Comments from CinemarkFan - Cinema Treasures

CinemarkFan commented about Big-screen giant Imax eyes digital future on Jun 28, 2008 at 1:46 am

Here’s something I found at the forums at filmtech.com

“Digital installations in the DC area are due to start around now .

However The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience will not be screened on any of them.

Christopher Nolan, after going to the trouble of filming sections of the movie on IMAX 15 perf /65mm negative, refuses to have his movie shown this way.

There are rumours from a well placed source that an upcoming 3D feature will also be filmed in IMAX."

Good to know that Mr. Nolan is standing up for actual IMAX/70MM film.

CinemarkFan commented about Happy 15th anniversary, "Jurassic Park" and DTS!!! on Jun 13, 2008 at 10:21 pm

Wow, 15 years already. I was three years old when I saw it with my mom & brothers about two weeks later at the Sony Evergreen. I remember the sound being very, very loud.

CinemarkFan commented about Director: Blu-ray offers better pix than theater on Jun 12, 2008 at 12:35 pm

I’ve never seen a film in this format (outside of IMAX), but how does DLP compare to 70MM?

CinemarkFan commented about AMC Ford City 14 on Jun 6, 2008 at 12:49 am

Thanks for the info Bob. And say, what sits on the site of Ford City East?

CinemarkFan commented about AMC Ford City 14 on Jun 5, 2008 at 1:42 am

Does anyone know what sits on the site of the old Ford City Cinemas?

CinemarkFan commented about River Oaks Theatre on May 16, 2008 at 6:18 pm

3/19/82 – PORKY'S
6/27/86 – RUNNING SCARED
12/12/86 – THE GOLDEN CHILD
7/4/90 – DIE HARD 2

More will follow.

CinemarkFan commented about AMC Dine-In Rosemont 12 on May 10, 2008 at 11:39 pm

Does anyone know what is the largest auditorium/screen here?

CinemarkFan commented about River Oaks Theatre on May 5, 2008 at 5:04 pm

I’m back with more from River Oaks’s grand auditorium #1 (aka #9)

11/16/84 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
11/1/85 – TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
5/13/88 – FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 7
3/3/89 – LEAN ON ME

More when I go back to the library.

CinemarkFan commented about Marcus Country Club Hills Cinema on Apr 11, 2008 at 7:49 pm

It actually opened June 15th 2001. “Tomb Raider”, “Swordfish”, “Atlantis: The Lost Empire”, and “Shrek” were among the first films to play here. It looks just like other Loews Theatres like Crestwood, but this theater does have auditorium 15, which seats 676 and has a screen that’s over 60ft wide or more. #15 would be ideal for a 70MM retrofit.

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 11, 2008 at 1:27 am

Is it too late to write letters to the people at Paramount? If not, then we need to get a campaign going.

Jimpiscitelli, I haven’t seen a movie on screens 5 & 6 at the Melrose, but I remember seeing “Hidalgo” on my 14th birthday on screen 4, and that was a huge screen. The projection was so bright, it was almost dizzying in some scenes.

C'mon people, Indy 4 for 70MM!

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 10, 2008 at 6:19 pm

G. Feret

I don’t think the Pickwick has the machinery for 70MM. Come to think of it, I don’t know if the Showplace or Country Club Hills have it ether. But it wouldn’t hurt to retrofit them for 70MM.

I like DLP, but it’s always presented on small screens, and I don’t wanna see Indy 4 on a small screen.

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 10, 2008 at 3:18 pm

To any Paramount/LucasFilm spy that may be lurking around here

Please have a 70MM showing of Indy 4 in the Chicago area. These places would be worthy of a wide-screen showing.

The Pickwick in Park Ridge. Auditorium 1 – 1500 seats.

AMC-Loews Country Club Hills in Country Club Hills. Auditorium 15 – 676 seats.

Kerasotes Showplace 12 @ Golf Mill in Niles. Auditoriums 1 & 7 – 460 seats each.

C'mon, give me 70MM!

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 8, 2008 at 2:28 pm

G. Feret

Here’s an wiki article explaning the super-35mm format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_35_mm_film

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 8, 2008 at 2:04 pm

My guess is that it was shot in super-35.

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 8, 2008 at 2:03 pm

I don’t know for sure, but I hear that Cannes will have a 70MM screening. Don’t know when.

CinemarkFan commented about Where to see Indiana Jones? on Apr 8, 2008 at 1:01 pm

There is a lack of BIG screens here in the Chicago area, but auditorium 15 at the AMC-Loews Country Club Hills is really big. So I would love it if Paramount had them retro-fit #15 for 70MM, and have a special 70MM showing of “Crystal Skull” there. I know it’s wishful thinking, but I can dream, right?

This will be the first “Indiana Jones” movie I’ve seen in a theater, so I don’t wanna see it in a shoebox. River Oaks #9 or McClurg Court would’ve been ideal, but they’re gone now.

CinemarkFan commented about McClurg Court Cinemas on Mar 26, 2008 at 11:12 pm

Aek, I believe screen 1 at the Norridge has a really big screen, but I’m not sure because I haven’t been there.

CinemarkFan commented about Is converting to stadium seating right for you? on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:57 pm

I ain’t gonna say I don’t like stadium seating, because I do. But the only thing I don’t like conventional sloped floor seating is that there’s always somebody’s big ‘ol head seating in front of you & the screen. And that just irks me.

CinemarkFan commented about Michael Todd Theatre on Mar 25, 2008 at 1:31 pm

Paul, off the top of my head I have a list of movies that played here at one point or another

2/7/86 – F/X
2/21/86 The Hitcher
7/18/86 – Aliens
11/26/86 – Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home
4/24/87- Extreme Prejudice
5/1/87 – Malone plus Rage of Honor
6/17/88 – Red Heat
7/20/88 – Die Hard

I have more, but it’ll take me a while to sort through them.

CinemarkFan commented about McClurg Court Cinemas on Mar 25, 2008 at 1:20 pm

When Cineplex Odeon remodeled it in 1987, theater 1 had a large dark blue, maybe purple colored curtain covering it’s large screen. That’s the main thing I remember about seeing the “Star Wars” re-release in 97.

CinemarkFan commented about Regal Webster Place 11 on Jan 21, 2008 at 5:58 pm

No, I haven’t gotten the chance to go here yet. I was going to see “I Am Legend” here, but ended up seeing it at the Showplace in Schererville, IN because I was nearby shopping with my parents.

CinemarkFan commented about River Oaks Theaters 2 & 3 on Jan 18, 2008 at 2:42 pm