Topic: Movies (Read 2248 times)

programmer_guy · « **Reply #20 on:** December 18, 2009, 01:18 »

Quote from: Lorelei on December 08, 2009, 23:58

I think it helps if you go late at night on a weekday a few weeks after opening day for a particular movie. The worst times to go are weekend nights (rife with feral teens who have not been properly brought up to not be total asshats in public) and matinees (which usually have an impromptu Crying Baby With Rude Parents contest, where screaming infants compete to see how long their parents will make other theatre-goers endure the sounds of a wailing child before removing said child from the theatre, or small traumatized children dragged to inappropriate R-rated films by stupid parents or older siblings who are too cheap to hire a babysitter or incapable of telling kids too young for R movies that they can see them when they are old enough, but not right now, or bored kids dragged to films that hold no child appeal at all, which encourages the poor child to find other things to do (while their parents are too busy watching the film to be paying attention to them), such as running up and down the aisles, chattering loudly, throwing food, whining that they are bored, opening the doors in the back of the theatre to let light in over 9000 times, squeezing past rows of people over 9000 times, whining that they want more junk food or that they need to go to the bathroom (again) or crawling under / kicking the back of your seat).

Children and teens kicking the back of my seat in the theater is my pet peeve.
(Some parents just refuse to exercise control over their children anymore.)

Anyway, I'm gonna see "Avatar". The trailers look good. Plus, I'm a sucker for special effects.

Lorelei · « **Reply #21 on:** December 19, 2009, 06:13 »

Some parents just dump their unsupervised children off at the theatre, or allow them to see one movie while the parents are watching something else. Bad behavior indulged in for the LULZ or due to high spirits, or kids behaving badly because they were never taught by responsible adults that it is unacceptable to behave like that in public (if at all), is to be expected.

To be honest, it is more often adults behaving badly in theatres that irritate me. Unless I am deliberately going to a theatre where I know the audience is likely to yell at the characters on screen and offer them loud advice, or loudly cheer and yell hallelujahs when something awesome happens, like a big chase or explosion scene (because that adds to the fun for them, even if it doesn't for me), I want people to act right, shut up, not throw food, put away their phones and not bring their squalling infants into the theatre during the film.

There are theatres where rambunctiousness is to be expected, usually cheap ones, or second-run discount ones, and you roll with it. Then there are theatres, usually those where it can cost the earth to buy a ticket, they sell stuff like espresso at the snack counter, and the seats resemble Captain Kirk's chair, where the aforementioned disturbances really infuriate you because it would be far cheaper to download a pirated copy of said film off the 'net, get a huge pizza or some Chinese food, invite friends over, and watch it at home in peace on your own TV in your own livingroom in your own comfy chairs on your own non-sticky floor with no crying babies--or surly packs of teens texting each other and booting the back of your seat--within a two mile radius. You try to do the right thing by seeing and paying for the film in a theatre, and the rest of the audience makes you wish you did the wrong thing.

Stutroup · « **Reply #22 on:** December 19, 2009, 09:28 »

Sometimes, especially when all immersion in the film is destroyed, I wish (especially with the new digital everything so no film canisters) that the projectionist could pause the movie and put up a screen of text about

TURN OFF
THE TELEPHONE
AND WATCH THE
MOVIE

mefree · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2009, 12:03 »

I have experienced the seat-kicking and it is extremely unpleasant. That and a guy in a trench coat who skipped 500 seats to sit next to me..........Ewwww, I moved.

programmer_guy · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2009, 22:48 »

I saw "Avatar" today. I highly recommend it!

It's a fairly long movie. The special effects are great especially if you see the 3D version!

Trailers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVdO-cx-McA&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-4-HM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_JBMrrYw8&feature=related

I wouldn't be surprised if some people who worked on this movie get some awards.

programmer_guy · « **Reply #25 on:** December 20, 2009, 02:15 »

Quote from: Lorelei

Unless I am deliberately going to a theatre where I know the audience is likely to yell at the characters on screen and offer them loud advice,...

Yep, and an example of that is the "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

Lorelei · « **Reply #26 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:02 »

You are correct: RHPS is an example of extreme audience participation. Horror flicks at second-run or discount theatres appear to be in second place.

