I haven't been to the movie theater since before the Pandemic, when is the last time you went? (2 Viewers)

[Hastur]

Hadn’t been to a movie theater in perhaps a decade.

2 months ago we went to go see a sold-out showing of Interstellar on IMAX here in Chattanooga.

Jammed into seats. Ridiculously priced food & drink. MAJOR hassle to yourself and others to get up during the film.

At home we’ve got a 100” QLED display with a Dolby Atmos 5.1.4 surround system with UHD BluRay, 9 speakers totaling 25 drivers aimed at our main listening position. 12” 1500 watt subwoofer provides theater caliber rumble. All room corrected with Dirac Live.

30 cent bag of microwave popcorn, 90 cent can of miller lite, Italian leather sofa with 10 feet of leg room, and a pause button.

**** movie theaters

Not those exact specs, but generally....yeah. **** movie theaters. They have become dinosaurs.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Going to see A Complete Unknown today

Took my dad to see it on Tues. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I'm actually considering going again because I liked it that much. I don't think I've seen a movie in a theater twice since Return of the Jedi.

Yeah, ‘twas amazing. Would recommend.

Wish I liked A Complete Unknown as much as others seemd to have. I like Dylan a lot, especially his 60s run. I got pretty deep into him in college and Forever Young was my wedding mother-son dance song. But this just seemed to have nothing to say. It's fun and pleasant but felt to me like, "Hey remember Bob Dylan? He was pretty good huh?"

He's really NOT a very likeable guy. He was a pretty awful friend and treated girls like disposable jungle vines. I quit reading a bio on him because I just didn't want to read any more about him the human. And I think one point of the movie is that he refused to let people in. He created a fictional past, he didn't reciprocate feelings, he stole (records, girls, songs) and he refused to bend at the knee for anybody.


Which is why I think the movie incorporated other artists like Seeger and Baez to contrast their personas against his. Artists who felt like they had a duty or calling to use their music and fame to do what people needed or wanted vs a brilliant artist who just wanted to do whatever he f'n wanted and f everybody who doesn't like that.

I loved the movie and love Dylan's music. I have an autograph copy of Rolling Stone with him on the cover. But he's not anybody I'd ever want to emulate.

Sure but to me "Bob Dylan was a selfish jerk" just wasn't enough for a movie to me. I liked it, it's very well made. But it felt very empty.

I wasn't attempting to say that was what the movie was about, I was attempting to add some insight to the man the movie was about that might not be obvious to others. I don't think the movie made him out to be a selfish jerk; if anything, I think it left out a lot of his negative characteristics - which, I think makes for a better movie overall.

Oh well, I liked the movie a lot more than you. Would gladly watch it again today if I got the invite to go. Hope it wins an Oscar or four.

80s is the Dave Portnoy burner account?



Yeah I’m on Team Chamalet here. Good storytelling by Mangold, thought the whole cast crushed it - but especially the lead. Then again, I’m extremely biased as he used to live in my daughter’s building. Good kid.

Wonder if the makers would be pleased to hear @Ilov80s say “it felt very empty.” On some level I’d agree - walking out, I kind of thought that was intentional. Zimmerman is an aloof enigma with massive ******* tendencies.

 

[Ilov80s]

Going to see A Complete Unknown today

Took my dad to see it on Tues. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I'm actually considering going again because I liked it that much. I don't think I've seen a movie in a theater twice since Return of the Jedi.

Yeah, ‘twas amazing. Would recommend.

Wish I liked A Complete Unknown as much as others seemd to have. I like Dylan a lot, especially his 60s run. I got pretty deep into him in college and Forever Young was my wedding mother-son dance song. But this just seemed to have nothing to say. It's fun and pleasant but felt to me like, "Hey remember Bob Dylan? He was pretty good huh?"

He's really NOT a very likeable guy. He was a pretty awful friend and treated girls like disposable jungle vines. I quit reading a bio on him because I just didn't want to read any more about him the human. And I think one point of the movie is that he refused to let people in. He created a fictional past, he didn't reciprocate feelings, he stole (records, girls, songs) and he refused to bend at the knee for anybody.


Which is why I think the movie incorporated other artists like Seeger and Baez to contrast their personas against his. Artists who felt like they had a duty or calling to use their music and fame to do what people needed or wanted vs a brilliant artist who just wanted to do whatever he f'n wanted and f everybody who doesn't like that.

I loved the movie and love Dylan's music. I have an autograph copy of Rolling Stone with him on the cover. But he's not anybody I'd ever want to emulate.

Sure but to me "Bob Dylan was a selfish jerk" just wasn't enough for a movie to me. I liked it, it's very well made. But it felt very empty.

I wasn't attempting to say that was what the movie was about, I was attempting to add some insight to the man the movie was about that might not be obvious to others. I don't think the movie made him out to be a selfish jerk; if anything, I think it left out a lot of his negative characteristics - which, I think makes for a better movie overall.

Oh well, I liked the movie a lot more than you. Would gladly watch it again today if I got the invite to go. Hope it wins an Oscar or four.

80s is the Dave Portnoy burner account?



Yeah I’m on Team Chamalet here. Good storytelling by Mangold, thought the whole cast crushed it - but especially the lead. Then again, I’m extremely biased as he used to live in my daughter’s building. Good kid.

Wonder if the makers would be pleased to hear @Ilov80s say “it felt very empty.” On some level I’d agree - walking out, I kind of thought that was intentional. Zimmerman is an aloof enigma with massive ******* tendencies.

Chalamet is good. He is a good actor and a heck of a movie star. Probably my favorite actor of anyone under 35, so much charisma. It was just too much playing a Dylan song and reaction shots of all the other cast members looking on in awe. It's not that I didn't enjoy the movie, I certainly did enjoy it. Just was let down by the substance of it but maybe that's what Mangold was going for.

 

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Hadn’t been to a movie theater in perhaps a decade.

2 months ago we went to go see a sold-out showing of Interstellar on IMAX here in Chattanooga.

Jammed into seats. Ridiculously priced food & drink. MAJOR hassle to yourself and others to get up during the film.

At home we’ve got a 100” QLED display with a Dolby Atmos 5.1.4 surround system with UHD BluRay, 9 speakers totaling 25 drivers aimed at our main listening position. 12” 1500 watt subwoofer provides theater caliber rumble. All room corrected with Dirac Live.

30 cent bag of microwave popcorn, 90 cent can of miller lite, Italian leather sofa with 10 feet of leg room, and a pause button.

**** movie theaters

That movie sucked.

I loved it but I get how it’s not for everyone.

Incredible sound design though!