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David Stambaugh
Film God

Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 01-15-2006 12:03 AM

Better Late Than Never...

Today, 7:00PM, Regal Valley River Cinema World 8 in Eugene, House #8, SR•D that dropped out for a few seconds a few times (for no visible reason) but luckily the analog sound is very good and I bet nobody noticed but me. About 40 in attendance. The print looked like brand new and the image was sharp, bright, and rock-steady. After all the reports here about how film is so badly mishandled by some theaters, I feel lucky to be able to go to a movie 5 weeks into its release and have it still looking like it's never been played. [beer]

I'm glad I finally caught up with this. Great movie, liked it a lot. The special effects are mostly pretty amazing. Interesting subtexts to the story (I've never read the book, or is it books). Didn't recognize Liam Neeson's voice until the credits rolled, then slapped myself on the forehead.

I give this 4 stars out of 5. Highly recommended to see in a good theater.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 01-15-2006 12:50 PM

quote: Greg Anderson
Otherwise, NO dust, NO scratches, NO splices, NO pops, NO dip to analog sound. Very nice.

Thats nice, except the image was not near the resolution of the projected scope image from its 35mm counterpart....definate proof that at least some of us will accept less than the best available.

The film version I watched at Water Gardens Theatres also had no dust, no splices(they use clear tape), no scratches, and no dip in analog sound... but it did go to analog several times due to the Sony DFP2000 problem I was there to look at.... I was forced to watch this film due to an intermittent problem with a Sony DFP2000 processor..... Very boring for me! Kids stuff for sure but at this theatre even the kids were apparently complaining about the Sony problems. It also looked like some of the plates were shot in or around southern Utah.

Mark

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David Stambaugh
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 01-15-2006 02:24 PM

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
Thats nice, except the image was not near the resolution of the projected scope image from its 35mm counterpart....definate proof that at least some of us will accept less than the best available.

Are any 35mm release prints today "the best [quality] available"? I mean are they the highest resolution obtainable for general mass-produced release? Some prints look very good (Narnia for example) but are they as good as they can be? What is the target? The best current release prints, or the best that 35mm can do in a lab setting?

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