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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 02-02-2008 04:33 AM

quote: Bobby Henderson
I don't think the IMAX-3D theaters showing [U23D] are charging quite as much [as Hannah Montana] (correct me if I'm wrong about that

At our theatre, U23D: The IMAX Experience ... $15

This Hannatana-fo-fanna fiasco: The poorly lip-synched "Disney Digital 3D" crock of horse crud ... $15

I managed to catch about 45 seconds of this ornately staged fake-fest. Are all 74 minutes of this just as bad? Maybe it was just an anomaly from some booth monitor delay, but it looked as if she wasn't even trying to sing along with the pre-recorded track. Everyone was dancing in the aisles to wildly to notice, however. That must be the secret.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 02-02-2008 09:34 AM

74 minutes? What a joke. The concert it's recorded from is over 2 hours long...why not make it at least 105 minutes like a real movie?

Addendum: Looks like it's a holdover, as some have predicted. This is from imdb.com:

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Miley Takes Valentines Day From U2

Plans by the company releasing U2 3D, the rock group's concert movie, to expand the film on Valentine's Day were shot through the heart Thursday when it appeared that Disney might want to use many of the same 3-D theaters to extend the run of Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour. Disney had originally planned a one-week run at 683 3-D theaters for the tween concert film -- but, with many of the screenings sold out, it reportedly now plans to expand the film into additional venues through February 15. Even though it is showing in only a handful of theaters -- compared to the thousands that the other major releases command -- the Miley Cyrus film is expected to dominate the box-office this weekend, especially since most adults will be at home watching the Super Bowl this Sunday. With tickets at many theaters selling for as much a $15-20 apiece, box office gurus are predicting that the film could take in as much as $20-25 million over the weekend. It reportedly cost $7 million to produce.

Is this a digital 3D-only release or are they doing any standard film prints?

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Darryl Spicer
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posted 02-02-2008 01:25 PM

quote: Mike Blakesley
The concert it's recorded from is over 2 hours long

Nope, the actual live show runs 75 minutes. I know because the venue here posted the information on their site so that parents would know when the show started and was over. It ran like this.

Doors opened at 6:00
The Jonas Brothers came on at 7:00
Intermission 7:30
Hannah Montana show Start 8:00 over 9:15

Thats how it was here anyway.

3-D only release for now anyway. You know if they could make more money down the road doing 35 they will.

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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 02-02-2008 01:39 PM

A brief perusal of the Fandango reviews ... some are saying that there were a ton of songs from the concert not used in the movie. Maybe there were different length versions of the live show. Did it tour? I, being neither a "tween" girl nor the parent of one, have never heard of this Miley show, its concert, or the phenomenon of its insane popularity.

Oh, maybe it's all the "backstage" stuff they dropped in, ironically, to keep the action going. They had to drop some songs to do that.

I'm thinking Disney wanted this thing as short as possible, to maximize showtimes (we've got eight: first one at 8:40am, last one 11:50pm) for this "limited" run, while keeping it long enough not to induce riots from enraged parents who just spent their kids college tuition to keep 'em entertained for an hour. [Big Grin]

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 02-02-2008 03:45 PM

Darryl - if the Jonas Bros. come on at 7:00 and the thing ends at 9:15, that's over 2 hours. (Although I guess having the 30 minute intermission in the movie would be a little excessive...but good for popcorn sales!) Supposedly there are 3 Jonas Bros songs in the movie and a lot of Hannah M. stuff not used. (According to a review I happened across).

I don't know why I'm even talking about this thing since we have no way of playing it....I just don't like to see people get that "ripped off" feeling when they only get 74 minutes for their $15 bucks.

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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 02-02-2008 07:32 PM

How can Disney just decide to extend its run? The individual theatres booked the movie, didn't they, and don't they have a say in whether or not to pull it and make room for U2, as originally planned? Or is this part of the "Disney fronted the money for the installation of many of these digital 3D projectors, so they can make them play it" line of thinking?

Of course, it's a moot point if theatre owners would rather a sold out "event" like this stay as long as it can. I hardly think Disney just "decided" to make this call. It was probably part of the marketing scheme long before Miley ever knew she was doing a concert. [Roll Eyes]

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 02-02-2008 08:47 PM

I agree it was probably planned all along.

