Topic: Movies in the Theater (Read 106640 times)

Thad · « **Reply #200 on:** February 10, 2009, 05:07:11 PM »

Quote from: Kazz on February 10, 2009, 03:11:00 PM

obscure joke is obscure

i bothered to look him up and i still don't really get it

...part of me is going "I just dissed Kazz for being slow in another thread, maybe I should cut him some slack."

But then I think, "What would HE do if *I* claimed a joke was obscure when in fact everyone but me actually considered it downright cliche?"

Arc · « **Reply #201 on:** February 10, 2009, 07:40:39 PM »

Quote from: Arc on September 26, 2005, 10:31:18 PM

Corpse Bride has a charm about it. However, with all of its colorless and simplistic settings and near miss songs, it feels like that it should have been the one released in 1993, and Nightmare Before Christmas was to be the more ambitious and grand return.

Not so with Coraline, a technological marvel that has at last exceeded the visual throne. The plot is equal parts Spirited Away & Pan's Labyrinth, with a dash of Majora's Mask. The window to view this film in Real3D is growing shorter by the day, and I may just find myself returning to the theater this weekend for yet another inviting viewing.

Quote from: Brentai on February 10, 2009, 04:00:25 PM

I will not save this to my desktop.
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Lady Duke · « **Reply #202 on:** February 10, 2009, 07:45:44 PM »

Wait a minute. Corpse Bride isn't even related to Henry Selick. Also, it's terrible. It's really terrible. All the effort in that movie is clearly poured into the character designs and visual stuff. The plot moves too quickly, the songs are crap, and it's just not very good at all. If it weren't so pretty, I'd never watch it because it's just such tripe it's unbelievable. And what gets me more is the god damn spider and worm. They're useless.

Coraline is awesome and great. Nightmare before Christmas is awesome and great. Henry Selick must also be awesome and great. Also, I'd go see Coraline again if it would just play locally so I could go for free.

Arc · « **Reply #203 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:01:46 PM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on February 08, 2009, 11:23:40 PM

By contrast, the Cat looked pretty terrible compared to the rest of the characters.

Dug'em. Carried a Kuroneko-sama vibe about himself.

Quote from: Lady Duke on February 10, 2009, 07:45:44 PM

Corpse Bride isn't even related to Henry Selick.

Never wrote that it was.

Quote from: Lady Duke on February 10, 2009, 07:45:44 PM

Also, I'd go see Coraline again if it would just play locally so I could go for free.

Did you view the film in 3D? Stay after the credits?

Brentai · « **Reply #204 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:03:12 PM »

Quote from: Arc on February 10, 2009, 07:40:39 PM

I will not save this to my desktop.
I will not save this to my desktop.
I will not save this to my desktop.
I will not save this to my desktop.
I will not save this to my desktop.
I will not save thdammit.

I'll just leave this original size version over here and walk away nonchalantly.

Lady Duke · « **Reply #205 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:09:25 PM »

I know you didn't mention it, I was just saying. Also, I didn't stay after the credits....were there things after the credits? Also, the only 3-D theatre is like...an hour and a half away, so no fucking way am I driving all that way for 3-D.

Arc · « **Reply #206 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:12:32 PM »

Quote from: Lady Duke on February 10, 2009, 08:09:25 PM

Also, I didn't stay after the credits....were there things after the credits?

Yes.

Jerk wad.

Lady Duke · « **Reply #207 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:13:19 PM »

Well fuck you too :3

Maybe youtube can help me.

...or not. I failed.

Büge · « **Reply #208 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:19:48 PM »

Quote from: Lady Duke on February 10, 2009, 08:09:25 PM

Also, the only 3-D theatre is like...an hour and a half away, so no fucking way am I driving all that way for 3-D.

It's totally worth it though. Probably. I don't know, I've never seen it.

But hey, if Yan can do it, so can you. Joi gin!

Lady Duke · « **Reply #209 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:21:14 PM »

I can basically guarantee that Kazz would be vehemently opposed to driving to said theatre and he's generally my ride.

Brentai · « **Reply #210 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:22:38 PM »

...................

Woman, are you testing me?

Lady Duke · « **Reply #211 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:24:58 PM »

Well I'd only go see it again with Kazz. Since I already saw it with another friend, so there's no reason I should spend more money on the same movie again. Not with my tiny wallet.

Arc · « **Reply #212 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:30:28 PM »

The ride to the Cinemagic 15 is one hour south, but I understand your apprehension.

Jerk wad.

Quote from: Brentai on February 10, 2009, 08:22:38 PM

Woman, are you testing me?

Lady Duke · « **Reply #213 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:36:26 PM »

You're the jerk wad >:I

...

Maybe Kazz and me can go see it friday. If he wants. It's closer to him than me, shaving off 45 minutes of driving.

Lady Duke · « **Reply #214 on:** February 15, 2009, 09:06:38 PM »

I went and saw Coraline 3-D this afternoon with Kazz at the Cinemagic theatre 20 minutes away. It was not worth $10.50 for a ticket, and I really felt that although some of the 3-D was cute, on the whole, it really just detracted from seeing all the lovely cinematography. Kazz seemed fairly upset by seeing it in 3-D and wished we'd seen it regularly instead. I think he'll be downloading it so he can see it better.

I guess I just gotta say I'm glad I didn't see it in 3-D first, and the movie was still obviously fun to watch. And I did stay til after the end credits this time around. For the first couple minutes I wondered if Arc had played a very silly joke on me by telling me to stay for the credits when nothing was going to happen and then I saw what he was talking about. You're something else, Arc.

Kazz · « **Reply #215 on:** February 15, 2009, 09:43:44 PM »

The stop-motion film depends on colors, contrasts, and picture clarity. When you present the film in DARK-N-BLUR-O-VISION and make everybody wear GIGGLE-SHIT-GAY-BO-GLASSES then you get a terrible visual experience. I could tell there was a movie in front of me, somewhere, but I couldn't quite make it out.

Bonus points because LD had to wear the GSGBGs over her normal glasses.

Arc · « **Reply #216 on:** February 15, 2009, 09:52:31 PM »

Quote from: Lady Duke on February 15, 2009, 09:06:38 PM

You're something else, Arc.

Just as arranged beforehand into the layout which was devised to be realized for achievement.

Concerning the 3D experience, around here they charge the same admission price as any other showing. The immersion was boosted, but the color contrast was weakened. Thankfully, I've found a theater that doesn't cheap out on their projection lamps, so the difference was negligible. The amount of megaplexes that dim down the lighting brightness to save on a few bucks in the long run is criminal.

Kazz · « **Reply #217 on:** February 15, 2009, 09:58:41 PM »

Regarding the film itself, I appreciate that the moral is "Shut up. Your boring, mundane little life is fine, compared to this insane garbage."

Interestingly, Gaiman's novel "Neverwhere" has the opposite message.

Ocksi · « **Reply #218 on:** February 16, 2009, 03:44:12 PM »

i thought neverwhere's message was that if you're the kind of person who feels like they won't be satisfied until they've accomplished one thing, then you will never be satisfied, even if you accomplish it. that is, be happy you haven't had one adventure, else you'll just want more.

Rico · « **Reply #219 on:** February 16, 2009, 04:14:10 PM »

No, Neverwhere is a subtle treatise on the [spoiler]Christian religion in the vein of Japanese console RPGs: IT'S EVIL SEE THE ANGEL IS BAD!![/spoiler]

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