ordinary one has a story that goes on for several weeks. Even accounting for the fact that showing you a scene visually is somewhat faster than describing it in words, cinematic adaptations of great novels probably leave out 95% of the story. Even with a crappy novel you're missing about 2/3 of it. I haven't seen "Life of Pi" yet but I'll assume it's an exception since the story is all visual images with no dialog (only one human character who mercifully does not talk to himself very much) except at the beginning and end. "The Hobbit" is all action. They did a masterful job of creating scenery, creatures, structures, clothes, artifacts, etc., that (IMHO) were respectful renditions of those described in the book. It's been 40 years since I read the story, but IIRC it spans several months, if not longer. Squashing it into 8 hours (or something like that, the first movie was about 165 minutes including rather a lot of credits Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!) is still going to leave out a lot, but squashing it into one-third of that would leave out too much, possibly ruining the "sense of wonder." I thought LOTR could have been ten or twenty movies, rather than three. I wish I could go to a theater today and see Part Fifteen.
I like going to the movies, but I have a fear of getting head lice off the seats. Luckily there is a very nice Drive In theatre not far from here. Granted, its only open late spring to late summer, but.... We rent from the video store mostly (yes, we still have one in our town)
Must admit "Django" was a lot of fun. Did a Valentine night out and didn't want to see much else and the reviews are good, but it's been out a while. Had me smiling through most of the movie. Lots of well deserved Blood and Guts and things in my teeth. When Tarantino did "Kill Bill", I thought oh those poor guards getting sliced and diced, but when he turns it into a slave retribution type bounty hunting western the bad guys really do deserve it. Not all of them do, but hey it's a terrific movie and glad I experienced it with an audience.
Head lice are easily curable. That's a lot better than carrying home stinkbugs. Or worse yet, the deer ticks that carry Lyme disease. And unlike body lice, head lice don't carry disease. Body lice speciated from head lice sometime between 30KYA and 110KYA, when humans began wearing clothes and evolving less body hair. The insects needed to adapt to an environment with no fur. You mean a video store or a drive-in? Smaller towns still have video stores, but drive-ins are really rare.
Toronto has a driving range that converts to a small drive in at night, but I never liked them since they switched to radio speakers because I had a tiny car squeeze between myself and a neighbouring car once and could not open my door much. At least the old speakers regulated distance. I feel sorry for anyone owning a video store though, as it is too easy to rent movies online or through cable company now.
both! We have a video store (which is doing quite well again) and a drive in theatre http://www.capridrive-in.com/
