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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Feb 16, 2021 21:44:31 GMT
So changing up from what films you wish you had experienced...which are your actual best theatrical experiences?
For me:
Jurassic Park T2: Judgement Day Speed True Lies Saving Private Ryan The Blair Witch Project Avatar Avengers/Infinity War/End Game
Will add more later if I think of anything else.
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Post by stephen on Feb 16, 2021 21:45:56 GMT
The five times I saw Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Feb 16, 2021 21:51:42 GMT
Saw Inception on a whim knowing nothing about it aside from having seen one trailer.
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 16, 2021 21:55:13 GMT
First that come to mind..... seeing McCabe in 35mm, twice, at the MoMA and at the Quad in NYC.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest during the mid-atlantic flood of '06, most of the theater left as it was slowly filling with water but with a few friends we stayed and would climb back a few rows every so often when the water got too high. Very immersive movie experience lol.
Sapphic wuxia sexploitation Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) on a whim in a tiny theater in Berlin.
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 16, 2021 22:06:13 GMT
Well all-time I guess it would have been The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in 1920 which I saw on my 100th birthday. Oh nevermind..... 2 recent ones The Irishman at a sold out house with a bunch of emotionally choked up people in the theater where you could palpably feel their affection for that cast. Also I saw Carrie in an old huge movie house a couple years back at a midnight showing that was almost empty except waaaaaaaaaaaay up near the domed ceiling there were a few circling bats.......it was awesome. My friend had never seen it before and she was suitably freaked out.......
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Post by DaleCooper on Feb 16, 2021 22:18:53 GMT
I'd say it would be somewhat of a three way tie between The Two Towers, The Return of the King and The Social Network.
The Two Towers was the film that really kick started my interest in film (I really liked Fellowship as well mind, but with The Two Towers I was a big fan) and as all these films they were something quite special to see on the big screen. The Return of the King of course was just the continuation and something I had looked forward to basically a year. It lived up to my expectations and then some and was every bit the grand experience and conlusion I could have hoped for and at the time it was my favorite film of all time.
The Social Network I watched on the first showing in my theater and I remember they had some technical issues when they first started the film, but then they took some time and started over and I was hooked at once. I remember walking out of the theater absolutely floored by it. Not just by its obvious qualities (which obviously was impressive) but how much of an emotional punch it carried for me, and that final scene just lingered in my mind.
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 16, 2021 22:26:55 GMT
Oooo The Irishman at the NYFF gotta be up there... the audience must've been dosed or something, the laughing was incessant and the emotions of it only got me on (improved) subsequent viewings but with that screening I think everyone was just totally exuberantly enjoying the company of those actors, and rightfully. Another NYFF - the American premiere of The White Ribbon, I was only 15/yo, dragged my parents along (they were horrified) and sat near Haneke, met him afterward, shook hands and I've been a cynic ever since. Also talked with Brady Corbet who said he'd never been asked for an autograph before. Random one - not a movie I like but You Were Never Really Here at the Angelika in NYC which is right over a subway line so every few minutes the whole theater rumbles and it weirdly added to the unease of the movie. This one depending on my mood could file under worst as well... but it was memorable!
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Post by jakesully on Feb 16, 2021 22:27:10 GMT
Its a toss up for me
I saw The Dark Knight twice when I was living in the ATL and then the next year I saw Avatar twice in IMAX 3D in Phoenix, Arizona .
I'MO I will say that The Dark Knight (opening night) was my greatest time at the theaters. The entire crowd was really into it (esp near the finale) .
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 16, 2021 22:35:01 GMT
Inland Empire: I had the good fortune of watching it on its opening day in a cinema in Milan, early Friday afternoon, and it was packed. No walkouts, no noise from the crowd, we were all Lynch devotees. It was like a spiritual experience.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: It was re-released after the restoration. It was mid-July, so I was basically the only one in the theater (summer is the slowest season for cinema in Italy). Watching it on the big screen was unforgettable.
Gravity: Time flew during this one. It was so intense for me that I was very emotional at the end.
Though the greatest one has to be the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was my favorite book back then, and I had been waiting for those movies for years. Hearing Galadriel for the first time at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring was a dream come true, and each of those three movies was a huge deal for me, and still is.
