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Elisabeth		#161	[-]
Mar 1 12 8:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I disliked MARY POPPINS and absolutely DESPISED SOUND OF MUSIC... Both were too tame, and too danged SWEET for me. I like VICTOR/VICTORIA, though... and I get a kick out of two Television Cinderellas going merrily off the rails...(VBEG!) "E" Your Signature ... "....I do hope he won't upset Henry..."
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Rick		#162	[-]
Mar 1 12 9:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	cjh5801 wrote: The curved screen I mentioned was the Cinerama in Seattle. I didn't realize that they were so rare. It just occurred to me. I don't know anything about film projection, but, strictly from a common sense viewpoint, wouldn't there be some distortion if a standard one-projector image is shown on a curved screen? I mean, if you focus the image at the center of the screen, wouldn't the side images be out of focus because of a shorter "throw?" I now wait patiently for someone to explain why I'm wrong, and express pity for my sad, lingering ignorance.
Koukol 5		#163	[-]
Mar 1 12 10:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We had one that played the blockbusters of the time like POSEIDON ADVENTURE, EARTHQUAKE and STAR WARS. It was called The Paramount. I'm sure they had special projectors too.
horrorfilmx		#164	[-]
Mar 1 12 11:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: It just occurred to me. I don't know anything about film projection, but, strictly from a common sense viewpoint, wouldn't there be some distortion if a standard one-projector image is shown on a curved screen? I mean, if you focus the image at the center of the screen, wouldn't the side images be out of focus because of a shorter "throw?" I now wait patiently for someone to explain why I'm wrong, and express pity for my sad, lingering ignorance. Well it sure as hell won't be me, but from a strictly geometric aspect the edges of the frame should be in sharper focus with a curved screen, since with a flat screen the distance between the projector lens and the screen is further at the edges than it is in the center. One assumes that depth of focus compensates for this, I guess. With a curved screen the edges are more likely to be equidistant from the lens. Oh wait, you were talking about distortion and not focus. Never mind.
Rick		#165	[-]
Mar 2 12 12:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	horrorfilmx wrote: Oh wait, you were talking about distortion and not focus. Never mind. Oh, let's be honest...I have no idea what I was talking about. Your explanation also makes sense and had never occurred to me. I knew I was waaay out of my depth on this one.
cjh5801		#166	[-]
Mar 3 12 11:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A little research has revealed that memory has failed me a bit. My initial viewing of STAR WARS was on the 120 degree curved screen at the Seattle UA Cinema 150 (which has since been torn down). I saw 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY at the Cinerama. And Rick, it's done with lenses. - Clark hollowaypages.com
Carl Eyesnheart		#167	[-]
Mar 8 12 7:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	2001 has always been my stock answer to these questions. Boring and confusing. It looks pretty, but almost too pretty. Or too stale. Or something. BLADE RUNNER. I will finally admit it. I am not a big fan of it at all. In a way, it is like 2001. It looks great, but is boring as all heck. Both films are great to put on while I have some cool music playing. But to grab a bowl of popcorn and snuggle up for the night? Heck no. THE EXORCIST doesn't work nearly as well for me now as it did when I was a kid. THE WIZARD OF OZ. I have never really been much of a fan. Yet, I am deciding to read all of the books. Anything John Waters has touched. METROPOLIS never did much for me. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
Wich2		#168	[-]
Mar 9 12 9:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Carl, except for OZ, I (mainly, if not totally) agree with you on all of those.
RKS		#169	[-]
Mar 12 12 2:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I hated with a passion RADERS OF THE LOST ARK (and still do), a very stupid movie. Excuse me......You want me to do what with my what now?
kolchak72		#170	[-]
Mar 13 12 11:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON.Loved Rick Baker's work,and Jenny Agutter,but the movie as a whole just didn't work for me.I found it neither scary or funny.
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Wich2		#171	[-]
Mar 16 12 10:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	With you there, Kolchak. But then, John Landis's mainly "70's smart-a**" style of cinema has rarely worked for me.
Carl Eyesnheart		#172	[-]
Mar 19 12 4:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	kolchak72 wrote: AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON.Loved Rick Baker's work,and Jenny Agutter,but the movie as a whole just didn't work for me.I found it neither scary or funny. I like AWiL quite a bit, but there is a brilliant film lost in there somewhere. I see it as a bunch of great scenes, with not so great scenes tying them together. I'm not too sure what I would change, but I would change something. I think that maybe there just isn't enough wolf action. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
Carl Eyesnheart		#173	[-]
Mar 19 12 4:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm adding the films of Ed Wood to this list. IMO they are not bad in a fun way, they are bad in a terribly boring way. Jean Rollin films can also sit right alongside Ed. These two are not SF/H/ or Fantasy, but they are "classics" that do nothing for me at all. GONE WITH THE WIND ruffles my feathers. I just will never understand why Hollywood always wants us to feel sympathy for the South, and a romance set in the south during this time period will always make me puke. CITIZEN KANE bored me. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
horrorfilmx		#174	[-]
Mar 20 12 7:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Carl Eyesnheart wrote: I'm adding the films of Ed Wood to this list. IMO they are not bad in a fun way, they are bad in a terribly boring way. Jean Rollin films can also sit right alongside Ed. These two are not SF/H/ or Fantasy, but they are "classics" that do nothing for me at all. GONE WITH THE WIND ruffles my feathers. I just will never understand why Hollywood always wants us to feel sympathy for the South, and a romance set in the south during this time period will always make me puke. CITIZEN KANE bored me. Just to compare notes: agree entirely on American Werewolf, Gone With the Wind is a magnificent achievement for a soap opera but agree it's tough to sympathize much with a society built on slavery and racism, and Citizen Kane is one of the greatest films ever made. Titanic sucked out loud though....
Carl Eyesnheart		#175	[-]
Mar 20 12 9:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I liked aspects of TITANIC, but have only seen it twice. Once in the theater . . . and then somewhere else, but I can't remember. If I never see it again, I am cool with that. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
Monsterpal		#176	[-]
Mar 21 12 4:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can't think of any that I hate outright, but I can take THE EXORCIST or leave it.
Zombie Dad		#177	[-]
Mar 21 12 6:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monsterpal wrote: I can't think of any that I hate outright, but I can take THE EXORCIST or leave it. You have the right to exorcise your opinion, Monsterpal. ZD Zombie Dad's Online Art Store www.zazzle.com/zombiedad
Wich2		#178	[-]
Mar 21 12 10:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's a devil of a thing to say, ZD - you've got my head spinning...
Monsterpal		#179	[-]
Mar 23 12 9:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	All right, I admit it. It makes me want to projectile vomit.
Victor Frankenstein		#180	[-]
Mar 26 12 2:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Your mother sews socks that smell!
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