AMC Tysons Corner 16
7850 Tysons Corner Center,
McLean,
VA
22102
7850 Tysons Corner Center,
McLean,
VA
22102
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The AMC Tysons Corner 16, opened September 30, 2005, and anchors Tysons Corner Center’s 362,000-square-foot expansion wing, along with 24 new retailers. The theater is 105,000 square feet large. The lobby features terrazzo-flooring inlaid with movie quotes. Auditoriums are stadium seated with 18-inch risers. Two auditoriums have 500 seats each and screens that are reported to be 3.5 stories tall.
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Giles, you’re a marked man. Everyone is going to know who you are.. ;) I’m kidding..When I used to speak to someone about a projection issue, I’ll usually get someone who just gives lip. I remember going to see Superman Returns in DP @ Annapolis Mall. They showed film and it showed a scratchy print. The excuse I got was that ‘there’s no difference between film and digital projection.’ Uh huh. Yup. Refund, please.
I always thought they had one projectionist that ran the projection via computer in the newer plexes. I hope to experience ETX this weekend or sometime this summer.
There are some exciting releases coming. The one I most want to see is ‘Tree of Life’ which won the Palm D'or at Cannes. Supposedly there are some truly high quality elements in the visual fx as they hired fx vet Doug (2001*Star Trek) Trumbull to do some of them in 65mm. If they release this in IMAX or at least 4K DP, this should be quite an experience as the source master is/should not be a blown up
one.
in regards to the DC screenings of ‘Tree of Life’ I know that (so far) Bethesda Landmark and the AFI Silver will be playing it. As I understand it there was enough extra footage that Malik shot that it’s being complied and will be released separately as an IMAX feature unto itself.
I finally got the opportunity to sample ETX seeing Green Lantern, in 3D, this past weekend. Fortunately, it was my friend’s turn to pay but I used my AMC Stubs rewards card to help with points. $16.50 is quite steep to pay including 3D…almost as much as IMAX-lite. The theater doesn’t but should have a special ETX trailer to denote the difference as well as the DP format. All that was shown was the Real D trailer and the familiar AMC plant growth trailer. Terrific directional sound booms accompanied the sound track add to the immersion aspect of the experience. I enjoyed the experience and the movie, but less so, overall, then Thor. Technically, everything was very good.
The people at the Customer Service counter were EXCEPTIONAL. I was over speeding driving across WWBridge to make it to the 8pm show and had less than 5 mins to spare. Parking was crowded. I left my cell phone in the car to charge and my friend, who bought the tix was no where to be found. He had mumbled something about leaving one for will call. CS said there was none but OFFERED me the use of their phone. How is that for customer service? I didn’t even ask.
Unfortunately, the ticket taker, a mop headed teen, did not even say hi or offer us our 3D glasses. I asked him about the glasses, as I’m sure he read the tix, and he seemed to either not hear or ignore me. Fortunately, they were laid out on the table and sealed in plastic, so I just grabbed a pair.
At the end of the movie, the very end..after the credits, this same mop headed teen and his co-workers did ‘thank’ patrons for coming, which was unexpected and a pleasant surprise.
I’m on the fence on returning but we’ll see what future bookings they have here.
My friend and I saw the final Harry Potter in the ETX theater. The previews and preshow videos were awfully dark and the volume awfully low. The theater didn’t really come to life until midway through the AMC trailer. Had this not happened, I was going to get up and complain. Overall, the movie’s louder sound system made the movie quite enjoyable. Its still more palatable to see movies with the ETX surcharge then the IMAX-lite auditoriums given that the screen sizes are almost the same.
Not being into the Harry Potter phenom, or the movies until the previous two films, I can’t say there was any emotional resonance given everything that happens up to the end. I think the ending, to me, reminded me too much of the Star Wars ‘Sith’ and Star Trek First Contact scenes; with the dueling Potter and Voldemort (like Yoda and Sidious) and Voldemort’s demise looking almost exactly the same as the Borg Queen’s.
I wanted to see the movie at BowTie’s Annapolis #1 but the person who answered the phone couldn’t tell me if its in 3D Digital or not. The two Annapolis venues are all digital now.
With three paired tix purchases between the IMAX-lite and ETX shows, I’m close to the $100 mark with their AMC Stubs program to get $10 back. It helps to share expenses like this with a friend. :)
If I’m not mistaken, the ETX screen has Dolby Surround 7.1 installed. Although Dolby doesn’t say so in their website, I could have sworn I’ve heard sounds coming in four different directions behind me when I saw Transformers 3 there.
it’s 7.1 but not Dolby. Cinemark’s XD screen is also 7.1 but also not Dolby installed/certified. I saw ‘Lion King’ (3D) on the ETX screen – and wow, what a disappointment – the 3D was mediocre, but the audio, notably the bass was practically non-existent. The presentation of ‘The Phantom of the Opera Live from Royal Albert Hall’ was another instance where the audio was terrible – not AMC’s fault – but nearly all the sound came from the left speaker – the surrounds were only used for the audience clapping and one instance where the Phantom’s voice comes from the rear.
My friend and I saw ‘Puss N Boots’ in IMAX-lite 3D.. Very enjoyable movie worth a repeat viewing..maybe not at the IMAX-lite price, unless someone else is paying. Film had decent 3D wow effects such as the usual first person chase scenes. Sound was very good, too. What was really cool was the camera planing at ground level in the beginning. It made you feel you were really traveling. Nice.
After 3 showings, we’ve passed the $100 mark and am getting $10 back with the AMC Stubbs program. Is it worth it? I suppose so, if you share expenses with a friend.
I might be a broken record on this subject but the ETX screen always seems to be problematic in one way or the other. The screening of ‘Immortals’ was downright embarrassing – for the first screening of the day on opening day, the projectionist was calibrating/ repositioning the dual projector system literally right in front of us the audience for a good fifteen minutes. For the first ten to fifteen minutes of the movie the projected image was doubling, then it was fixed by dimming the light output – eeesh, not good. The 7.1 sound flawless. Both ‘Immortals’ and ‘Hugo’ took fantastic advantage of the fact that the aspect ratio of both were 1.85 meaning that the image took up all the screen – floor to ceiling, wall to wall – one word: “wow!”. Now for ‘Hugo’ for the most part the image okay, bright, colorful, yet the bottom projector didn’t seem focused – which resulted in the image to look slightly fuzzy and less detailed – this was very evident in long distance shots. The film’s 7.1 soundmix on the other hand, again flawless – I hope the mix gets an Oscar nomination, it’s that good.
Face it Giles, everywhere you go there seems to be some problem with sound and or picture. Hehehe. I’m kidding. :)
I’ve pretty much enjoyed the ETX shows but I only go for those bigger movies. Other than that, its not worth the price as its about the same as the IMAX-lite movies. I saw Immortals in 3D on a smallish screen @ Annapolis Harbour in Digital 3D. There were great surrounds and the experience was immersive. The FX reminded me a lot of the Matrix though. Henry Cavill, or whatever his name is, will make a great Superman. I’m looking forward to that movie but maybe I’m expecting too much of Chris Reeve’s humanism in the character now since its been imbedded in my mind for the the last 33 years or so.
yet I’ve never had any (… any) problems with Cinemark’s Egyptian XD screen – every film I’ve seen there has been great – no issues with dodgy projection and the sound is top notch – if it just wasn’t so far away I’d frequent it a lot more. As for Henry Cavill, I think he’ll make a great Superman – can’t wait for that version of ‘Superman’