A couple of years ago there was a David Copperfield performance in Billings....it was heavily advertised locally as "two shows, one day only!" even though Copperfield's website showed a two-day booking. Sure enough, not long after the first day's shows sold out, the theater "added" another show the next day.

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Allison Parsons
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posted 02-02-2008 10:03 PM

I worked the 7 and 9 set for Hannah tonight (saturday). The 7 set we had a bit over 100 people. The 9 set we had 5. On Friday at the 9 o'clock set, we had 0 people show up. Of course, we had no advertising for it what so ever. No show times in the paper either. Another theater in Peoria, The Rave, is showing it as well and had ads in the paper for it. I would like to know how their attendence was.

We had a nasty snow storm on Thursday night, which extended into Friday afternoon. We are extending the movie thru next Friday if anyone who had tickets for the afternoon showing on Friday couldn't make it, they can come in then and watch it.

The kids LOVED it. I poped in a few times to watch it. It wasn't that bad, a good clean show for the kiddies. Was it worth $18? Well I wouldn't pay for it. But if I had kids who wanted to go, I'd take them.

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David Stambaugh
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posted 02-02-2008 11:02 PM

I wonder if parents are taken by surprise when they show up at the box office and discover the tickets are 3x the normal price of a movie. Or what if they drop off the kiddies at the theater with only enough money for a regular movie.

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Darryl Spicer
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posted 02-03-2008 12:24 AM

quote: Mike Blakesley
Darryl - if the Jonas Bros. come on at 7:00 and the thing ends at 9:15, that's over 2 hours. (Although I guess having the 30 minute intermission in the movie would be a little excessive...but good for popcorn sales!) Supposedly there are 3 Jonas Bros songs in the movie and a lot of Hannah M. stuff not used. (According to a review I happened across).

I thought you just ment Hannah Montana. For the concerts The Jonas Brothers had there own set and then played two or three songs in the middle of the Hannah Montana set when Miley Cyrus Changes into herself. The movie just has the middle of the set part and includes behind the scenes segments too. I to be honest thought the movie was pretty good. I thought the actual back up band was very good.

quote: David Stambaugh
I wonder if parents are taken by surprise when they show up at the box office and discover the tickets are 3x the normal price of a movie. Or what if they drop off the kiddies at the theater with only enough money for a regular movie.

Then a regular movie is what they are going to see because if you don't get the tickets in advance you are not going to get in.

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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 02-03-2008 04:35 AM

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On Friday at the 9 o'clock set, we had 0 people show up.

We've been selling out the majority of each day's shows, in what is (at my best guess) a 200-seat auditorium. We've got our weekend security guys at their posts in there, keeping people from pirating, etc. It's been hectic. Fortunately for me, I get to be secluded up in IMAX with the much better U23D to enjoy, and not having to deal directly with the crazy tweens.

(Am I the only one who thinks of computer graphics morphing techniques when hearing the word "tween"?) [Smile]

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Hillary Charles
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posted 02-03-2008 07:28 AM

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We've got our weekend security guys at their posts in there, keeping people from pirating, etc

Have they caught anyone trying this? Unless they knew enough to polarize the camera lens, they'd end up with a blurry mess (for the concert footage, anyway). Of course, the lack of quality hasn't been a deterrent to piracy in the past with 2-D, but I couldn't imagine watching 3-D without glasses.

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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 02-03-2008 01:49 PM

Not that I know of, but I have heard about plenty of parents upset that their 13-year-olds were "harassed" to put away their picture/video cellphones. No one specifically trying to pirate it, just goofy kids, too young to know that what they're doing isn't allowed in the theatre, trying to take pictures of the screen to see if it works.

And our security guards wear black suits and radios earphones, so they look pretty intimidating.

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Robert W. Jones
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posted 02-03-2008 02:28 PM

According to what I heard here, pre-sale sold out all theatre's in San Antonio last Wednesday (alot of theatre's).

Disney will bring it back for "a limited time only" then advertise the concert DVD "limited time only" before it goes back to the vault. Their ususal tactic. They may even do a regular 35mm run of the concert HD footage.

I'll be Miley's Dad doesn't have an "Achey Breakey Heart" anymore.

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Hillary Charles
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posted 02-03-2008 05:12 PM

quote: Brian Michael Weidemann
And our security guards wear black suits and radios earphones, so they look pretty intimidating.

Cool!

Definitely would have scared me at that age.

Okay, that would scare me now. [Wink]

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