Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
by the way, i paid 8 bucks for matinee
come on man
Kansas city has better options than Topeka. We don't have early morning matinees and we only have two theaters. One sucks. The other has inflated prices.
Our matinee prices are almost $14. I can own the movie for a few dollars more and watch it as much as I want. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 007:
Kansas city has better options than Topeka. We don't have early morning matinees and we only have two theaters. One sucks. The other has inflated prices.
Our matinee prices are almost $14. I can own the movie for a few dollars more and watch it as much as I want.
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
this is indeed a game changer
And we just found out today that the older theater of the two is closing permanently on Friday. Can't wait to see the price hike on the lone survivor now. This town sucks. [Reply]
I paid $19. Its a 3 hr movie. Thats cheap entertainment. In fact, thats the cheapest possible entertainment option for a weekend night possible. What else can you do for less than $20? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I paid $19. Its a 3 hr movie. Thats cheap entertainment. In fact, thats the cheapest possible entertainment option for a weekend night possible. What else can you do for less than $20?
Hell that might not even get you 2 decent beers at a restaurant these days. The quality of some of these more modern theaters like AMC Prime or a real IMAX are also a big difference from back in the day when tickets were under $10. [Reply]
I will side a bit with 007. In my small town they just upgraded the 1950's seats with 1990's seats. We now have cup holders on both arms! And nicely padded seats!
Movie going is situationally dependent based upon population density and logistics.
I went to a theatre in a large city and it was outstanding. I could even order some food and an adult beverage. I could definitely understand movie viewing under those circumstances. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
So they are really making 5 of these things? I knew they were making 3, but someone told me 5.
I think a big part of the success of the first one was the experience. No one had seen a 3-D movie of that high a quality before. It wasn't the offset image thing or the stupid colored glasses thing. And it was a perfect amusement park ride experience with a few helpful chemicals of your choice. The color palate and the bizarre world itself.
Is this movie going to be "an experience" like the first? [Reply]
The Neteyam funeral and spirit scene with Jake remembering teaching the boy how to hunt fish really hit me hard.
I think that's the closest I've come to crying without actually crying. My girlfriend was one step away from full-on ugly crying so I was struggling to hold my shit in.
I think it was a combination of many factors, though. They didn't give Neteyam much in the way of characterization , but he was a good person and great son and it's made worse by the fact that he died a young teen. Seeing his body reclaimed by the Spirit Tree and Jake remembering his birth, the fishing scene and Neteyam seemingly being unaware that he's dead were all beautiful but haunting. "Why are you crying?" "I'm just happy to see you" "Well, I'm happy to see you, too".
The movie was basic as all hell but that scene was very powerful, IMO.
