Jeremy Allin
Supporting Actor
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- Oct 6, 2001
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Yes! One of only three digital screens in Canada is a mere 90 minutes away in Waterloo. Thank you Galaxy Cinemas! Hopefully I can get some tickets for the midnight screening.
Despite George Lucas's best efforts to push digital projection, only 19 theaters will be showing his Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones using digital projectors when it opens on May 16, Wired magazine reported on its website Monday.
The 19 are: Harkins Arrowhead Cinemas 18 (Peoria, AZ); AMC Media Center 6 (Burbank, CA); Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 Megaplex (Irvine, CA); El Capitan Theatre (Los Angeles, CA); Loews Century Plaza (Los Angeles, CA); AMC Mission Valley 20 (San Diego, CA); AMC 1000 Van Ness (San Francisco, CA); AMC Pleasure Island 24 (Lake Buena Vista, FL); AMC South Barrington 30 (South Barrington, IL); AMC Studio 30 (Olathe, KS); General Cinema Framingham 16 (Framingham, MA); Show Case Cinemas Randolph (Randolph, MA); Edgewater Multiplex Cinemas (Edgewater, NJ); AMC Empire 25 Theatres (New York); Clearview Ziegfeld Theatre (New York); Loews Cineplex E-Walk (New York); Cinemark at Valley View (Valley View, OH); Showcase Cinemas Springdale (Springdale, OH); Cinemark at Legacy (Plano, TX).
Source: IMDB
I will do my best effort to see this at a digitally equipped theater on opening weekend more so for the technology but I'm also hoping that the accompanying film will also be good.
~Edwin
That would be about 10 minutes from my humble abode!
IMO, they absolutely blew away all the "film" presentations of Phantom Menace. I couldn't believe how crystal clear the presentaion was, not to mention how much better it sounded, compared to seeing it "normally" in a THX theater. I do remember some complaints about the digital showings, but I don't remember what those complaints were. FWIW, the Paramus presentation was better than the Secaucus one, whih was DLP I believe.
I agree that the Paramus presentation was better. But I was bothered by the slight "artificiality" (for lack of a better word) of the presentation (the trailers looked "off", too). At both spots, it looked like an under-lit film presentation, with no deep blacks and slightly blown-out highlights. The lack of print damage and gate weave was admirable, but something looked "wrong" to me. Could it be I'm just so used to film's artifacts (especially since they are organic in nature, as opposed to video artifacts), that anything that eliminates them looks fake to me? Could be. I will certainly see AotC in a digital showing, but I want to see a film showing first. It'll give me a better frame of reference.
I saw Moulin Rouge at the Ziegfeld (film presentation) last summer and was seriously *underwhelmed* by their presentaton. I hope they've fixed it up a little.
Sound was loud & boomy, picture was mis-framed (splice lines visible on the top), edges were fuzzy (focus needed a touch-up), dialogue hard to make out (I think that's the fault of the mix), right bass speaker blown, surrounds unbalanced. That's just the on-screen problems! I'm not even going to bring up the lousy way the Ziegfeld handles audiences (obnoxious slides & intermission music, commercials, no curtain, terrible box office control, no concession control, etc. etc.)
Hmmm, this doesn't sound like the Ziegfeld to me. Are you sure this is where you saw MR? Because I had the complete opposite experience. Everything was working fine when I was there (yes, including the curtain).
~Edwin