AMC Rockaway 16

FYI, the auditorium near where the one that played “Basterds”, theater 10, was the Meatball movie, the 2-D version.

Ever since this theater opened, there have been more accidents near that theater on the main highway during peak times then it was a decade ago.

the next 3d movie to play will be Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Advance ticketing is now available for a bunch of movies, including New Moon. Is there advance tickets for Avatar yet? So far, I know it’s only the IMAX 3D version.

For some reason, Rockaway chose to show the Avatar trailer in 2D (along with the other 2D trailers) before The Final Destination. It was show in 3D before X-Games 3D. If you got digital and the audience is there to see a 3D movie, then showing the Avatar trailer in 2D does not do it justice. If I recall, I’ve seen 2D and 3D trailers shown together in the past. The real star of The Final Destination was the 3D and, most appropriately, the gimmicky, in your face type. That’s what people expect in a horror movie and that’s what they got. So, in this case it made sense and it worked. Without it, this version of the franchise was just more of the same. Also, the 3D version achieved the highest multiple (3.25 times) over the 2D version of any of the new 3D movies so far. So much for those claiming 3D is losing steam.

A few hours ago, a small plane made an emergency landing at the parking lot between JC Penney and Toys R Us, just right around the circle from the Rockaway theater. Thankfully, the pilot survived. Maybe he could go see a 3-D movie if he had some time.

I agree. The world does not begin or end with James Cameron. He may advance the 3D cause somewhat but it’s already off to a strong start with what’s already been out and will continue to gain strength through other directors and studios. We didn’t kill off color or sound in spite of our history of bad movies using those enhancements. Rockaway’s timing with regard to getting 3D was a little off. It fell between recent blockbusters and upcoming blockbusters. Two days only of G-Force in 3D and one week of X-Games isn’t exactly a recipe for impressive revenue. That said, Avatar will do very well indeed. The trailer was shown in 3D before X-Games 3D and it looked great. X-Games 3D was entertaining and made good use of 3D but I don’t expect it to do all that well due to its limited appeal.

seems that inglorious basterds killed xgames at the box office….next weekend the new final destination might suffer against the second Halloween remake sequel…which is not a good sign. Maybe family movies like CLoudy with a CHance of Meatballs and Xmas Carol will do well. I hope they preserve the images for the Toy Story Double feature and not change anything. As for Avatar…did they show the preview at the theater? How was it? I can’t wait for that movie. If that movie bombs, then it might mean the end of digital 3D movies, which could mean that AMC would be stuck with showing enhanced versions of 2D features before Alice in Wonderland comes out.

on friday, avatar will trailer before xgames 3d as well as inglorious basterds and shorts in 35mm 2d.

I attended the 10:20am showing of G-Force and the presentation was perfect…make that “picture” perfect. If all of the showings yesterday were as good as this one, then the transition to digital was seamless. I sat about 2/3 of the way back. My experience with 3D is that the closer you sit to the screen, the more you feel like you’re in the movie since the edges of the screen are less in your field of vision…but there is less of a 3D effect. The further away from the screen, the greater the 3D effect but now you’re “watching” the movie, rather than feeling like you’re in it. Rockaway’s screens are big (compared to say Parsippany) and with the stadium seating, you feel like you’re really close to it. Hence, the decision to compromise and sit where I did. Sound quality was fine. No problems. There were about 25 people at this showing. WE MADE IT! And it only took 33 months and 1 day! P.S. The movie was cute, perfect for kids, and made excellent use of 3D.

I hope they NEVER remake the Stewardesses and if they do, it will probably get a limited release. Rockaway will never show it. The original was a piece of garbage. It was movies like that that cheapened 3D, however successful they might have been. If studios are ever to repair the damage that was done to 3D over the years by bad movies, senseless gimmickry, and poor projection, there is no better time than now. We’ve gotten past the technology hurdle and, so far, the recent 3D movies have been very “audience-friendly”. And the worldwide public has certainly embraced them. If you add in foreign totals to domestic stats, they’re all doing well (ex: Ice Age at over $789 million, so far.) That should quiet the naysayers. Maybe even some day people will stop believing the 3D movies of the 50s required “red/blue” cardboard glasses. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. They were polarized. Also, so far Parsippany and Succasunna will be getting X-Games 3D: The Movie.

I’ll probably catch the 10:20am tomorrow but I don’t expect to see much of a crowd then either. G-Force is wrapping up it’s fourth week in release so sales aren’t going to be all that great at this point. By no means is it a failure though. It should surpass $100 million by the weekend and ranks 7th on Boxofficmojo’s list of top grossing 3D movies (their list says 9th but the first couple of numbers aren’t sequential.)

Probably. And maybe that Michael Jackson movie as well..since it has parts of it in 3D.