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Post by cheesecake on Feb 16, 2021 22:40:15 GMT
This was really nice to reminisce about. It's been over a year now since I was last at the cinema and it's been tough. It's my favorite hobby and we rarely went to the movies growing up, so I've loved working and getting to see whatever I'm interested in -- and with so many options of theaters around me, I've always felt very fortunate. I'm currently working on my 2020 montage and I found several clips that featuring people going to the movies and it kind of made me want to cry. - Army of Darkness on a sold out night near Halloween. The sound cut out for the first five minutes so a guy in the audience yelled out narration before it was fixed. It was pretty amazing. - Another projector issue during the yearly tradition of the It's a Wonderful Life screening for the local food bank. During the bank/honeymoon scene, the film cut and we had a ten minute intermission while they fixed it. I turned around and a small group of teenage girls were already bawling. Yes, they were a mess by the end. - Went and saw Psycho about ten years ago and there were several people who had never seen it and were gasping at the reveal. - On a snowy night back in February 2017, Fargo was playing for the local Flashback Film Festival so we went to see it right after getting married. - Mandy opening night to a sold out crowd of Nic Cage fans. - B movie bingo night with Troll 2.- Double feature of Alien and Aliens.- Nosferatu (1922) with a live orchestra and a guy played a saw. Amazing night. - Amadeus director's cut with a live orchestra. - Z was a first time watch on the big screen and it blew me away. - 25th anniversary showing of Unforgiven which was completely empty, save for us, so it felt like a private screening. - In fall 2019 going to a surprise screening and realizing we were about to see Parasite. - I've also been able to see two of my favorites, Dr. Strangelove and Harold & Maude on the big screen. If you're ever in the position see your favorite film(s) all big and beautiful, I highly recommend it.
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Post by countjohn on Feb 16, 2021 22:46:33 GMT
For popcorn-y stuff opening night screenings of The Bourne Ultimatum, The Dark Knight, and The Social Network with great audiences. Seeing Bourne for the first time at 16 is the only time I've ever thought about buying another ticket to see a movie immediately after seeing it the first time. Also saw an IMAX screening of Voyage of Time as the only one in the ginormous theater.
For bucket list classics I've seen The Godfather, Citizen Kane, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Lawrence of Arabia, Psycho, Casablanca, and Jurassic Park on the big screen as well.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Feb 16, 2021 22:57:57 GMT
Hereditary was wild. Full house with a very engaged crowd. Lots of gasps and "what the fucks" but no heckling. It was delicious
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 16, 2021 23:05:03 GMT
cheesecake wins!! What an awesome bunch. I'm gonna name my first born after that Army of Darkness guy keeping everyone in on the narration. Now that's my kinda hero. Also one of my dreams is to see a Cage screening (like Vampire's Kiss) with fellow cagers. Few more for me: Strolling manhattan before and after seeing Manhattan with a phenomenal live orchestra. That Gershwin swell sends chills. Alec Baldwin introduced the movie and he fumbled and dropped his entire speech and played it off very charmingly. And I could see Tony Roberts in the audience the whole time. Seeing Modern Times at a small theater that was on my college campus, I laughed so hard at the eating machine scene that half the crowd turned and grimaced at me. Traveling to a wintery Philly to see the festival premiere of Ugolin 's Kumiho short horror - he fielded a great Q&A from the audience.
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 16, 2021 23:20:46 GMT
The Dark Knight IMAX re-release Get Out Hereditary Gravity Star Wars: The Force Awakens Avengers 1-4 Parasite Free Solo The Room interactive screening
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Post by JangoB on Feb 16, 2021 23:22:05 GMT
As far as the experience of the movie itself, watching 2001: A Space Odyssey in IMAX is something I'll never forget. The 'Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite' sequence genuinely felt like a portal to a different realm.
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Post by Sharbs on Feb 17, 2021 0:05:48 GMT
Bucket-list classics: Apocalypse Now, Mulholland Dr., A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Harakiri, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut, Paris, Texas, Suspiria (77), Fargo, Taxi Driver, Rebecca (40), LoTR trilogy (I didn't go when I was a pre-teen when they came out) and many others that were either all-time level or deserve to be seen in this format. A bunch of other classics that I was introduced to that are now all-time favorites of mine.
as far as favorite experiences or just most unique moments:
Le Notti Bianche: Snowy night, beautiful movie that relies on snowfall - somewhat euphoric
Hereditary: A handful of highschoolers were in attendance and were absolutely still for the entire run-time and right as the credits begun one of them threw-up straight down in front of him, could've been a case where he was feeling crappy, but i fully believe it was the genuine nerves getting to him.
films with a theater all to myself, not ideal obviously but makes for a genuine experience if I want to get lost in a film: A Ghost Story, Nomadland (last week), Return of the King (yesterday)
midnight showing of The Room
The Shape of Water: went by myself to a sold-out showing and next to me was a dude who was also by himself who clearly came straight from his work because he was dressed in construction attire and both of us gently sobbing next to each other and at the end we just gave each other a nod and left.
Going to three all-night horrorthons chock full of amazing B-horrors that were sold out and everybody dying in laughter or being freaked out by some really effective moments for 10 hours, mostly uninterrupted all night long. They don't tell you the lineup of the films being played and it's fun to see people who are far more in tune with horror flicks instantly recognize a movie and exclaim with excitement.
Saw All Quiet on the Western Front with an accompanied live score.
