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Author Topic: Film quality VS Blu-Ray Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 07-25-2011 08:14 AM                    quote: Joe Redifer I do not understand why people clap at movies. I think this has been discussed before. But the "performers" can not hear nor appreciate your admiration by your applause after the movie. People clap because of the social experience of watching the movie. They are in there with a group of people and when they find something they enjoy, they want to express that with a group. quote: Joe Redifer This is a fairly recent trend, too. Recent as in the last 10 years. Not at all a recent trend. People clapped for Episode I, Eraser, Escape from L.A. and a number of others I saw back in the day. Granted, these examples were at the best "hardcore" fan theatre in Toronto on opening nights. People also clapped during the climax of "Sleeping With the Enemy"  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 07-25-2011 01:00 PM                     Audiences always break out or into applause to celebrate my projections skills!  |  IP: Logged Ramon Lamarca Marques Expert Film Handler Posts: 186 From: Edgware, England, UK Registered: Feb 2006 posted 07-25-2011 04:18 PM                     quote: William F Green Well they did, and to be honest many DVD's and all BluRay's really do look good enough on our screen - and I'm saying that as a confirmed 35mm man myself. But I can't deny that the image looks just as good or dare I say even better than a typical 35mm release print. A DVD as good as a 35mm print????? I saw A Town Called Panic from a DVD using a 2K digital projector and it was one of the most abominable cinema experiences in my life. Probably the distributors just couldn’t be bothered for this screening because the film was released in the UK in 2K DCP and also 35mm prints (I think). They probably just thought, oh send the DVD, is cheaper. The projectionist was kind enough to show us the DVD menu with the different options (set up, chapters, extras) before getting into the main feature, this is what I call showmanship. The image quality was atrocious, as it should be from a DVD. I will probably never again return to that cinema. I would agree that most people in the audience did not notice anything, at least consciously. However, when they get home probably they will think that their Blu-ray and plasma TV look way much better than the cinema presentation. One just needs to check many film forums (the audience forums) to see how many members of the audience say/think that their home setup is much better than the cinema. As Frank says, a DVD projected on a big screen is not even close to the film look. I mean, let’s not cheat ourselves, the fact that film prints are very expensive and if not handled properly they get damaged, does not mean that they are the real thing and they are amazing. As a customer I see no point whatsoever in seeing a domestic format on the big screen. There is a new 70mm print of West Side Story, which I have been lucky enough to see, but many probably think, why bother, it is heavy, it is expensive to move around, it can get damaged, it needs a projectionist in the booth, let’s just show the DVD, no one will notice...  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-31-2011 02:34 AM                        Bobby and Joe have it wrong on the clapping thing, at least here in NYC, people clap all the time at the end of a really good movie. They have been doing that since I was a kid. I remember people clapping at both the intermission and end of MY FAIR LADY. Yes, at premieres or when the director or someone from the film is present, as you say, sure they will clap, but I am talking about people just breaking out in appause during a regular showing. During STAR WARS NEW HOPE, the first time they went to "hyperspace" after that clever, long anticipation, the theatre went wild...every show. The reason is just what Tom hit on -- seeing a movie in a theatre is a social experience and when an audience as a group are really impressed with the experience, they share that appreciation. It has nothing to do with expressing anything to the filmmakers, but all to do with the people around you -- you all acknowledge together that you like what you just saw. Nobody claps when they are home alone.  |  IP: Logged Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 07-31-2011 07:34 AM                     Back in the 1980s, whenever they showed Singin' In the Rain on campus at Penn State, there would be applause. Gene Kelly was a PSU alum, and it seemed watching that movie was almost a holy sacrement there. I remember the thunderous applause after he finishes the title dance number, turning to my friend and both of us wondering if these people understand Kelly can't hear them.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-31-2011 08:14 AM                        The Campus Theatre in Bryan College Station next to Texas A&M, a military-ish school, ran THE ALAMO every semester -- twice a year. My boss told me they ran it that way since it came out in the early 60s -- it became a tradition. The only time they missed was when it was pulled from circulation (those were the days when films could be rerelease many times over decades). I can tell you, the three times I ran it, there was applause multiple times throughout the film....not at the end, of course. The audience didn't care that John Wayne couldn't hear them.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-31-2011 03:46 PM                        Pretty soon people will start being like Indian audiences who literally scream, blow air horns, throw confetti and rape each other the first time anyone walks on screen or a studio logo appears.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-31-2011 04:49 PM                        Wow, you go to one of those theatres and you get an Indian movie AND a live porno show....in 3D without the glasses.  |  IP: Logged

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