• Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    This is just survivorship bias. Nobody remembers the bad movies from the 80s but there sure were a lot of them. Think of all the movies you pass by in the thrift store. They’re trash. We still get good movies today. Think of Everything Everywhere All At Once, or Oppenheimer, as examples that will define this era in film.

    • niktemadur@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 months ago

      Focusing solely on the movie-going experience, I would love to live in a city like LA or NYC where they have a few theaters with added technological features, like 70mm IMAX and/or 4K projectors and/or rumble seats (those must have been amazing with something like Mad Max: Fury Road).

      There’s at least one 60FPS theater in NYC, it must be wild to watch a film like that just by itself, or even WILDER, in 3D.
      But I believe there are a few theaters in Asia - probably in places like Singapore and Shanghai, but don’t quote me on that - that screened Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man” in the incredible-sounding combination of 120FPS in 4K and 3D, they said it was like the screen dissolved and you were watching the action happening through a huge rectangular hole in the wall.

      • itsgoodtobeawake@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        I understand resolution improvements but I don’t understand the push for higher framerate for film. In real life motion is blurred when things move, the higher the framerate the less of that you see.

        For me it’s awful, the “soap opera” effect or whatever else they call it kills me, like I’m seeing a cgi picture even when I know everything was captured in camera.

        24-30fps is the sweet spot for film and TV imho, I have yet to see a good argument for watching regular real time footage at a higher frame rate.

        (To be clear - of course high speed footage for super slo mo and all of that has plenty of cool applications)

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    0·
    3 months ago

    I haven’t been to a movie theater since 2009. What makes them so special nowadays? I’ve been tempted to go but it’s hard to beat my setup at home.

    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Nothing makes them special. The picture quality is worse than my setup at home (I have a 65" HDR OLED TV.) You’re sitting with like 100 people in a large room, half of whom are caughing nonstop and probably have covid. The food is disgusting and overpriced. The price of tickets are ridiculous now. The audio is WAY too loud. Like seriously, way too fucking loud. I had to cover my ears during the previews last time I went. Pretty sure the volume was legit hearing damage level. I see no good reason to go to a theater ever. They’re trash.

      The only benefit the theater has over my living room (5.1 setup) is the dolby atmos or whatever setup. But you can’t even appreciate it because they blast the volume at ear drum shattering levels.

        • Spider@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          0·
          3 months ago

          Cushioned, motorized reclining seats with footrests. Thick armrests so that you have a little personal space from your neighbors. And, they still got the drink holders. Quite different than the cheaper plastic seats from two decades ago.

            • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              01·
              3 months ago

              The luxury one my wife and I go to is in the rich part of a Californian town: 13 for matinee and 20 for most other time slots

              I’ve never seen a movie ticket go for more than 25 anywhere but IMAX or for an incredibly special showing of something