Deep Red: Accompanied by a live score by Claudio Simonetti and whatever that iteration of Goblin was. They also played a bunch of themes from Argento's films after the film.
corralling like 20 or so friends when I was in college to see a bunch of movies from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Croods, Frozen, The Hobbit, Iron Man 3, Interstellar
seeing An Elephant Sitting Still about 3 hrs and 10 minutes in a woman whispers (not so much) to her companion that she "Can't take this anymore, I'm going for a walk" He then asks "Can you find out when this gets out?" she snarks back at him "Never!" and he follows her out. After they left the remaining audience turned a really obnoxious situation into a perfect one by everyone dying in laughter and then having to collect ourselves for umm the rest of that film. Quite the tonal shift
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Feb 17, 2021 1:11:44 GMT
- The Godfather Part II in a completely empty theater a couple years ago (45th anniversary)
- Apocalypse Now Final Cut IMAX screening - the "Ride of the Valkyries" sequence in particular had a kind of oppressive effect on me in a way that I had never quite felt to the same degree during previous viewings, and it just made that scene that much more terrifying, unsettling, and chilling.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Paramount theater in Austin, where the sound was very loud and almost hurt my hears but was still awesome.
- The three times I saw Dunkirk in IMAX on the biggest screen in Texas
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Post by Drish on Feb 17, 2021 1:20:02 GMT
There Will Be Blood was an absolute treat! So was Apocalypse Now. It really made me realize nothing can beat the actual movie going experience in the theaters. Recently it was Tenet.
I'm really dying to see Mulholland Dr. and the LOTR trilogy though.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Feb 17, 2021 1:41:48 GMT
I'm really dying to see Mulholland Dr. and the LOTR trilogy though. I saw Mulholland Dr. at a theater a few years ago, and it was especially fun because there were people in the audience who clearly hadn't seen it before. Listening to people's reactions during the movie and afterwards was almost half the enjoyment.
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Post by wonky on Feb 17, 2021 1:43:09 GMT
Midnight release of Inglourious Basterds
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Post by futuretrunks on Feb 17, 2021 2:04:04 GMT
Goodness, let's see:
Fellowship of the Ring Day 1
The Dark Knight (every screening) - Pencil trick, this and that, what a movie! Everyone was shook!
The Departed
NCFOM
Star Trek (2009) opening Friday in IMAX (nobody thought it would be that good)
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Post by Nikan on Feb 17, 2021 6:56:34 GMT
I don't know how darbareye elly was advertised outside of Iran, but here the trailers and posters mostly featured that cheering bit between those people earlier in the film... so one night my family and me (relatives who gathered to stay for the night - we were about ten people if not more) went to see the hottest movie of the day without previous planning, thinking it's a big family comedy... Almost nobody talked on the way home and we spend the whole night discussing the film, the morality of it's characters and the decisions they made (and the majority of our gang were not close to "film buffs" anyway)... makes me smile after these many years.
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Post by Miles Morales on Feb 17, 2021 8:02:25 GMT
Kahaani was legendary. That climatic twist made the entire theatre go nuts, me included.
Interstellar left me with a headache but it was still a great cinematic experience. I blame the poor sound calibration.
Zootopia was so much fun that I went to see it twice within the same week, and had a very responsive audience both the times I went to see it.
Going to see Pixar films in theatres is an almost annual tradition for our family (only averted in the cases of Cars 2 and sadly last year), but Coco, Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4 have been the best ones to experience in theatres.
Andhadhun was a funny, gripping and even terrifying theatrical experience since I knew nothing about the plotline and hence was constantly at the edge of my seat with every plot turn.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the only film I've seen in IMAX (3D) so far; the unique animation and the sound design was a wonder to behold in that format.
Hands down, the best experience has been with Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Avengers: Endgame. The sheer adrenaline rush I felt along with the rapturous audience response both times ( especially in Endgame) will be hard to match.
On another note, while the watching experience itself wasn't that special, I did get to see the director and two actors before my screening of Gumnaami which was pretty cool. I watched it when it was celebrating 50 days in theatres, so I got lucky.
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Post by hugobolso on Feb 17, 2021 11:38:15 GMT
Howards End. Was the first time that I (My parents) Buy a movie ticket that worth it's price. Before that I only like Dance with wolves, but was just too lengh for a Child. After Howards end I only think un that way with very few films: Jurassic Park, Underground, the third red line, the sixth Sense,there will be bloody and Inglorious bastards. And un a lesser extense the Blair witch proye CT and starv trek I've seen other films, maybe Even greater but in the small screen
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Post by stinkybritches on Feb 17, 2021 13:52:53 GMT
2001: A Space Odyssey (in 70mm)
The Matrix (awesome experience for 11-year-old me seeing this in the theater when it first came out)
Perfect Blue (this was one of those Fathom Events screenings I think, a couple of years ago. Cool to see this on the big screen, and just a fun vibe in the audience)
Climax (only one in the theater, save for the last half hour or so when a theater employee sat in for the rest and asked me “So...what the hell was that about?” after it ended)
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