Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Real Steel (2011)

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Posted by Connor Wilson (Member # 6088) on 10-08-2011, 09:44 PM:

CINEMA: Cobb Village 12, Leesburg, VA
AUDITORIUM: 8
PRESENTATION: 2K D-Cinema, D-Box
PROBLEMS: None.
RATING: Seven out of ten.

This is my second time experiencing D-Box (first being HP7p2 at this location), and I must say the motion code was better mixed than Potter! I was also curious if this auditorium played the film in 7.1, because I remember hearing an effect on both the supposedly the rear right and back right channels.

THE PLOT: Capitalism. Wackiness ensues.

For one of those films that won't make its "Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg" credit the movie better, it was actually decent and fun. Popcorn cinema, too bad it was all gone during the climax. Take the kids. It's finally a relief that a big Hollywood movie these days isn't released in 3D, regardless of how the film was shot.

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 10-09-2011, 11:33 AM:

Rock Em Sock Em Robots seemed to be everyone's first reaction upon viewing the trailer, but for me, the story at least, looked to be more of a remake of Sly Stallone's "Over the Top". BTW Bull Hurley is still the greatest movie villain of all time. [beer]

Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 10-09-2011, 09:31 PM:

I personally really hate the trailer - but surprisingly it's been receiving pretty positive reviews.

Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 10-27-2011, 10:48 AM:

and I had two hours to kill yesterday and decided to check it out - not great but nonetheless quite entertaining - the Barco DLP presentation looked gorgeous and the 5.1 audio kicked butt - 6 bucks well worth spent.