Movies that lose their impact when not watched at a movie theater?
10-15-16, 03:15 PM
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Movies that lose their impact when not watched at a movie theater?
What movies are completely incredible when watched at a movie theater, but for whatever reason, seem to lose all of their impact when watched on a TV screen?
10-15-16, 03:16 PM
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Revenge of the Sith.
10-15-16, 04:16 PM
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Titanic: the lackluster story and acting really becomes more evident. Same with just about all of the Star Wars prequels. I haven't seen Gravity since the IMAX 3D viewing because I knew it wouldn't be the same.
10-15-16, 06:32 PM
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Warhol's Chelsea Girls
10-15-16, 09:26 PM
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Pacific Rim, even though the sound was flat and dull when I saw it in a theater.
10-15-16, 10:38 PM
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Re: Movies that lose their impact when not watched at a movie theater?
My personal pick would be Mad Max: Fury Road. It still holds up as a damn good story telling mechanism on home video, but the spectacle of seeing it in IMAX 3D was downright orgasm inducing.
10-16-16, 10:31 AM
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Just about all porn.
When I watch at home alone, the movies are just fuel for me to get off, clean up, and move on.
At the theater, I feel he energy of the audience and I am able get into the story and appreciate the acting. Plus, in the theater I can enjoy the thrill of masturbating in a crowd or just enjoy the community feeling of knowing others are masturbating around me.
When I watch at home alone, the movies are just fuel for me to get off, clean up, and move on.
At the theater, I feel he energy of the audience and I am able get into the story and appreciate the acting. Plus, in the theater I can enjoy the thrill of masturbating in a crowd or just enjoy the community feeling of knowing others are masturbating around me.
10-16-16, 11:08 AM
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I would say a lot of comedies. Movies like This Is The End are a great group viewing experience. The audience feeds off of each other. When I watched it at home, it wasn't nearly as funny.
10-16-16, 11:24 AM
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The Grudge remake (2004). It made audience scream more than any other horrorfilm released around that time. The theatrical cut loses impact when watching at home however, it's not a total loss - the director's cut contains explicit and grusesome footage not seen in the theatrical cut, so you get a fun bonus that enhances The Grudge viewing experience at home.
10-16-16, 11:46 AM
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Agree about most comedies.
I saw Dodgeball the week it came out and laughed my ass off until tears. Loved it so much that I bought the DVD the week it came out. Really didn't have the same kind of impact watching it at home.
Same with American Pie. Once you see a comedy once and the shock factor wears off, it's not funny the 2nd time around.
I saw Dodgeball the week it came out and laughed my ass off until tears. Loved it so much that I bought the DVD the week it came out. Really didn't have the same kind of impact watching it at home.
Same with American Pie. Once you see a comedy once and the shock factor wears off, it's not funny the 2nd time around.
10-17-16, 08:09 AM
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Twister; due to what was available for HT at the time. That one had to be seen in theaters at release.
10-17-16, 08:45 AM
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Certain movies are better with a crowd but I haven't seen that many that I liked less at home after enjoying it in the theater off hand. I guess I agree that a lot of times comedy films are probably ones that don't hold up as well. I think that's more down to the fact that a lot of comedies tend to date themselves to the period they were made though.
10-17-16, 10:01 AM
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I loved The Abyss when I saw it in a theater on it's opening weekend. I told a lot of people how great it was and when it eventually came out on VHS (in fullscreen, back when most TVs were 27" or smaller) I was surprised how few of them liked it. Most of them didn't even make it to the end. I rented it and found it to be pretty tedious myself. I haven't seen it since. I should probably watch it on a modern HDTV and see how it is.
10-17-16, 10:06 AM
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I'm probably not as up-to-date as I used to be but I don't know if there's an anamorphic version out yet.
10-17-16, 10:12 AM
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Re: Movies that lose their impact when not watched at a movie theater?
The two I can think of are Grindhouse and Gravity.
Gravity was like a ride at an amusement park that worked best on IMAX/LieMAX/Whatever screens in 3D with ridiculous surround sound. It got the heart beating and blood flowing. At home it doesn't stack up imho.
Grindhouse was just a fun movie going experience, there was ample applause when the girls got their revenge and various reactions throughout (especially the knife through the trampoline) were extremely memorable.
Gravity was like a ride at an amusement park that worked best on IMAX/LieMAX/Whatever screens in 3D with ridiculous surround sound. It got the heart beating and blood flowing. At home it doesn't stack up imho.
Grindhouse was just a fun movie going experience, there was ample applause when the girls got their revenge and various reactions throughout (especially the knife through the trampoline) were extremely memorable.
10-17-16, 10:19 AM
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I haven't watched Gravity at home yet but I can see how that would be the case. I rarely bother with 3D or IMAX but i made sure to see Gravity that way and I wasn't disappointed.
For some reason one movie that comes to mind for this thread is Cast Away. It might be my favorite Tom Hanks movie, and I remember feeling the isolation of his character more in the theater.
For some reason one movie that comes to mind for this thread is Cast Away. It might be my favorite Tom Hanks movie, and I remember feeling the isolation of his character more in the theater.
10-17-16, 01:12 PM
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Titanic is the only one I can say was majorly impacted. I worked I movie theaters when it was released and the run it had was unlike anything any of us had ever seen. Fast forward a bit and I was working in video stores when it came out on home video where it TANKED against its expectations. It lost its cinematic opulence and people realized it just wasn't that good.
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9809/01/titanic.sale/
"Titanic" appears to be on course to dethrone "The Lion King" as the top-selling video of all time. Videos of the Academy Award-winning tragic love story went on sale at midnight Tuesday, and were selling fast.
"It's really going well," said Bob Gerhinger, Blockbuster Video's marketing manager for the Northeast. "It's exceeding all my expectations for people showing up."
"It's really going well," said Bob Gerhinger, Blockbuster Video's marketing manager for the Northeast. "It's exceeding all my expectations for people showing up."
"Titanic" makes history once again with Blockbuster declaring Tuesday the biggest day for video sales in the history of the company.
Titanic has smashed the record for the fastest selling video ever and may even double the number sold by the previous holder.
In its first week of release, James Cameron's Oscar-winning epic has sold at least 1.8 million copies
In its first week of release, James Cameron's Oscar-winning epic has sold at least 1.8 million copies
http://variety.com/1999/film/news/ti...rd-1117750778/
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/...editions_x.htm
So you may think it doesn't hold up at home, but it certainly didn't "tank" on home video.