holy canoli! granted ‘The Expendables’ is a naturally loud movie, I wasn’t expecting to be pummelled by the soundmix. I’m so used to the XD screen and it’s mammoth sound system, that I forget that other theatres and specific films can equally impress. Seen on screen 13 – the sound was a juggernaut, so much so, I was getting a headache, something I don’t get alot from ‘sound’ Thumbs up to lossy 35mm sourced digital sound to be that aggressive – wow!
the October Horror Film fest looks great, the films:
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Dawn of the Dead [with Silver Spring ‘Zombie walk folk]
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Let the Right One in
Shaun of the Dead
Suspiria (!!!) on the big screen this should be amazing!!
on a positive fun note, the Senator is featured in the new Star War Year by Year book: with a picture of the front with ‘Phantom Menace’ and queue of folk (page 204)
yeah, yeah Piranha $14.50 – it was okay, not great. But the XD ‘experience’ made up for the films flaws. Now if I had payed that amount for ‘The Last Airbender’ when it had played in XD – I’d cut off my pinkies in sheer embarrassement.
wow… wow – okay I must admit I’m a fan of James Cameron’s AVATAR – and the screening I saw today was my fourth time in the theatres – but the presentation on the XD screen was tremendous – while the sound features a juggernaut of a soundmix, I thought it superceded the IMAX soundmix, by the mere fact that the sound in the surround tracks had more speakers to be thrown around the auditorium. The fall of hometree – the force and loudness conveyed such a powerful and frightening crash it made my hair on my neck and arms stand straight up. The IMAX mix only made my neck hair stand up ;) While I thought the XD presentation would have mirrored the IMAX presentation: 1.78:1 – it didn’t, but really even at 2.35 the black borders above and below the image weren’t distracting at the least. That is where I thought the IMAX version I had seen (at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History) had failed at, not only was there a large amount of unused screen – above, below and around, the XD image used up far more of the intended screen.
PIRANHA last week was a blast on the XD screen, the 3D effects were hit or miss, but the sound really kicked. One shot of the embryo piranha in it’s egg and an accompanying audio slash nearly gave me a heart attack. Another ‘audio moment’ was the earthquake scene where there was both a tremendous amount of bass and treble that it literally sounded like one of the ceiling braces, in the auditorium, had snapped
all the National Amusement Theatres in the immediate Virginia/DC area were under that managament, before they were integrated into the Rave Motion Picture chain.
Haven’t been to the theatres in quite some time, but I like the auditoriums/screen size/sound from the four auditoriums just to the left and right of the main concession stands.
saw ‘Step Up 3D’ on screen 12 – and the 7.1 soundmix was A-mazing!! much better than the mix for ‘Toy Story 3’ – both the 3D and the sound really made the film a visual and aural treat.
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Cinemaon
Jul 29, 2010 at 10:39 am
so ‘Close Encounters’ was NOT shown in 70mm – right? I could have sworn that ‘Empire Strikes Back’ was at the Uptown – but according to Jodar’s June 2007 posting it’s theatrical engagement was here at the Cinema
yes the Jenifer was part of the ‘DC movie theatre’ scene – it was at Wisconsin Ave and Jenifer St. where the Booeymongers and Filene’s Basement is – I thought GC owned the Mazza theatres. Initially those theatres (3 screens) were in the basement of the Galleria.
don’t know much about the servers – I probably go with Datasats' (formerly DTS), but for projector’s either Christie or Barco’s. Sony is more hype than anything – I don’t like how they repilicate moving white text on black backgrounds (end credits) – it’s blurry and conveys an out of focus look.
oh that’s great news. I remember seeing ‘Cherry Blossoms’ in digital projection and since it was shot in hidef it looked glorious – surprised (and glad) that Strand released it as such. I’ve seen way to many bad 35mm prints over at E Street – where I had wished the studio HAD released the film it ‘digitally’ Can I ask what DP system will be installed?
question – if all the theatres are going to technically all digial – what distributor’s are actually releasing ‘films’ as such – you can see why both Landmark theatres never changed over to digital projection because not everything is being released as such. The occasional ‘documentary’ might be released as such, but foreign films released in harddrive form is still relatively rare. (Kino released the restored ‘Metropolis’ in digital projection). Even AFI Silver which shows alot of films, new releases, revivals – the only time they show nearly everything in DLP is during Silverdocs. The industry and specifically Box Office magazine thinks the swing towards digital projection conversion is more prevailent, but it’s a tad blind to the fact that still not everyone’s on board
major thumbs up! how is parking going to work – I know that Visions in Dupont worked out a deal with the adjoining parking garage. Fenty, well… the city really screwed Washingtonians over by instigating extended parking to 10pm
holy canoli! granted ‘The Expendables’ is a naturally loud movie, I wasn’t expecting to be pummelled by the soundmix. I’m so used to the XD screen and it’s mammoth sound system, that I forget that other theatres and specific films can equally impress. Seen on screen 13 – the sound was a juggernaut, so much so, I was getting a headache, something I don’t get alot from ‘sound’ Thumbs up to lossy 35mm sourced digital sound to be that aggressive – wow!
