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The most hyped up you have been after watching a film at the cinema? or when you felt let down.

fire_and_icefire_and_ice
edited May 2014 in General Movies & TV Posts: 6,432
When i went to see Rocky IV at the cinema i can't remember a time i was so hyped after, was a kid at the time though me and my mates literally punched hell out of each other in a fun way as kids do after we were so hyped up after watching the movie. Think we were in a adrenaline induced daze. What films have you watched at the cinema that have left you dazed or hyped because what you watched at the time just blew you away.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited May 2014 Posts: 17,823
    1973.....
    Enter The Dragon
    Star Wars
    Superman: The Movie
    Empire Strikes Back
    Blade Runner
    Return Of The Jedi
    Aliens
    Terminator 2
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    The Matrix
    Serenity
    .....2005
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited May 2014 Posts: 12,480
    Hyped? Psyched? Singing in the street or driving like Bond on the way home? That kind of hyped? ;)

    Starting in childhood ... (cinema experience only, therefore a few films I adore are missing) ~

    A Hard Day's Night (oh how this changed my life, I am not kidding)
    Oliver! (sang and danced in street)
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Jesus Christ Superstar (and my church put on the play later ...)
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Apocalypse Now (not a happy high but it went thru to my core)
    Rocky
    Star Wars
    Blade Runner
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Goldeneye
    Tomorrow Never Dies (yes, 2 Bonds in a row for me)
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
    The Matrix (so fresh back then, and loved the ending music - I wanted to get right back into that world)
    Lord of the Rings (especially Return of the King)
    Casino Royale
    Skyfall





  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I get giddy and excited after I see a really, really, really good film (which happens most of the time with Bond films.) I remember feeling like I could conquer the world and beat up anyone after seeing '300' in theaters.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited May 2014 Posts: 14,662
    Bond-wise, TND was highly memorable. Both times.

    Definitely one of the Jet Li films (can't remember which one, but it was NOT 'The Mummy 3'!). I walked out of the cinema thinking, "I know Kung Fu" :))

    Kick-Ass: different from anything I'd seen before
    Tron Legacy: I was blown away by this film, absolutely loved it
    TMNT: can't remember leaving the cinema, but I would've walked out yelling "COWABUNGA, DUDES!!!"
    Forrest Gump: his journey through life really moved me
    Twilight: highly entertaining, and you almost believed me, didn't you? ;)

    I'm sure there are many more from when I was younger.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited May 2014 Posts: 12,480
    Yes, I love movies I really do. I know what you mean. :)

    QBranch, I didn't believe you for a second. B-)
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    By the way, I was very moved by Jet Li's film, Fearless ... but I didn't see it in the theater.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited May 2014 Posts: 14,662
    Yep, great film @4Ever- as is Kiss of the Dragon. Two of my absolute faves of his.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The Aristocats in 1971, no doubt.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Probably The Dark Knight Rises, which also happens to be my greatest theatre experience. I went with two buddies to the midnight release where the theatre we bought tickets from was having a marathon of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back to back, all leading up to a showing Rises at midnight. It was crazy being in that theatre for close to eight hours experiencing Bruce's journey from the beginning with a crowd full of crazed Batman fans who loved this character as much as we did. As the last scene of Rises played out and the credits rolled, all I can remember is a massively thunderous wave of applause and cheering, my entire being feeling electrified, overwhelmed with emotions and beyond satisfied. Seeing Nolan's trilogy given the proper conclusion and sharing a theatre for hours upon hours with my fellow fans and friends was beyond spectacular, and a theater experience that will be hard to beat.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited May 2014 Posts: 5,080
    Not being a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, I was dragged along to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Well, I came out of that cinema a Potter fan 10 years too late...
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    Return Of The Jedi - The only one I got to see in it's original theatrical run.
    A View To A Kill - My first Bond in the theater. Pretty awesome for a kid.
    Batman (1989) - One of the few movies in my lifetime that lived up to the hype.
    Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country - Was not expecting it to be as good as it was.
    GoldenEye - Bond was back in a big way.
    Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back (1997) - Yes, they were altered but to finally see them on the big screen was magnificent.
    The Matrix - Didn't know much about it going in and was blown away.
    Casino Royale - Had almost given up on Bond after DAD and then this happened.

    I'm sure there's more but these were the first ones that jumped into my mind.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    Not being a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, I was dragged along to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Well, I came out of that cinema a Potter fan 10 years too late...

    Wow, way to spoil the adventure for yourself. Why wait and see the last film in a massive, continuity-focused franchise?
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    edited May 2014 Posts: 6,432
    Matrix Reloaded - After a yawn inducing first half an hour, i looked at my mates in the cinema with that oh no what have they done look. When the film started to fly on first view i was back in the rabbit hole so to speak. When i left the cinema at the time i felt the movie had expanded on the first, and spent hours in the pub theorizing what does it all mean (The usual Matrix debate). Alas after watching Revolutions those hours of debate were futile, though for a while to me in any case the Matrix had me hooked.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited May 2014 Posts: 4,534
    After i bought the first 4 books who be avaible i bought the first Potter movie on dvd and seen Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets in the cinema. DAD whas delayd, if not then i have possible seen 3 movies in 2002 insteed of 2 or not have seen COS in cinema. I whas very exited about Spider-Man who i have seen on my birthday in 2002.

    Since GE i have seen all Bond movies in the cinema and GE, TMND, Twine and DAD be my best experience. I whas exited about GE, but even more with TMND thanks to promotion. In 2000 i also have seen 2 movies in the cinema: Twine and Mission Impossible 2. DAD get bad taste, but after the view in the cinema i stil feel the hype.

