mmmmmm 70mm, good stuff

The restored HD version that is out on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is VERY good, but of course not like seeing on the big screen.

You think LA audiences are bad, try seeing a show behind the Orange Curtain. Fucking morons.

I bet, DFT. I think I may be spoiled. I guess I should just expect it by now. And, youdiejoe, I own the HD verion of 2001! Amazing! I love that film.

I got so sick of the audience douchebaggery that I changed my movie going habits entirely, I would go to see the film much later, after it's initial run sometime late at night or late in the afternoon, when no one is at the cinema. No one texting, talking or trying to give fellatio to their boyfriends in the back row. Ideally though an art house theater is the best, but those places either have shit screens or seats, but the audience appreciates a good film experience. Mind you this was in Canada.

In Kuwait it's even worse, not only do they butcher the film by cutting any kissing, sex or skin but they sometimes totally cock up the negative as a result. Die Hard 4.0, remember the daughter making out with her boyfriend? That scene was cut, but after that scene the film like increased contrast and dimmed visibly, it was a strain to watch the rest of it. Now add to that segregated seats (between guys and families, so seat selection is out of the question most of the time), annoying loud groups of kids and their dumbfuck adults. I mean really who brings their children to The Ring, Fahrenheit 9/11 or Sicko? This is why they cut movies here, because there is no rating system implemented so all movies need to be notched down to PG levels. Its so stupid because while cutting sex and stuff out they also sometimes simply shorten the movies for no reason, I remember watching Training Day as a one hour movie, furthermore they don't cut violence out, so you have 5 year olds see people get their shit blown apart (not that I personally find anything wrong with that, but its highly ironic).

I remember the last movie I watched here in the cinema was Bourne Supremacy, the whole way through these two girls were gossiping and giggling in the most annoying voice behind us. Previously some cunt would usually use a laser pointer to point out nipples of the actresses in select scenes, he thought he was a fucking comedian. Then there are people who just come to watch the movie, turn on their cellphone to play games, now you know how bright a LCD cellphone screen can be in a dark room, or worse they answer the phone and start relating the movie to their buddy (thankfully they put in cell phone blockers for this now). Other times half way through the movie, people just get up and leave making alot of noise, because they are stupid, they don't get it, they had nothing to do and thought going to the movies would be fun.

Now I only watch movies at home, alone, with a large screen and 5.1 surround sound. Its bliss compared to that shit. Watched Michael Clayton and Tropa De Elite, both great movies.

Wow, that really sucks for you, Farhad2000. Why are you in Kuwait?

There are some movies that I can't watch unless they're in a cinema (or maybe, maybe a 'home equivalent', but it'd have to be a pretty fucking spectacular setup). 2001 is definitely one of them. My first viewing of it was at a cinema here that plays more to the 'arthouse' crowd, so the audience was fine. I had no idea what to expect and was blown away by how good it was!

Your overture experience reminds me of Dancer in the Dark - supposedly they had to re-do the start of the film and add in visual imagery because American audiences were getting confused as to why there was sound but the 'film' hadn't started. Luckily the copy I saw here didn't have the imagery, so I was able to get swept up in Bjork's haunting music.

I can confirm that audiences everywhere have a tendency to act like dumbasses, including people who should really know better. My brother is a film critic, so I occasionally get to see movies before they come out with him. A few years ago, we went to see the first Lord of the Rings movie at some kind of fancier-than-usual Toronto "premiere", and there were some minor celebrities there. Sitting right behind us was Atom Egoyan and his kid, who was probably around 11 or 12. That damn kid talked ALL THROUGH THE MOVIE, and Atom Egoyan -- one of the more established Canadian directors, who really should have at least a modicum of respect for the cinema-going experience and his fellow audience members -- never once told him not to talk or even to lower his voice. The kid was constantly making stupid comments and asking idiotic questions, such as "IS HE A BAD GUY??" every damn time a new character was introduced.

As you can see I'm still a bit peeved about it -- not because I was surprised that someone could allow their kid to talk during a movie, because I think that anyone who goes to the movies on a regular basis learns to become at least somewhat numb to this type of behavior -- because he's a director, and he should have known better.

But anyway, I do have to say, bad audience or not, I'm jealous that you got to see a 70mm print of 2001. I've been wanting to see that theatrically for ages. I remember in 2001 they did a limited theatrical rerelease, and I kept waiting for it to come to Toronto, but sadly it never happened. Oh well. I'll see it on the big screen one day!

This is why I pretty much only rent movies, which is what makes it really fucking annoying when some cunt decides it's okay to spoil a film because it's "been out for six months". Usually that means you've only had a month or so to rent it, and if you actually have things to do sometimes you can't rent the goddamn movie the moment it comes out.

So mind the spoilers kids.

^In reference to a comment I made on this post: http://www.videosift.com/video/Michael-Clayton-is-not-negotiating


Here's the ongoing "comment battle" - begins from the bottom up:

In reply to this comment by budzos:
Welcome to my growing list of shitheads. I get really absorbed in movies and so the reason I haven't seen it yet is I was waiting for the right night when I could get properly absorbed in something a little smarter. I'm busy so those times are rare. Someone with Kubrick as their avatar should have more respect for that concept. So go fuck yourself, please.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
You're welcome. The movie has been out for six months. I'm sure you'd be upset if someone ruined the end to Citizen Kane, too.

In reply to this comment by budzos:
Thanks dickhead.

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
Can anyone explain how Clayton knew the Counsel for UNorth was behind his assassination attempt? And also that was a spoiler, just FYI.



Quite comical, actually. Right after we had this disagreement, I checked his downvote queue and noticed he downvoted one of my videos that instant: http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos/voteddown - Haha. Spiteful much?

I looked at your unsifted video queue because we were having an exchange. If it was spite I probably would have downvoted more than one of your six videos. You also didn't mention the video I upvoted. Furthermore, check your own downvote queue. Did SofaKing really post that many unworthy videos all at once, or is this just your hypocrisy showing itself again?