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"No Talk, No Text" Policy Should Become Theater Standard
God save us from stupid, inconsiderate people. I think exhibitors began the problem through years of cheapening and dumbing down the movie experience, to the point where people don't see the difference between cinemas and home, because there isn't much difference anymore. At this point it's hard to educate the ignorant masses unless one takes a really hard line. Alamo is a chain known for serving liquor and food (which would seem to encourage boisterous behavior) so to see them kick out that jerk and then brag about it is encouraging.— June 20, 2011 5:28 p.m.
An Open Letter to Gerry Lopez, CEO and President AMC Entertainment
Has anyone mentioned AMC's affinity for TV shaped screens with TOP instead of SIDE masking? Every AMC plex I see has an Imax-square shaped screen, with just enough curve to make 1.85 look like 1.66. When a real widescreen movie of 2.35 or more comes on, the screen shrinks from the top and ends up looking a letterboxed movie on an old square TV. And they wonder why we stay home.— June 20, 2011 5:05 p.m.
An Open Letter to Gerry Lopez, CEO and President AMC Entertainment
Total agreement here. I just schlepped all the way over to Pacific's Cinerama Dome, where the picture on the screen wasn't much brighter than the flashlight the usher failed to seat me with. SUPER 8 looked like it was projected in super 8. I left and went to the Vista, where the picture, (and the staff) are exceptionally bright and sharp.— June 20, 2011 4:56 p.m.
Coronado's Village Theatre Set to Re-Open After Renovation
I'll be tied up elsewhere, so you're going to have to fill me in. Hopefully you'll bring a camera. Your account of the dive it used to be was entertaining. Looking forward to at least the same emphatic detail on the redux. If the purists are pleased, the public should plotz. ; )— June 9, 2011 1:27 a.m.
Coronado's Village Theatre Set to Re-Open After Renovation
If a single screen booked as you suggest were viable (profitable) in today's world, we would see a lot of them. But it's not, so we don't. I'm not happy about that, but it's a fact. In LA, plenty of people bypass the most popular plexes and travel further to see the same movie at VC's Vista. There's a reason for that. You'll see. And no one said they will just be booking Hollywood hits. I'm not saying it'll perfectly satisfy your every whim, (or mine) but you will have much more to celebrate than criticize, and I look forward to hearing that.— June 8, 2011 8:45 p.m.
Coronado's Village Theatre Set to Re-Open After Renovation
Keep in mind the realities of booking a movie into a cinema. Studios don't just let you kick it out after a couple of weeks. Can you honestly say that the 25,000 folks in Coronado can fill up 600 seats for four showings a day of the same movie for six to eight weeks? Then what about all the other movies out there that you couldn't book? And if you think this place will be just another multiplex, you haven't been paying attention. As for 35mm, nothing says they won't, but in the era of multiple print runs and platters, how often can you get a reliably good image in 35mm? I can be just as jaded and cynical as the next three or four guys, but in this case it's clearly not just a glass half full, it's overflowing. I think the classic ambiance, comfort of the widely spaced rows, and "class presentation" will be a much bigger draw than playing the same movie for two months to 600 tightly packed (and probably at least half empty) seats.— June 8, 2011 1:56 a.m.
Coronado's Village Theatre Set to Re-Open After Renovation
"Mixed blessing?" Try beyond a blessing, because the place already looks a THOUSAND percent better than it ever did. Before you go back to the Village, have a look at any typical multiplex. No one triplexes a cinema to show the same thing on all 3 screens, and no one has said they will here. My guess is the two other rooms are still being perfected and they are just debuting the big room first. After you've actually experienced the new theater, I look forward to seeing you gush with at least as much gusto and detail as you put into this rant! And I'm convinced you will. Not only will the community come here often, I think you'll see people (like me) coming from miles away because it's a better experience then what they have.— June 7, 2011 2:40 p.m.