Finally!
Dune 2018 (19,20,21...)
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One the one hand yes, no home cinema setup (that the average person can hope to afford) is "the same" as going to the cinema. Doesn't matter. If it's "good enough" then most people would rather stay home where they can pause and don't have to overpay for food and drink. And that was before there was a highly infectious and potentially lethal virus floating about the planet. For most sane people, this is not a difficult cost/benefit calculation to make.
New poster. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSXAy5dF9o8/?utm_medium=share_sheet
I can never get images to work so I'm not even going to try
Pretty generic imho
I can never get images to work so I'm not even going to try
Pretty generic imho
Yeah...although it's a lost art for studios. I've some amazing artwork by fans for many recent films (i.e. the last ten years) that I really wish were the official posters. Studios really should hire those people, but I guess floating-head posters are cheaper and quicker to make. 
Simple enough, does the job. Workman, if nothing else.
Film posters are definitely a lost art but that doesn't surprise me. People don't talk about posters for years and years like they do movies so why invest money in to it? It's a hard road to walk.
Film posters are definitely a lost art but that doesn't surprise me. People don't talk about posters for years and years like they do movies so why invest money in to it? It's a hard road to walk.
The last poster that really impressed me was the one sheet for Spectre, with the bullet holes and the cracked glass making the Spectre logo. Otherwise... I think there was one other that I really liked but I can't even remember what it was, so it couldn't have been that great...
Floating head posters highlight the actors. There will be people who go see this movie strictly because they love Jason Momoa
I got to be honest, I've found picture quality at the theatre to be awful in recent years. The picture is far too dark, and in some cases, most notably Solo and Star Trek Beyond, I couldn't make sense of anything visually in those movies until I watched them at home.
I suspect that might be more a problem with the specific theatres I go to. Although, dark picture was a common complaint many made about Solo. I think there's even a joke about in in the Screen Rant Pitch Meeting for the movie. Still, the darker picture was one of the things that popped at me when I went to the theatre last month to see Black Widow, after seeing so many movies on streaming services or my cable's On Demand in recent months. And it's actually the primary reason I'm now contemplating not bothering with theatres anymore and just waiting for the movies to become available cheaply on home media instead.
Our local AMC Prime is pretty incredible. I haven't been in 20 months or so but we're going for Dune for sure.
Solo was definitely one that was darker than I like. Didn't have any issues with Beyond. Though, given that my locality is down to one theater I'll be curious how their projectionist is. It was decent for Lord of the Rings and Tolkien though.
The main reason I want to see Dune is that I really want that larger than life I feel. I recently picked up the graphic novel and was struck by just how much the characters were not as enjoyable but the visuals were deeply intriguing.
My local theatres screens have definitely seen better days. I'll be going to the city to see Dune in imax
I am half tempted to draw over that, because it would look so much more amazing as Drew Struzan style painted poster, but those are oit of favour.
They showed an ad for it constantly during the last week or so of the Olympics, I had them on pretty much all day, and saw the ad at least 5 or 6 times each day.
The theater we go to has always has great picture quality.
Exactly but also one thing to consider - while Disney&Co have huge market power and are playing hardball with the theater chains over profit percentages they still need them for the major part of the revenue.
As you said the movie going experience should not be underestimated - going for a burger before or after the movie, talking about the movie with the group and just generally going out is not something streaming can easily replace. Sure it's more convenient but no hometheatre can compete with the giant screen and professional sound equipment that a well equipped movie theatre can offer.
In the next few years i fully expect the low key war between studios and theatre chains to fully escalate as the streaming and day one digital release actively threatens their business model, even more so than Covid has, which did some serious damage.
With the ticket and snacks you are about on par with current streaming prices per person but if you make a streaming viewing party with a couple of friends costs can be shared - question is will this be enough to keep people at home?
Plus, there are plenty of us who don't buy anything from the concessions stand ever because it's so damn expensive.
Honestly I think a better design would have been just the logo on a black background. Or if they absolutely must make it a little less stark: use the logo as an alpha mask and have some image of actual dunes visible through the negative space.Yeah...although it's a lost art for studios. I've some amazing artwork by fans for many recent films (i.e. the last ten years) that I really wish were the official posters. Studios really should hire those people, but I guess floating-head posters are cheaper and quicker to make.
I mean literally *anything* other than "giant head fungus cluster" composition would have been better.
All this kind of thing does is tell me that the marketing people either don't know how to market the movie, or think the general public are too dumb to get even the basic premise, so they just show off all the famous people they have.
I remember in my younger days getting a large soft drink when I went to the theatres. I eventually downgraded to a medium because large was making me need to piss halfway through, but as of eight years ago, I just stopped getting a soft drink all together because I was starting to get up two or even three times during the movie to piss, or if I did stay through the whole thing, I was barely holding it in by the end.
Although there was one time I went to the theatre on a really hot day in the summer when I was still getting over a stomach flu and was still combatting dehydration I got a medium Coke anyway. The one positive about my situation was I didn't need to get once during the movie as a result.
The only times I've ever bought anything food wise at a theatre were when I was on a date and she wanted something. Oh, and the Kelvinprise when they had them as a $2 extra for Beyond if you bought a combo, which my wife at the time wanted.
I find it incredible they're on Skip the Dishes. I guess some people really like Theatre Popcorn and old hot dogs marked up 1000x.
(Excluding when I worked at a theatre and so had a discount to normal food prices)
I find it incredible they're on Skip the Dishes. I guess some people really like Theatre Popcorn and old hot dogs marked up 1000x.
(Excluding when I worked at a theatre and so had a discount to normal food prices)
