I have seen it in IMAX 3D and Samsung Onyx 3D. The clarity was incredible on the Onyx, but nothing beats the sheer scale of IMAX imo.
I would prob suggest IMAX 2D though. Aside from Gravity, I really don't find 3D adds anything to these kind of movies - only went twice cause my husband's a fan of 3D and he missed our first screening due to work.
― Roz, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
Yeah we're going to the 2D IMAX showing, already caught regular 3D the opening Thursday night.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:09 (five years ago) link
Going to see something on an IMAX screen that was filmed in IMAX, but then converted pixel-by-pixel to 3D, presumably wipes out all the benefit and expense of going to IMAX
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link
(Gravity was “filmed”/created in 3D instead of faked)
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
https://bschlog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/killjoy-was-here.png
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 03:23 (five years ago) link
ActuallyMan, the ilx avenger
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 04:03 (five years ago) link
I was saying why it's effective there! ie bcz it was done on purpose! Apols if Roz thought I was being snotty about wording
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 08:02 (five years ago) link
lol
https://twitter.com/JimCameron/status/112633823256271667
― Number None, Thursday, 9 May 2019 07:35 (five years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/zfICH1XDCJ— James Cameron (@JimCameron) May 9, 2019
points docked for failing to make the font papyrus
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 9 May 2019 07:59 (five years ago) link
Wow, didn't realize this had already happened. Although I've already seen it twice, which is virtually unheard of wrt me and movies on the big screen (like Pulp Fiction may have been the last time I saw a film more than once during its initial theatrical run). What I'm saying is: Disney, you're welcome.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 May 2019 10:28 (five years ago) link
It's kind of incredible how quickly it's achieved 2nd highest grossing movie of all time
― groovypanda, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
I'm gonna be that guy today, I guess
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:55 (five years ago) link
thank u for introduceing us to concept of adjusted gross, are eyes are opned now and we can see forevr
― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
the backlash against criticism has maybe reached the stage ye might consider it imo
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
Isn't Gone With the Wind including the numerous times it re-entered theatres and not the original run?
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
Actually yes, the first five films on that list
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
Plus
pre-1980 pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases, especially Disney animated features which made much of their totals in the past few decades belying their original release dates in terms of adjustment. For example, Snow White has made $118,328,683 of its unadjusted $184,925,486 total since 1983. Click here for a full discussion of adjusting for movie ticket price inflation.
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
IIRC Two Wee Lasses Indulging in a Lolly still maintains the attendance record but that was before they started charging theater patrons (admission being gained in exchange for a promissory note for a free sock darning or carriage wash).
― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
(A Jaunty Gentleman Polishing his Spyglass was a contender until the nitrate print ignited and burned down 2/3 of the eastern seaboard in 1885.)
― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
― Simon H., Thursday, May 9, 2019
hmm if only Endgame can get a third weekend it might catch Black Panther
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
Still can't believe they're planning on destroying all of the prints tomorrow. It seemed poised for wild success! Alas.
― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
Looks like it's the original and much better 1959 version of Endgame on that list too and not the 2019 reboot
― groovypanda, Friday, 10 May 2019 07:29 (five years ago) link
OTM re: the 'Avengers...assemble!' moment with scores of super-dupers rushing to the rescue. No lie, that was the closest this world-weary geezer has come to a feeling of child-like abandon and awe in quite some time. And for the reasons you describe. To have the crazy adventures and melodrama that enthralled me as a kid, sitting alone on my bedroom floor, suddenly recast on a giant screen amidst a crowd of people...it was something else.
they did a good job making this moment thrilling (it reminded me of the moment in Matewan when the armed hillbillies come out of the trees to save the striking miners)
but call me a killjoy virtue-signalling old man if you must but i'm REALLY not down with getting every kid on the planet to feel that lustily charging into a giant-set piece slaughter-battle is something to aspire to in any way. i mean i know that our entertainment has valorized mechanized killing for decades, and, you know, i love Hard Boiled, but somehow the sight of these tens of thousands of massed troops felt different
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:34 (five years ago) link
me and my son had the incredibly predictable conversation afterwards: "what did you think of it dad?" "it was alright. there were some good jokes. what was your favourite part?" "when they said avengers assemble" "yeah that was pretty good but i'm not a fan of them making it seem like war is some great thing" "DAD IT'S JUST A MOVIE" "i'm aware that it's a movie" etc
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:36 (five years ago) link
well my daughters were extremely reluctant to pay to see it because it glorifies war and US military might. But they still wanted to see it.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:48 (five years ago) link
i only read half of war and peace
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:53 (five years ago) link
I mean, I can see your point, Tracer, but this is the film formerly known as Infinity War Part II..
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 12:04 (five years ago) link
I'm not saying I was deceived!
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:09 (five years ago) link
i liked the stuff with the two Nebulas and Gamora, feel like that could have been its own little movie almostit was kinda weird that the big battle seemingly takes place on a perma-night hellscape when it is actually a sunny day? i mean, i know he blew up the base but.. particles subside, don't they? (i probably missed something)
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:20 (five years ago) link
tracer 'mise-en-scène' hand
― j., Monday, 13 May 2019 12:41 (five years ago) link
you know, *pauses philosophically* they really could have asked my opinion on some basic filmmaking principles before making this all-time box office smash
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:52 (five years ago) link
for instance, i could have told them, "make sure Hulk's mouth DOESN'T look weird""make sure Hulk's mouth looks weird, mister Tracer??""DOESN'T"
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link
I dunno, it was only upon reflection and realizing that they didn't stand out as weird-looking or out of place that I truly appreciated the mocap work on Hulk and Thanos in this movie. It's a little sad how infrequently filmmakers have been able to make this innovation really work for them in the decade since Gollum happened.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
Oh shit, Two Towers was almost two decades ago, fuck I'm old.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:20 (five years ago) link
Ruffalo's mouth looks weird.
― WmC, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I think Ruffalo's mouth is just crooked and I never noticed until it was blown up to the size of a summer squash.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:26 (five years ago) link
The weird thing with the main battle is that you have this huge all-in battle over a fairly small ground and still they had enough time and space to have little one on one talks and duels whereas it should be just a huge melee/mess.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
two Nebulas
jesus this is killing me
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
'Nebulases'
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:38 (five years ago) link
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, May 13, 2019 8:34 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Have u read a superhero comic book ever
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
I mean yes it's weird but the question pertains.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link
the guy had brain cancer irl, cut him some slack
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
only on the battlefield can you have a true superhero meet cute
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 13 May 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
ok, I didn't know about the (benign, not cancerous) tumor. His mouth looks somewhat weird even if he has a medical reason for it.
― WmC, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:57 (five years ago) link
eheh, yes, of course I know that like many other things, you just have to accept this is how it goes in this universe...and I think I haven't read a comic book since... the 80s !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 13 May 2019 14:00 (five years ago) link
I think at the beginning of the main battle, there's a moment with Star-Lord (?) when they just talk for a little while and there's NOBODY around them...
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 13 May 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link
Comic superheroes frequently engage in a sprightly half hour monologue while engaging in a bout of fisticuffs that couldn't possibly last more than a few minutes. It's like a secondary superpower.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
i really enjoyed Paul Rudd's bewildered take on everything. refreshingly human in the midst of all this steely confidence.
can't agree that the CGI faces looked good. they looked bad.
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
It looked tight, shame about the CGI kids
https://cdn3.movieweb.com/i/article/JUUQa4WjfKMZ7RD9sobATvTZRR22z3/738:50/Avengers-Endgame-Professor-Hulk-Out-Clip.jpg
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link