    After 5-6 years i get a litle bit of my pleasure back with QOS who i thaught i lost and be very creatief movie, stil it never be the same again before 2004/Brosnan left. Not realy exited enough any more to like Bond movies. Not tricked enough for buying the Daniel Craig Bond movies. More i whas again disapointed after Skyfall. That we must wait till 2015 or 2016 for Bond 24 not make it easier. A couple of things on promotion of Skyfall i must say inprove and whyle i have/should have doubts about elements in QOS for a part i like the direction QOS go and left overs in Skyfall but i discover i problems with way tradional Bond things be used.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    Not being a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, I was dragged along to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Well, I came out of that cinema a Potter fan 10 years too late...

    Wow, way to spoil the adventure for yourself. Why wait and see the last film in a massive, continuity-focused franchise?

    When you don't think you are going to like it, you don't care. It happened to me a few times, but not to that point.

    For me, in chronological order:

    -E.T., which is ironic since I only ever saw it once and never felt the need to watch it again.
    -Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I adored it then.
    -TMNT. Another ironic one, as I never cared for them afterwards.
    -Goldeneye. I was a HUGE Brosnan fan then and had been wanting him to play bond since 1989.
    -The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. This one I had been waiting for it a long time, hoping they'd make a movie since I read the books and grew dissatisfied with Bakshi's version. I must have seen it five times in cinema alone.
    -Casino Royale. Maybe the only movie, with LOTR, that still gives me the same goosebumps as when I first watched it.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Ludovico wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    Not being a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, I was dragged along to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Well, I came out of that cinema a Potter fan 10 years too late...

    Wow, way to spoil the adventure for yourself. Why wait and see the last film in a massive, continuity-focused franchise?

    When you don't think you are going to like it, you don't care. It happened to me a few times, but not to that point.

    I would certainly never do that, and if I did I wouldn't choose to see the last film in the franchise before all the others. Of course I have been a Potter fan all my life, so this is like sacrilege to me. ;) I only feel sorry for those that have ruined the experience for themselves of journeying with the characters from the very beginning to the very end.
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
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    Casino Royale, Return of the King, Winter Soldier come to mind.
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
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    That would be Casino Royale, Peter Jackson's King Kong and The fellowship of the Ring.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    Not being a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, I was dragged along to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Well, I came out of that cinema a Potter fan 10 years too late...

    Wow, way to spoil the adventure for yourself. Why wait and see the last film in a massive, continuity-focused franchise?

    When you don't think you are going to like it, you don't care. It happened to me a few times, but not to that point.

    I would certainly never do that, and if I did I wouldn't choose to see the last film in the franchise before all the others. Of course I have been a Potter fan all my life, so this is like sacrilege to me. ;) I only feel sorry for those that have ruined the experience for themselves of journeying with the characters from the very beginning to the very end.

    I like Harry Potter, but not to the point of being a fan. I do find the books very addictive reads though. Once you started, you need to read it all. But I never felt the same compulsion towards the movies. But anyway, it does happen from time to time, I go and see a movie or start watching a TV series with very low expectations, and ended up really glad I did watch it. That was the case for The Hunger Game, which my wife almost forced me to watch. I did not end up a fan, but I really enjoyed it. The same thing happened to her with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. She had never watched the original, could not care less about it, now she wants to see the sequel.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited May 2014 Posts: 5,080
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    Not being a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, I was dragged along to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Well, I came out of that cinema a Potter fan 10 years too late...

    Wow, way to spoil the adventure for yourself. Why wait and see the last film in a massive, continuity-focused franchise?

    When you don't think you are going to like it, you don't care. It happened to me a few times, but not to that point.

    I would certainly never do that, and if I did I wouldn't choose to see the last film in the franchise before all the others. Of course I have been a Potter fan all my life, so this is like sacrilege to me. ;) I only feel sorry for those that have ruined the experience for themselves of journeying with the characters from the very beginning to the very end.

    Oh, I had watched all of them on TV beforehand (except DH 1), albeit casually,and I saw The Half Blood Prince in cinema (having yet again been dragged along). For me, it was Star Wars and Bond all the way, but DH part 2 changed it all! I thought it was the best film I had seen in along, and I know regard myself a crazy Potterhead. Curiously, HBP is now my favourite Potter film...
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Two come to mind immediately, Aliens and the original Die Hard.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    The Dark Knight Rises
    Skyfall
    Iron Man
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
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    LTK
    300
    The Others
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    I think we need an opposite thread.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Ludovico wrote:
    I think we need an opposite thread.

    Good thinking, films watched at the cinema that induced temporary depression due to being so bad or disappointing.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Or we can just update this thread to include films we've been most hyped up from after leaving the cinema and films we've been the most disappointed by after leaving the cinema. We've had a lot of very random threads lately, so there's no harm in just updating this to include it. I can think of A LOT that have disappointed me.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    my list of film that have disappointed, especially in the past 10 to 15 years, would be VERY long.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    talos7 wrote:
    my list of film that have disappointed, especially in the past 10 to 15 years, would be VERY long.

    We should alter this thread to accompany that discussion. It would be a nice talking point, as my list would be ridiculously lengthy, as well.

  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Will edit title :)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    The most disappointed I've felt when I've left a cinema (just going through random film lists, so this obviously won't cover all of them):

    - Green Zone. Don't remember what I expected, but it was just really slow and had a dull story and characters.
    - Clash of the Titans. I could only see it in 3D; 3D was terrible and the film was even worse.
    - Elysium. Characters I couldn't care less about and choppy editing made this one terrible movie.
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