My Brokeback Mtn DVDs arrived today, along with the souvenir Brokeback bandanas...
Coming to DVD the first week of May: TransAmerica...
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My Brokeback Mtn DVDs arrived today, along with the souvenir Brokeback bandanas...
Coming to DVD the first week of May: TransAmerica...
We gave up buying DVDs when the industry phased out Laser Discs..sheeesh! what a total waste on those fricken' $100 titles x 325 releases, you do the math!
We're totally spoiled now and wait until the movies are released by the Academy... (for consideration) -
then, we stock up on microwave popcorn from Smart and Final - don't have to fight crowds, don't have to hear peoples' cell phones go off, and don't have to fight for parking!
Yeah, we're not totally current but, with so many releases cramming in at the end of the year to make the deadline...
Best of all, no sitting through countless trailers and useless ads for soda pop and the LA Times
We just don't have the time but, we still love the major theaters such as the El Capitan for those great BIG productions with the family!
Interesting article in the LA Times this morning that addresses the issue of DVD direct sales…
Warner Video Takes Horror Straight to DVD
The studio, a longtime holdout from the disc-only market, enters with three small films on the grisly side.
By Claire Hoffman, Times Staff Writer
April 9, 2006
"If Warner Home Video and a trio of established TV and film creators have their way, that's where sci-fi and horror fans will soon be watching three gruesome new movies — the fruits of Warner's first deal to bypass movie theaters and go straight to DVD."
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...ck=1&cset=true
Well, it's not like movies haven't ever gone straight to DVD before, even by big compaines. Disney does it all the time. I don't think it will replace the cinema experience. I love going to the movies, especially in LA where there are so many good movie theaters. I tend to go to the Arclight if I can. It's a little more expensive but I'd rather spend the extra money. Families usually don't spend $14 per movie when they have a bunch of kids, and the noisy teens tend to go to the cheaper theaters, so I have no problem with it. Plus the screens are huge, you get to pick what area you want to sit in before you actually go in. Okay, I'm rambling. LOL! :)
Yeah, all our movies go "gay" (straight) to DVD first - even in the olden days when VHS and DVDs had split release dates...Quote:
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but, you're right, nothin' beats it better than watching the (our) movies on the big screen at the Tom Kat Theater in WeHo!
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A lot of people just think it's a hassle to go out to the movies, especially if they've got kids. Luckily, the ArcLight is just a few blocks down the street, and Hollywood & Highland (where the Mann Chinese 6 is) is just around the corner. Life is sweet for me. I'm a movie fanatic. Over the weekend I saw Thank You for Smoking and Inside Man. Both were great. And I just can't help but think how muted those experiences would have been if I'd waited for DVD instead. For me, it's all about "larger than life." I want the big screen, I want the surround sound, I want the other people who laugh and carry on (at all the right places). For me, it's all about the ability for movies to connect people together. For those two hours, we're all sharing an experience together. When you see a movie and everybody gasps in awe at the same place during, say Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, there's nothing like that. That's the shit I live for! :)
That's how I feel, Ken. I hate laugh tracks on tv shows but there's something really great about seeing a really funny comedy with everyone in the theater laughing. And a big screen is a must. I didn't think Brokeback would be that big of a deal in the theater because it wasn't a big special effects extravaganza, but the sweeping landscapes are going to go from being a breathtaking mural to a picture postcard by the time you get to the DVD.
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Well, a film like Brokeback, which has demonstrated the power to affect people on a profoundly emotional level, is a film that should be experienced in a theater. Not just for the sweeping cinematography (amazing), but for the chance to connect on that higher plain with a bunch of other people whose minds are being opened up to a whole new way of thinking. My brother even went to see Brokeback back home in PA with his girlfriend, and I've noticed that when we talk now, he seems to be more open to me talking about dating and stuff. We even got into a conversation about the movie that was pretty cool.
Aaack! I hate theatres! I despise rubbing shoulders with people I don't know, smelling peoples farts and listening to them eat. It's like flying on a plane but after 2 hours you aren't in another state.Quote:
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I go maybe once a year if I'm pushed.
my entire life is DVD and now i have finally watched "brokeback mountain"
i liked it , not what i expected , but very well done , i hated the ending but most good love stories end that way.
i use to buy DVD's ( w*lmart $ 19.95 ) but the quality of movies over the years is not worth the shelf space to store it so i rent ( more men should come this way! )
sincerely ~ ..."hopeless romantic" - crystal gayle