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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 27, 2013, 11:15 am
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I've heard nothing but great reviews and many consider this to
be the best incarnation of Wolverine yet. It doesn't hurt that
they took the story from Chris Claremont's iconic run of the
same name either.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: November 27, 2013, 5:02 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]Ender's Game[/glow]
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It's been a looooooooooong time since I read Ender's Game. I
usually don't read Sci-Fi, but I heard a lot of good stuff about
it.
So it's freezing outdoors, and I invite my son to go with me. He
read my book. I know the premise, but there sure was a lot of
stuff I had forgotten about. But as the movie moved along, some
things slowly came back to me. From what I remember and
understand, Ender's Game is very faithful to the book... and it
shows. This is truly a gritty, realistic (for sci-fi) large
scope entertainment piece. To think this was written in 1985, it
translates very well to current times. I am so glad they did not
hollywood this up with sappy relationships. Kill or be killed.
And these are 12-13 year old kids defending our world.
You can probably tell, I was very impressed with everything
about it. The pace, the editing, the storytelling, the
characters all fleshed out very well. I just saw Moises Arias a
couple months back in The Kings of Summer and he stood on his
own in a very different and unique way. He does it again here. A
180 if you will.
I highly recommend Ender's Game. It's thinking man's sci-fi.
This I would consider my Star Wars. I hope they continue with a
lot more.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Neumatic Date: November 27, 2013, 6:49 pm
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I can't believe how short this thread is... I guess it just
shows where we do most of our movie-watching, eh?
I'm really curious to see the R-rated version of The Wolverine--
I gotta put that on my queue.
Ender's Game I liked but they rushed through so much of it,
there was sort of a checklist-y feel to it, the second they knew
they got something, they moved on. There was also this problem
that I'd been thinking about well before the movie came out: how
do you show time passing in space? There's no day, no night, no
seasons... so it's hard to avoid things feeling like they're
happening in the span of a few days, which I felt happened in
this movie. I'm not going to give them too much guff about it,
because what can you do about it?
One thing I loved about Ender's Game-- the look. THAT'S what
Star Trek should have looked like.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: January 19, 2014, 11:42 am
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[quote]I can't believe how short this thread is... I guess it
just shows where we do most of our movie-watching, eh?[/quote]
Yes... I'm falling into that category more and more. Going to
see Gravity yesterday didn't help. $22 for the wife and I,
because of the added surcharge for the 3D. Also I get so easily
frustrated with the other patrons. Loud ass folks eating popcorn
and candy and such. Gaaaaaaaaaaaawd. I guess I especially aware
because the theater needs to be absolutely quiet, particularly
in the beginning, where they are driving home the point....
space, sound doesn't travel. It is absolutely mouse quiet in the
beginning and people eating their popcorn and tearing open
packaging was 'deafening'.
[glow=red,2,300]Gravity
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Gravity was re-released to theaters this weekend, I guess based
on Oscar buzz and this is truly one those films that needs to be
watched on the largest screen possible. I imagine it will be
fine when it get's released for the home screen, but recommend
the big screen.
Gravity is stunning on every level. Visuals aside, this movie
instantly sucks you in and it is a non-stop ride. It never lets
up.
What makes Gravity stand out, for me, is how real it is and
could be. Everything here could have happened. IMO, this is NOT
science fiction.
Gravity has only George Clooney and Sandra Bullock with a couple
of disembodied voices (NASA).
I highly recommend this for anyone. It is high drama set in near
space.
Note: We saw this in 3D. Did not have a choice. Not terribly
impressed. There was a scene or two where I said, wow, 3D, but I
don't think it added anything to the experience.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: February 3, 2014, 9:28 am
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I looked back at the post about Gravity
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through the whole thing.
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But funny thing that just now hit me. The beginning of the
movie, text pops up about how space is a vacuum and sound does
not travel. I just realized when all chaos goes down, it's
quiet, only with respect to stuff hitting, blowing up, etc.
Looking back in memory of the flim, it just seems odd. But I'm
sure it's very realistic (compared to sci-fi movies with loud
explosions, sounds, etc)
The music still explodes with intensity and we can hear the
astronauts yelling
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Neumatic Date: February 12, 2014, 12:50 am
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Saw The Lego Movie. This is the second time the theater played
the audio slightly too softly for me (the other time was [i[The
Hobbit[/i]), so naturally I missed part of it when I had to go
out to tell someone. They didn't fix the problem. It was
pretty cool, I'm not flipping out for it like everyone else is,
probably in part b/c I wasn't totally engrossed, and I saw
enough promo material to see where everything was going. There
were still some pleasant surprises that I won't spoil here,
but... it was actually a pretty amazingly done movie, and it's
definitely one of those ones worth pausing and poring over all
the details, there's tons of little details all over the place.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 12, 2014, 1:04 am
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Theaters NEVER have it loud enough for me. Back when I was an
active movie-goer, THIS was a constant issue with me and I lost
count of how many times I had to go and complain to get the
manager to fix the problem. After awhile, I just stopped caring
and I just stopped going and wasting my money on what I
considered to be a very poor moving-going experience. It was
this issue that lead me to getting my first Home Theater set up
with a 500 Watt Sub. Don't have problems anymore with the audio.
;D
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Neumatic Date: February 12, 2014, 1:11 am
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I'm getting to that point, not just b/c of the sound (more of an
issue that the previews are too loud and too long and I don't
give enough poops), but the price and the screen size issue: I'm
getting tired of the smaller theatrical screens. I have a small
TV at the moment (well, bigger than any TV I used to have, it's
maybe 17 inches) but I can always go bigger, I have my
headphones on so I can have it as loud as I want (and I want it
loud, clown!)... I like being pampered with my media. Now if we
can get those virtual glasses things working right, then we'll
REALLY be cooking with gasoline. If gasoline still exists then.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 12, 2014, 1:17 am
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With my TV on it's last legs, I'm ramping up my choices of what
to get. Whatever brand I settle on, it will be a minimum 42
Inches. Price will dictate how much bigger I will go from there.
The sets I've seen at Target are really enticing and they had a
couple of 50 Inch Sets well within my price range.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Neumatic Date: February 12, 2014, 1:20 am
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Nothin' wrong with an older model. I'm constantly dreaming of a
bigger screen with motion smoothing at least as an option. Is
it sad that when I think of my dream apartment, I'm focusing on
the table and the TV? I feel like if the goggles were good
enough I'd be like Wade in "Ready Player One," just shaved
smooth with goggles and a laptop in a hotel room with the
windows blocked out. Spoilers for Ready Player One. Also, if
you haven't, read Ready Player One. Now THAT'S how I want to
experience movies.
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