The End of Traditional Cinema...for me
~ Tuesday June 10 2008 17:00
Last friday, I finally decided to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. When I saw the trailer it looked like fun. It looked like what I would expect from an Indiana Jones movie. So I went and yes the movie was fun to see, just as I expected. Of course it wasn’t the best movie I ever saw, but I enjoyed it.
But the thing that I didn’t enjoy was the way it was projected. It was film. I know a lot of people have nostalgic feelings toward film, but no...in my opinion film as a medium is dead. It wasn’t that the projection was that bad, it was what people would expect. I had good seats, although I had to look up just a little. The picture wasn’t pristine. It was sharp but barely. You could see the degradation in the image. Probably because of the copying and subtitles.
Afterwards, when I got home, I went to my room and turned on my tv. This is a really good full HD tv, and I watched the trailer on it in 1080p. And there was the picture that I was waiting for, it looked sharp, it looked beautiful it even sounded bigger even though it was in stereo.
Ok, so maybe it was a bad copy and old lens. Still for me that did it. Indiana Jones is probably the last time I watch a film on film. Unfortunately in my region there is still just one theatre that projects digitally, so it might mean that I won’t go to the movies any longer. For me it is worth the wait and the extra money to buy it on Blu-Ray and see it in 1080p.
It isn’t that Home Theatre killed Traditional Cinema. It killed itself, by investing once and not looking at the evolving market.
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