Raven · « **Reply #27 on:** December 20, 2009, 12:07 »

I'm going to try to fit in avatar tonight. I hate heading near a mall right now in order to see a movie lol

programmer_guy · « **Reply #28 on:** December 20, 2009, 23:28 »

Quote from: Raven on December 20, 2009, 12:07

I'm going to try to fit in avatar tonight. I hate heading near a mall right now in order to see a movie lol

After you have seen it, I'm curious as to what you thought of it.
But I don't want to spoil the movie for others who haven't seen it.
For plot writing, I saw some of it as couched in old American history with a SciFi twist.
Here is one similarity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custers_Last_Stand

Quote

...the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek—was an armed engagement between a Lakota–Northern Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.

Sarcasm Pirate · « **Reply #29 on:** December 23, 2009, 22:31 »

I didn't like Avatar very much. I felt like I was watching a disney movie like Pocahontas but with aliens. Maybe I'm just too much of a Alien and Terminator fan to allow myself to be open to more James Cameron movies. >.<;

I went to a movie theatre that serves booze though and everyone around me was drunk, snarky and talkative so it made for an all around unpleasant experience. I'll try viewing it again objectively in my own home minus the old creepsters and frat boys who smell like PBR and sadness.

programmer_guy · « **Reply #30 on:** December 27, 2009, 05:29 »

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Maybe I'm just too much of a Alien and Terminator fan to allow myself to be open to more James Cameron movies. >.<;

I guess that this is your main point... you don't like James Cameron?
Well, I'm not a political liberal... but I liked the movie anyway.
The acting was really good. I liked the plot/story. And the special effects are really good.

Sarcasm Pirate · « **Reply #31 on:** December 27, 2009, 11:30 »

Quote from: programmer_guy on December 27, 2009, 05:29

I guess that this is your main point... you don't like James Cameron?
Well, I'm not a political liberal... but I liked the movie anyway.
The acting was really good. I liked the plot/story. And the special effects are really good.

I didn't really have a main point but no. I like James Cameron's early stuff but not a whole lot of the newer things. :-/

Ultrapoet · « **Reply #32 on:** December 27, 2009, 21:44 »

Sherlock Holmes was made of large quantities of pure awesome, by the way. Just sayin'.

mefree · « **Reply #33 on:** December 29, 2009, 18:01 »

Finally saw Avatar and loved it.

Raven · « **Reply #34 on:** December 30, 2009, 00:22 »

the special affects of avatar were outstanding!

tomorrow off to see Sherlock! I have so many movies to catch up on

Aquaman · « **Reply #35 on:** December 30, 2009, 08:28 »

Saw Avatar recently, in 3D (not Imax, though, nothing anywhere near me). Visually, it was, if not sex, at least a really good heavy petting session. Plotwise? Eh, I didn't like "The Last Samurai" first time around, "The Last Samurai... IN SPACE!", with a deus ex machina to change the ending, didn't change that any. I was actually rooting for the Colonel, a bit, just because I wanted to nuke the Mary Sue species to show I don't like anvils being dropped on my head.

Going to see Sherlock Holmes later this week, and after that probably nothing for a while.

programmer_guy · « **Reply #36 on:** December 30, 2009, 21:45 »

Quote from: mefree on December 29, 2009, 18:01

Finally saw Avatar and loved it.

There was a physical difference between the Na'vi and the Avatars.
Did you notice what that was?

mefree · « **Reply #37 on:** December 30, 2009, 22:10 »

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There was a physical difference between the Na'vi and the Avatars.
Did you notice what that was?

No. I missed that. Was it their size?

programmer_guy · « **Reply #38 on:** December 30, 2009, 22:40 »

Quote from: mefree on December 30, 2009, 22:10

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There was a physical difference between the Na'vi and the Avatars.
Did you notice what that was?

No. I missed that. Was it their size?

No. The Na'vi and the Avatars were the same size (both much taller than humans).

The Na'vi had 3 fingers and a thumb on each hand but the Avatars had 4 fingers and a thumb on each hand.

Raven · « **Reply #39 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:47 »

The avatars had a good bit more clothing too

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