the October Horror Film fest looks great, the films:
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Dawn of the Dead [with Silver Spring ‘Zombie walk folk]
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Let the Right One in
Shaun of the Dead
Suspiria (!!!) on the big screen this should be amazing!!
on a positive fun note, the Senator is featured in the new Star War Year by Year book: with a picture of the front with ‘Phantom Menace’ and queue of folk (page 204)
yeah, yeah Piranha $14.50 – it was okay, not great. But the XD ‘experience’ made up for the films flaws. Now if I had payed that amount for ‘The Last Airbender’ when it had played in XD – I’d cut off my pinkies in sheer embarrassement.
wow… wow – okay I must admit I’m a fan of James Cameron’s AVATAR – and the screening I saw today was my fourth time in the theatres – but the presentation on the XD screen was tremendous – while the sound features a juggernaut of a soundmix, I thought it superceded the IMAX soundmix, by the mere fact that the sound in the surround tracks had more speakers to be thrown around the auditorium. The fall of hometree – the force and loudness conveyed such a powerful and frightening crash it made my hair on my neck and arms stand straight up. The IMAX mix only made my neck hair stand up ;) While I thought the XD presentation would have mirrored the IMAX presentation: 1.78:1 – it didn’t, but really even at 2.35 the black borders above and below the image weren’t distracting at the least. That is where I thought the IMAX version I had seen (at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History) had failed at, not only was there a large amount of unused screen – above, below and around, the XD image used up far more of the intended screen.
PIRANHA last week was a blast on the XD screen, the 3D effects were hit or miss, but the sound really kicked. One shot of the embryo piranha in it’s egg and an accompanying audio slash nearly gave me a heart attack. Another ‘audio moment’ was the earthquake scene where there was both a tremendous amount of bass and treble that it literally sounded like one of the ceiling braces, in the auditorium, had snapped
well that acquisition took forever.
all the National Amusement Theatres in the immediate Virginia/DC area were under that managament, before they were integrated into the Rave Motion Picture chain.
Haven’t been to the theatres in quite some time, but I like the auditoriums/screen size/sound from the four auditoriums just to the left and right of the main concession stands.
and of this weekend all 14 screens have been upgraded/converted to DLP digital projection.
is there a list of which ‘select’ theatres are showing this on the 27th??
saw ‘Step Up 3D’ on screen 12 – and the 7.1 soundmix was A-mazing!! much better than the mix for ‘Toy Story 3’ – both the 3D and the sound really made the film a visual and aural treat.
so ‘Close Encounters’ was NOT shown in 70mm – right? I could have sworn that ‘Empire Strikes Back’ was at the Uptown – but according to Jodar’s June 2007 posting it’s theatrical engagement was here at the Cinema
so is this the theatre that had 70mm engagements of ‘Close Encounters’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’/‘Last Crusade’ – ??
even though seeing ‘Windjammer’ was meant for the largest screen possible, a dvd/bluray release is also eminent.
question: I remember seeing ‘Return of the Jedi’ at the Jenifer, though I don’t remember it being in 70mm – was it?
yes the Jenifer was part of the ‘DC movie theatre’ scene – it was at Wisconsin Ave and Jenifer St. where the Booeymongers and Filene’s Basement is – I thought GC owned the Mazza theatres. Initially those theatres (3 screens) were in the basement of the Galleria.
if you go with something other than Sony, make sure that I’ll be able to display 4K DLP – which has a vague date of late 2010.
don’t know much about the servers – I probably go with Datasats' (formerly DTS), but for projector’s either Christie or Barco’s. Sony is more hype than anything – I don’t like how they repilicate moving white text on black backgrounds (end credits) – it’s blurry and conveys an out of focus look.
oh that’s great news. I remember seeing ‘Cherry Blossoms’ in digital projection and since it was shot in hidef it looked glorious – surprised (and glad) that Strand released it as such. I’ve seen way to many bad 35mm prints over at E Street – where I had wished the studio HAD released the film it ‘digitally’ Can I ask what DP system will be installed?
question – if all the theatres are going to technically all digial – what distributor’s are actually releasing ‘films’ as such – you can see why both Landmark theatres never changed over to digital projection because not everything is being released as such. The occasional ‘documentary’ might be released as such, but foreign films released in harddrive form is still relatively rare. (Kino released the restored ‘Metropolis’ in digital projection). Even AFI Silver which shows alot of films, new releases, revivals – the only time they show nearly everything in DLP is during Silverdocs. The industry and specifically Box Office magazine thinks the swing towards digital projection conversion is more prevailent, but it’s a tad blind to the fact that still not everyone’s on board
maybe now we will see more of those films that seem to play only in New York city – can’t wai!
it will also do great business for the eating establishments near the theatre
major thumbs up! how is parking going to work – I know that Visions in Dupont worked out a deal with the adjoining parking garage. Fenty, well… the city really screwed Washingtonians over by instigating extended parking to 10pm
I can’t recall was ‘Blue Thunder’ when it played at the Tenley presented in 70mm?
I thought there waa revival showing of ‘Ben Hur’ in 1999 or 2000 – does anyone remember if it was 35mm or 70mm?
ugh and I thought Lucas loved flogging his dead horse – hand it to Cameron.