Sitting close to a giant tv just isn’t the same as seeing something on a legit giant screen.
Well, unless you are watching the special format most films are still finished/screened at 2k. Sure, the cinema DCP will be way higher bitrate, but depending on the title, you’ll hardly notice it.
Having a big oled playing blu-rays a couple meters in front of you will definitely beat out going to a random theater because of the freedom you have + HDR.
I make sure to catch re-releases of classics or films I adore in the silver screen. But being aware of how things are run backstage (cinemas playing streams or small files), we’re long past the era of there being a gap between home and cinemas.
I run an oled it’s contract is definitely good but You should check out a Dolby cinema if you haven’t it Comes close but much bigger screen
Especially seeing a movie in Cinerama format. There was a Cinerama theater in Seattle but it was owned by Paul Allen and I don’t think it ever really made money. But he kept it a special place that would have movie marathons with all the old films he had collected. The yearly 2001 showing was a must for me. That movie is just not the same after seeing it so big and so loud
Obviously it’s not exactly the same, but my sectional is way more comfy than theater seats, being in control of the film/sound/lighting is way more convenient, and the percentage of my vision filled by the screen is roughly the same as shooting in the back half of the theater.
My home setup is preferable to the theater in all but the rare film that actually gets full mileage out of the screen.
All of that is true, but what kills the movie theaters for me is other people. I don’t think i would ever go back to people being on their phones, talking, or just laughing obnoxiously. Some people like that experience, to me it’s torture. And while the screen and the sound might never be the same, it’s also not like back in the early 90’s when i was in the theatres for the first time, where at home you have a shitty ass tv and VCR’s.
Fair, I think I’m pretty lucky as my local theatre is an independent one and somehow attracts only movie people rather than talkers or phone folks.
Though I will say a comedies and horrors are better with dozens or hundreds of people. Something really satisfying about hearing a genuine terrified scream on a jump scare or a crowd roar with laughter.
Again, I’m fully lucky with my crowd I suppose. I did have a terrible experience awhile ago in a different, non indie theatre.
Fully agree on the conveniences and comfort.
I also dig action, sci fi and have a movie theatre that rocks classics so I’m biased and probably feel a lot higher percentage of films are better big. I just got to watch Aliens on the big screen. I’ve seen that movie so many times but to see Lieutenant Ripley rocking that power loader at twice the size of God was a whole different experience.
For me, IMAX is the only screen that still makes movies seem impressive. Regular movie screens are not all that much more impressive than my 75” tv.
What if I sit really close with backwards binocular?
Ahahaha can’t argue with that!
It would be interesting measuring field of view.
I have a 65" 8K television in my living room with 7.1 Dolby Atmos/DTS:X and in general, I prefer that to the movie going experience.
Yeah, I’d be curious about that.
Though I think your brain just knows, maybe subconsciously, that something in your living room is probably not 70 feet tall. So when I rewatched Jurassic Park in theatres, that T Rex was just that much more impressive being 70 feet tall than it was when we watched it on a high quality projector at a friend’s.
To each their own though!
4K on a 55" screen looks, IMO, a lot better than whatever the resolution of a regular theatre cut is when blasted across that 70 foot wall. And, much more importantly, the 240hz refresh rate on my TV absolutely destroys that of the average cinema. Modern movies rely much more heavily on fast action and camera movements that look absolutely awful when displayed at 24fps.
So, yeah, I really do find myself enjoying movies more in my “home cinema” than I do in an actual cinema. Plus, no kids or crying babies, no one kicking my seat or blocking my view, snacks are way cheaper and I can pause whenever I like.
I’ve really lost any love I used to have for the theatre screening. Its not without its charms (getting to experience the crowd reactions to Infinity War and Endgame was really cool) but I just don’t think that’s enough to save it.
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My vote is for movie theatres, say what you will. While I understand and appreciate the convenience and comfort of home theatre viewing, it’s not and can never be the same experience. Go see, for example, any of Christopher Nolan’s works or any of the Wachowskis works at the movies and then at home and tell me there’s no difference (or home viewing is better).
I-Am-An-Idiot-EDIT: See 2001: A Space Odyssey on “the big screen” and at home and tell me there’s no difference.
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Seeing Oppenheimer in the 70mm IMAX version in Providence agrees. Even if the Trinity test scene was underwhelming.
Yeah, I was kind of stunned they didn’t rock more visual craziness. But the movie was still great.
The visual prowess of it comes in the colors and contrast roll off. Being film it loses in dynamic range but the sharpness and aesthetic was phenomenal.
