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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #525 on: January 10, 2016, 11:28:11 AM »
$53m opening in China.

We'll see if it can keep up those figures in the weeks to come. It still has just over $1bn to make to beat Avatar.


As it is - it's sitting at #3 All Time Worldwide.
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« Reply #526 on: January 10, 2016, 11:48:13 AM »
I have to wonder how much the jacked up price of 3D helped Avatar.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #527 on: January 10, 2016, 11:53:59 AM »
Not that much since TFA was also in 3D and IMAX 3D too.
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« Reply #528 on: January 10, 2016, 11:56:28 AM »
But it wasn't pushed as a must see in 3D like Avatar was. That was the entire point of Avatar, to show off the technology.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #529 on: January 10, 2016, 12:07:55 PM »
Well Avatar was filmed in 3D and Force Awakens was post converted.

I'd love to know how much money TFA made from 2D only screenings.
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« Reply #530 on: January 10, 2016, 02:23:25 PM »
I just wish that there was some way for TFA to actually win Jurassic World's money so that the top 5 worldwide list wouldn't be defiled by that mediocre movie.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #531 on: January 10, 2016, 02:23:44 PM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on January 10, 2016, 12:07:55 PM
Well Avatar was filmed in 3D and Force Awakens was post converted.

I'd love to know how much money TFA made from 2D only screenings.
When I went to see it at the Vue in Islington, there were more 2D showings than 3D, and the 2D showings were more fully booked. We saw it in 3D only because it was the next showing and that was more convenient, but our screen was half empty, whereas the 2D showings after ours were nearly full.

Basically, people are getting bored of 3D and just don't give a shit anymore. :lol
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« Reply #532 on: January 10, 2016, 02:26:08 PM »
Definetely true for myself. When me and my friends pick which showings to go to, we often try to go to the 2D ones. 3D isn't nearly as hyped anymore.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #533 on: January 10, 2016, 11:05:41 PM »
I've wanted to see TFA at least once in 2D but 80% of the screenings here have been 3D, so it has been 3D all 3 times I've seen it.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #534 on: January 11, 2016, 05:32:15 AM »
Yeah 3D is definitely dying out.
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« Reply #535 on: January 11, 2016, 08:09:13 AM »
Agreed.

For Avatar there was no way I was not seeing that in 3D.  For TFA, I explicitly did not want to see it in 3D.
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« Reply #536 on: January 11, 2016, 08:38:14 AM »
I don't want to start another Star Trek bitch fest but …

Paramount told JJ that Into Darkness had to be in 3D or

they wouldn't make it.

It just proves that they're only forcing it on us for the extra

box office and not the experience.

Because the 3D in that movie added absolutely nothing.

Post converted always looks shit.

Native 3D like Prometheus and Avatar at least looks better.
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« Reply #537 on: January 11, 2016, 09:26:55 AM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on January 11, 2016, 05:32:15 AM
Yeah 3D is definitely dying out.

Maybe....at least until Avatar 2, 3, and 4 come out.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #538 on: January 11, 2016, 09:28:52 AM »
Quote from: jammindude on January 11, 2016, 09:26:55 AM
Maybe....at least until Avatar 2, 3, and 4 come out.

 :facepalm:

I actually forgot about that. I was more than fine with the Avatar sequels, but now I'm actually worried they are going to prolong this silly 3D phase.

They either need to somehow have a breakthrough in 3D technology that allows it to work without dark glasses, or just drop it all together. It upsets me that I can't see certain movies in IMAX without 3D.
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« Reply #539 on: January 11, 2016, 09:34:38 AM »
...At the very least - with Jim Cameron you know he won't just post convert it for the extra dollar. He's a perfectionist - at least technology wise and it will look good.

He wanted to do Avatar in 2000 after Titanic but the technology wouldn't let him do it. So he waited until 2005 when he saw Gollum in LOTR and then he thought it was good enough.

And now it's been 7 years since the first film and counting... If he was just after the $$ he could have pooped out another Avatar in 2011 .
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #540 on: January 11, 2016, 09:42:29 AM »
That's true. And I'm fine with Avatar and even Avatar in 3D. If it's part of the original vision, that's awesome, especially with the amount of passion Cameron puts into his films. I'm just disappointed to hear things like this:

Quote from: Kotowboy on January 11, 2016, 08:38:14 AM
Paramount told JJ that Into Darkness had to be in 3D or they wouldn't make it.
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« Reply #541 on: January 11, 2016, 09:45:23 AM »
Yeah at least JJ said " i'm going to shoot the movie in 2D so it looks how I want it to look and I'll convert it afterwards so there's a choice ".

It was something about 3D not working with the anomorphic lenses he wanted to use.
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« Reply #542 on: January 11, 2016, 07:19:02 PM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on January 11, 2016, 09:45:23 AM
Yeah at least JJ said " i'm going to shoot the movie in 2D so it looks how I want it to look and I'll convert it afterwards so there's a choice ".

It was something about 3D not working with the anomorphic lenses he wanted to use.

And also TFA was mostly shot on 35mm film.

