AMC Garden State 16
One Garden State Plaza,
Paramus,
NJ
07652
One Garden State Plaza,
Paramus,
NJ
07652
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Amc wont own that theater. Maybe regal?
http://www.northjersey.com/news/191286541_Movie_theater_a_coming_attraction_for_Paramus_Park_.html
Google paramus park movie theater and it will have links.
umm, ok- so the link to that NJ.com article about this is where please?
Looks like the paramus park mall will have a new theater to compete against this one according to nj.com.
Price wise, this is the most expensive of the three AMC 16 plexers in northern NJ. If you ever want to know more about dolby atmos, then search the AVS Forum for it. Quite a few movies are coming out this year in it, including Star Trek Into Darkness, Oblivion, The Heat, and the Hobbit part II.
“Life of Pi” can assure old-timers that digital cinematography can be as beautiful as film. I’m not putting one format better than the other. It’s more spiritual than Hugo and Avatar, and it made me reflect on life. This is THE place around NYC to see that movie, other than Ziegfeld which is actually in NYC. (No I haven’t seen it yet at the Ziegfeld)
How was the movie, thebrat? I heard that this movie will be this year’s Hugo.
Came back from “Life of Pi” in 3D on the ETX screen (#3). Being a Dolby Atmos location for “Brave” (it no longer says this location is with Atmos on Dolby’s website, but it is still set up for the system) and “Life of Pi” being an Atmos film, this might be the place to see it in. Atmos wasn’t advertised, and the film was presented in at least 7.1.
And wow, what a place to see a movie. It’s everything the Tyson’s Corner 16 in McLean, VA wishes to be but isn’t. This is the superior theater. The ETX setup has two Sony 4K projectors (which at first I thought it wasn’t enough for a big screen like these types of theaters but produced outstanding pictures and clarity) in dual-projector mode for 3D. The sound was also massive and sometimes pushes the chairs. The seats were comfy, but a bit squeaky. Going to visit again someday.
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Hey moviebuff82, did you go to a midnight showing of Dark Knight Rises at this theater?
Altered States comes out on Blu-ray in July, but unfortunately my home theater does not have Megasound.
Superman II and wolfen were the last movies released using megasound.
Here’s a Wikipedia article about Megasound. Even more powerful and effective than Sensurround, but that may have had something to do with the sound effects and music score of Altered States itself. Whatever the reason, I’ve never heard anything like it before or since.
I never heard about Megasound but read something about it in old movies ads i find online. Paramount even tried their hand at deep bass surround sound with Vistasonic, which was used on a few movies before Paramount shut it down due to the popularity of baby boom Dolby Stereo. Without Sensurround, there wouldn’t been a Dbox, which is also used for home entertainment. At least one theater in NJ had it, Mega Movies in East Brunswick. My favorite surround sound track has to be from Batman Forever, which was amazing in 5.1 SDDS at the Loews in Wayne. Titanic sounded good too.
Have to say I was disappointed in Dolby Atmos, as well as the movie Brave itself. Don’t know what I expected from 64 channels of sound, except to be blown out of my seat. And it didn’t happen. The most mind-blowing film soundtrack I’ve ever experienced is still one from 31 years ago: Altered States at the Bellevue Theater in Upper Montclair NJ, in Megasound (which never caught on, but should have).
In fact, according to AMC, it will be on the ETX screen.
Dolby is installing its new Atmos system in this theater for Disney’s Brave 3D movie, becoming one of the first theaters in the world to be equipped with 62.2 surround sound. I guess it will be on the AMC ETX screen. Makes sense, because that auditorium (which is the second largest besides the Imax)has the ability to deliver multiple speakers.
ETX Screen now installed this past weekend with “Hunger Games”. What auditorium was it fitted in? How is the quality of the picture and sound?
This theater will be one of several AMCs to show back-to-back Marvel movies featuring characters from the upcoming movie “The Avengers” in a marathon that ends with the midnight showing of the 3D version. Most of the marvel movies that are 3d were converted rather than shot. http://bit.ly/zbxvKG
Star Wars Episode I is back in Paramus, only this time in converted 3D. This is the second time that Star Wars Episode I has been shown digitally in Paramus, even though it was the last Star Wars film shot on 35mm film before Lucas became one of the first big directors to convert to digital 1080p cinematography.
This year in May marks 5 years since the theater opened as part of the mall’s 50th anniversary expansion project. As of this year, nothing is planned. Look at how 5 years have passed. This theater was the second in Paramus to have digital projection for full use early in its cycle, then one of its screens became a Liemax. Its predecessor has become a large fitness gym. This is one of the better AMCs in NJ, better than Rockaway.
Wimbledon Women’s Finals will be playing in 3D at this theater, the only one in NJ, on July 2 at 9 a.m.
Yeah, I have to agree, who needs the 50000watts when the IMAX already pulverizes all the bones in your body and leaves your ears ringing for days. So many theaters are way to loud already as it is. And I hate the ones where the treble is way high and the loud parts basically make you wince in pain. Not a good experience. At home, with amazing, really expensive speakers without so many spectrum spikes it doesn’t hurt even when it’s set fairly loud. Most theaters it just kills your ears. Just too piercing and too loud. It actually makes me go less when they overdo it.
Yeah the problem with this theater is the hideous Rt4/R17 location.
I really enjoy this theater. This is my choice theater. But I will ever only go during the week, on matinees. I hate the mall, and the traffic. Got to see quite a few films, on opening day, at 9:30Am with just about 30 people in the auditorium.