Comments from JB1981

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JB1981 commented about AMC Brick Plaza 10 on Jul 26, 2023 at 5:34 am

Theater now upgraded to 4K Laser at AMC. Official site just hasn’t been updated yet. Massive improvement!

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JB1981 commented about AMC Garden State 16 on Jul 19, 2023 at 6:21 pm

How does it look? :)

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JB1981 commented about AMC Garden State 16 on Jul 19, 2023 at 5:48 pm

I have tickets for 5p tomorrow!

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JB1981 commented about AMC Brick Plaza 10 on Jul 19, 2023 at 1:12 pm

Does anyone know when the new laser projectors are schedule to he installed here. Freehold and Monmouth AMC got them recently and Brick is scheduled as per the ‘Coming Soon’ page on the AMC website. This theater is in dire need of the upgrade!

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JB1981 commented about AMC Garden State 16 on Jul 19, 2023 at 1:07 pm

Will MarkP be running Oppenheimer in 70mm at this location?

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JB1981 commented about AMC Garden State 16 on Oct 14, 2019 at 8:26 am

@Moviebuff why? Rockaway is really far away and doesn’t have IMAX laser

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JB1981 commented about AMC Garden State 16 on Oct 12, 2019 at 6:43 am

Is the Paramus IMAX screen much larger than the one in New Brunswick. New Brunswick is closer to me… I’d like to check out Laser at some point. Wish it was coming to the Monmouth Mall AMC. Maybe next year. Trying to scope out the best place to see The Rise of Skywalker before tickets go on sale soon.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Dine-in Staten Island 11 on Jun 2, 2019 at 2:28 pm

Anyone here been to this theater? If so, how is the IMAX or Dolby?

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JB1981 commented about Cinemark Hazlet 12 on May 14, 2019 at 9:36 am

Why would someone see black bars with scope? Not following you

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JB1981 commented about Cinemark Hazlet 12 on May 12, 2019 at 9:55 am

That’s terrible. So any movie shot in flat AR will have black bars? I believe Justice League was flat and had proper masking in Dolby Cinema Monmouth Mall

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JB1981 commented about Cinemark Hazlet 12 on May 12, 2019 at 8:34 am

Saw the Batman 1989 40th Anniversary screening here. Very nice image and sound but they didn’t use any masking. Film is flat AR and the black bars weren’t covered up. I thought about saying something but figured nothing could be done about it.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Brick Plaza 10 on May 12, 2019 at 8:24 am

Yea, so is there literally no need for a projectionist nowadays? I can’t say the analog days were any better, really. Movies locally always kinda looked crappy to my recollection.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Seacourt 10 on May 11, 2019 at 3:49 pm

Man, this place is in a sorry state. Resembles a second-run discount theater. Checked out auditorium 4, one of their larger houses and the projection was sooo bad. Incredibly dark and color was way off. Theater totally went down the tubes.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Brick Plaza 10 on May 11, 2019 at 3:44 pm

Audio was fine, nothing to write home about. I saw the movie at Marquee Orchard 10 in TR… sound was much better but the screen was dark there too and it the projector didn’t seem like it was calibrated properly. The IMAX at AMC Monmouth was immensely better from an image quality standard. And the sound, hoo-boy. Probably a little too loud for my tastes but it was pretty incredible.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Prime auditorium Screen on May 11, 2019 at 6:11 am

Judging from this picture it looks like this theater also suffers from the red lights casting a glow on the edges of the screen? Is that the case?

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JB1981 commented about AMC Brick Plaza 10 on May 11, 2019 at 6:07 am

I saw Avengers: Endgame here opening weekend in auditorium 9 and the screen was so dark it was ridiculous. I contacted AMC through the online chat service but I have no idea if they will even address the issue. The theater manager told me the equipment was just checked recently and was certified by a tech. I’ve since seen the movie in other theaters locally and the image was much brighter and clearer so I feel confident saying it was an issue with that particular theater. It’s a shame how much of a crap-shoot seeing a movie in theaters is these days.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Dec 11, 2017 at 5:28 pm

So I was able to get seats in row D, the fourth row back. Judging by the number of seats shown on Fandango these are small seats with probably space between rows. I got the 8pm show in auditorium 13. For anyone familiar with the theater will I be too close?

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Dec 8, 2017 at 11:18 am

Looks like I found the answer to my own question.

http://investor.regmovies.com/news-and-events/press-releases/archive/05-18-2009

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Dec 8, 2017 at 11:15 am

How would you say they compare from a technology perspective? The E-Walk seems to have smaller screen sizes in the regular auditoriums. And what about their projection technology, do you know if they use 4K projectors for regular 2D movies? I believe AMC uses Sony digital 4k.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Dec 8, 2017 at 6:09 am

Some decents seats for 5:15 2D showing but it seems it will be in one of their smaller auditoriums.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Dec 8, 2017 at 5:28 am

Would you say Regal is a better venue than AMC Empire? Lots of showtimes there.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Dec 7, 2017 at 10:25 am

Just got tickets to see The Last Jedi here Fri 12/15. I imagine this place is going to be a total madhouse? It could be fun to see the movie with a raucous crowd I just worry the audience might be a bunch of rowdy kids. Thoughts?

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JB1981 commented about AMC Rockaway 16 on Oct 18, 2017 at 10:13 am

Is it worth driving extra mileage for this Dolby theater vs. the Garden State auditorium or are they comparable?

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Oct 13, 2017 at 8:53 am

By the way how is the Dolby auditorium there? Only other Dolby Cinema I’ve been to is the one in Eatontown NJ and it’s nice but it’s plagued by the red lights casing a red haze at the corners of the screen. The image quality is spectacular otherwise.

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JB1981 commented about AMC Empire 25 on Oct 13, 2017 at 8:51 am

Yea I’m not worried about this to be honest.