AMC Rockaway 16
363 Mount Hope Avenue,
Rockaway,
NJ
07866
363 Mount Hope Avenue,
Rockaway,
NJ
07866
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^ HAH! that never happens for this theaters postings.
Just as long as we all stay on topic.LOL.
welcome back hdtv267…
Well,doggone it I had TOO.
lol.
Yes,larry1 and movie534 we were in a different and much better moviegoing time.Pictures were better.I hear a REMAKE of “TRUE GRIT” what else is next “DIRTY HARRY”.I am listing the AMC 16 as a Favorite.For Justin.
Does anyone remember:
STANLEY (So. Orange Ave., Newark)
(now Newark Gospel Tabernacle)
MAYFAIR (just up the street from Stanley)
(became bowling alley, then torn down)
PALACE (Main St., E. Orange)
HOLLYWOOD (Central Ave., E. Orange)
EMBASSY (Main St., Orange)
and, occasionally
BRANFORD, LOEWS, RKO PROCTORS, PARAMOUNT (Downtown Newark)
Those were my hangouts.
JJD, I didn’t know they charged extra for analog 3D. I think they also charged extra for other enhancements, such as Smell-O-Vision, Odorama, vibrating seats for “The Tingler”, 70mm roadshow movies, and probably Sensurround, the precursor to D-Box. It would be cool if D-Box was installed in a few of Rockaway’s big theaters so that moviegoers can feel the movie. This is the case at many IMAX digital and analog theaters, where seats are configured to vibrate along with the subwoofer. Does ETX also do this sort of thing?
Curtains, single screens, double features, now your talkin my kind of language. Not this digital crap, multiplexes, etc. This is what I try to impress on these youngsters like Mr. Justin, but they grew up in a different time than us. All they know is what they have, not what they missed.
The reason they had ushers in the “good old days” is that there were double features and people would come done the aisles in the middle of one picture, watch the end of it, then the next picture and then the first half of the original picture. Neededthe ushers to help people find theseats in a the darkened theater.
I forgot about the curtains. That was a nice touch back then. I might add they charged a premium for 3D back then too…an extra 10 cents (60 cents for adults, 35 cents for children) to pay for the glasses.
JJd,I wish we could go back to the Single screens,Maybe a nice twin,but really no more.I managed some great single screens.A triple and Quad at GCC,but my first love was the 781 seat National Hills ,70mm large screen,curtains that opened when the movie started.real showmanship sadly missing in these multiplexs.But if you have never caught a big movie on a large screen you really don’t know what you have missed.Yes,they changed for selling more screens in one location.How UA ruined NAtional Hills,making it a triple was a crime!Money,Money,Money, just need Joel Grey to sing it.lol.
I don’t know about that, JJD.
When you say “old theaters”, I assume you’re referring to the “local movie houses” I grew up with. They had one screen, a main feature, and a co-feature (usually a b-movie). You could easily spend three hours at the movies…all for 50 cents (adults) and 25 cents (children). Films ran continuously with cartoons, newsreels and coming attractions (trailers) in between. Most of these double features lasted one week and were replaced every Wednesday. Some were “held over”. Ushers assisted you to your seat. The theaters had individual “personality”, unlike today’s multiplexes. Times have changed. Today, people want choice…something multiplexes provide. Plus, I’m sure cost was a big factor in the transition. To avoid closing altogether, those old movie houses divided up their space and became mini-multiplexes, usually with disastrous results. Or they showed months-old films for about a buck. I think today’s multiplexes stand a better chance of surviving longer than the older ones providing they keep ticket prices affordable. I noticed Rockaway charged $10 (vs. $9) for the morning showing of Jackass 3D. Are we back to that again?
Attendance at this theater has declined somewhat due to the price increases on both 3-D and regular movies during the summer, which will hurt AMC’s bottom line in the future according to its latest earnings report. This as the company is ready to return to the volatile stock market this year. JJD, between this theater and the old theaters, will this theater last as long? If fewer people come to the movies, then this theater might turn into another retail shop or a strip mall, which Rockaway doesn’t need.
I will check out NEWTON THEATRE ,Thanks for the Comment.
Sounds good…how many slimshady? Pretty soon all 15 screens will have 3D, in addition to the liemax 3D. I can’t wait for Paranormal Activity 2 in Liemax, since that was shot in digital camera and will be blown-up on the very giants screen lol!!!
^yeah, if the shows are greyed out then it means they probably cancelled to add more showtimes for Jackass 3D. From what i’ve heard, more 3D screens are being added between this and next month…
Judging by checking the ticket showtimes on AMC’s website last night, Jackass 3D is selling like hotcakes. The late night showtimes for My Soul To Take 3D are greyed out. Wonder if its because of Jackass playing on the same screen as the Wes Craven movie. If it is, then the guys who program the showtimes for the theater are very happy with the results.
It’s theaters like this that are killing the small fry, such as in newton,n.j. which was closed last week for good. See the comment on the newton theater page for more info. When this theater opened nearly four years ago, it had a wide variety of flicks for everyone to see. The projection though, was horrible and the sound was very loud in each theater. It has matured into a popular moviegoing destination for greedy moviegoers who want to see the latest LieMAX, Digital 3D, Met Opera, NCM event, and digital 2k-4k movies in what’s the best movie theater in northwest new jersey. Now only if they have sometime like Free Movie Tuesdays, which Clearview does.
i guess I will catch it second run.I hate to shell out so much for a movie.I remember when the first “TRON” came out.I think it was DISNEY’S First PG picture.It was either “TRON” or the “BLACK HOLE”,that is a movie i enjoyed even though you could see the cables lifting the crew around floating in space.Shows up real well on DVD,You would think today they could erase the cables.Well, we are off topic again.Sorry.Enjoy the AMC 16.
Advance tickets for Tron Legacy are now up as of Sunday. I’ll be probably seeing the IMAX 3D version since I saw a trailer that showed IMAX scenes during Inception, ala Dark Knight. Too bad the new Harry Potter movie’s first part will be only in 2D digital and IMAX digital, as WB didn’t have enough time to convert that part into 3D. Part 2 will be in 3D next year. Speaking of 3D, I think Megamind might do well since the trailer looks funny. This coming weekend, “Jackass 3D” will be on a bunch of 3D screens ( i heard it got good buzz).
maybe. I heard it got decent reviews. Hopefully it gets good word of mouth.
Thanks Justin.Will you “RED” when it comes out with Bruce Willis?
Speaking of which, last night, I saw “The Social Network”, which was shot on 4K. The titles and some of the computer images were sharp, the motion very film-like without any grain at all. The only thing that was different on my visit to this theater last night was that they cut off the Sprint cell phone ad and started the previews on time since the pre-show was running a bit late. As for the food, AMC is doing a good job putting calorie counts for each concession on the menu much like what they do at sports stadiums. BTW, here’s a link to the tech specs of the movie, which I think will have strong legs based on good word of mouth…http://tinyurl.com/32o8ghb