This is the problem. The studios force movies to have a 3D release (even though the majority are still phoned in post-conversions), and the cinemas are forcing 3D viewings, and while a lot of people prefer 2D, they still want to see the film and aren't willing to boycott a movie or wait for a 2D screening to show the studios that opinion. So it appears as if 3D is 3D is more popular than it really is. It's a shame too, because the technology is flawed all around.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #543 on: January 12, 2016, 12:00:44 AM »
I really didn't mind seeing it in 3d. I think that I was mostly engrossed in the story, so I didn't really register the fact that I was watching it that way most of the time. The only thing about the 3d that stands out in my memory is one scene showing a battle cruiser (I think that's what that kind of ship is called) and it really seemed to jump off of the screen. Other than that I could have taken it or left it. I don't think it ruined any part of the experience for me.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #544 on: January 12, 2016, 12:19:21 AM »
The day-before screening I went to was 2D, and it was amazing.

The one time I saw it in 3D, it was less entertaining because it felt like my eyes were physically glued to the screen
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #545 on: January 12, 2016, 05:29:54 AM »
Quote from: PowerSlave on January 12, 2016, 12:00:44 AM
I really didn't mind seeing it in 3d. I think that I was mostly engrossed in the story, so I didn't really register the fact that I was watching it that way most of the time. The only thing about the 3d that stands out in my memory is one scene showing a battle cruiser (I think that's what that kind of ship is called) and it really seemed to jump off of the screen. Other than that I could have taken it or left it. I don't think it ruined any part of the experience for me.

Exactly!  I don't think anyone is saying it's ruined, but as a consumer, why do we have to pay an extra $3+ for something that doesn't enhance the experience whatsoever?!?!  The only 3D I ever see is when I really want IMAX - because they don't show the 2D version in IMAX - or when it's actually shot in 3D (which, X-Men is the only movie in 2016 that interests me).  Otherwise, there is no value in 3D.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #546 on: January 12, 2016, 07:22:37 AM »
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Quote from: PowerSlave on January 12, 2016, 12:00:44 AM
I really didn't mind seeing it in 3d. I think that I was mostly engrossed in the story, so I didn't really register the fact that I was watching it that way most of the time. The only thing about the 3d that stands out in my memory is one scene showing a battle cruiser (I think that's what that kind of ship is called) and it really seemed to jump off of the screen. Other than that I could have taken it or left it. I don't think it ruined any part of the experience for me.

Exactly!  I don't think anyone is saying it's ruined, but as a consumer, why do we have to pay an extra $3+ for something that doesn't enhance the experience whatsoever?!?!  The only 3D I ever see is when I really want IMAX - because they don't show the 2D version in IMAX - or when it's actually shot in 3D (which, X-Men is the only movie in 2016 that interests me).  Otherwise, there is no value in 3D.

Yup, you paid more money for a movie in 3d yet didn't really notice you were watching it in 3D.  Seems like a rip off to me. 
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« Reply #547 on: January 12, 2016, 07:28:39 AM »
Quote from: cramx3 on January 12, 2016, 07:22:37 AM
Yup, you paid more money for a movie in 3d yet didn't really notice you were watching it in 3D.  Seems like a rip off to me. 

You paid more money for a movie shot in 2D that they were forced to convert to 3D only so they could charge you an extra $3+. Seems like a rip off to me too.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #548 on: January 12, 2016, 12:11:13 PM »
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« Reply #549 on: January 12, 2016, 01:17:41 PM »
*gets hyped*
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« Reply #550 on: January 12, 2016, 01:41:43 PM »
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« Reply #551 on: January 12, 2016, 02:04:51 PM »
Darker doesn't necessarily mean better.
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« Reply #552 on: January 12, 2016, 02:05:42 PM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on January 12, 2016, 07:28:39 AM
Quote from: cramx3 on January 12, 2016, 07:22:37 AM
Yup, you paid more money for a movie in 3d yet didn't really notice you were watching it in 3D.  Seems like a rip off to me. 

You paid more money for a movie shot in 2D that they were forced to convert to 3D only so they could charge you an extra $3+. Seems like a rip off to me too.

+1

The *ONLY* reason they're flogging this dead horse.

:deadhorse: Waiting for Godot in 3D !!!



...Actually I typed that as a joke but then I remembered that Baz Luhrmann made The Great Gatsby in 3D.
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Re: Star Wars, The Force Awakens -- *SPOILERS*
« Reply #553 on: January 12, 2016, 02:08:43 PM »
I'm curious about the naming of the movies now. What do you think about sticking to the 'force' theme.

Ep. VIII 'The Force Collides'   
Ep. IX  ' The Force ......


?
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« Reply #554 on: January 12, 2016, 02:10:05 PM »
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Darker doesn't necessarily mean better.

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« Reply #555 on: January 12, 2016, 02:53:11 PM »
Quote from: gmillerdrake on January 12, 2016, 02:08:43 PM
I'm curious about the naming of the movies now. What do you think about sticking to the 'force' theme.

Ep. VIII 'The Force Collides'   
Ep. IX  ' The Force ......


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Too confusing I think.

The Order Retaliates.

The Jedi Returns.
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« Reply #556 on: January 12, 2016, 03:07:12 PM »
Quote from: gmillerdrake on January 12, 2016, 02:08:43 PM
I'm curious about the naming of the movies now. What do you think about sticking to the 'force' theme.

Ep. VIII 'The Force Collides'   
Ep. IX  ' The Force ......


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Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Episode VIII: The Force Hits the Snooze Button
Episode IX: The Force Seriously Just Needs Another 5 Minutes
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« Reply #557 on: January 12, 2016, 03:17:50 PM »
:lol :clap:
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« Reply #559 on: January 12, 2016, 04:27:47 PM »
I always found it funny how Luke kept trying to get Yoda to confirm that Vader is his father, but Yoda just kept ignoring him and being like, "Can't a guy die in peace? God damn!"
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