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For me it's the other way around; I don't get much from watching films at the cinema other than a night out. To really enjoy a film, I need to watch it at home.
On a side note: I'm always puzzled when someone mentions audience reaction and participation. I've never experienced that at the cinema. People just watch the film, and that's it. At most, I've heard a few laughs when watching a comedy.
In the end you're probably right; we'll get the film and the chance to be excited about it sooner or later, and not much use in worrying in the meantime.
On the other hand, I do wonder if it'll be difficult to regain the lost momentum of marketing and etc for EON. Now that the film's shot, they won't be getting the benefit of news coverage on location, for instance. The general 'heat' around the film will dissipate and it will be that much more difficult to crank the machine back into action in November.
I'll see the film and enjoy regardless, I'm sure. But for the sake of the franchise we all love I hope they can pull off a solid result - 250 million is a lot to chew. . .
You’re right on the money (no pun intended) regarding the momentum that’s been built up around the film; this health crisis has surely stopped it dead in its tracks. I’m sure it can be regained again and the promotional machine will be cranked up to garner interest but at the same time, so much can happen between now and November and it’s difficult to imagine how this will all pan out.
I know there’s got to be a few folks on here who are worried and/or concerned about the financial aspects of such a delay. For me, though, I’ve never really been much interested in domestic and overseas box office numbers, how much a film grosses, etc.; when it comes to franchises like Bond, I think the films will make bank in any event, and the Coronavirus is no different.
I guess what I’m trying to say is if the postponement detracts from the global box office...eh, it’s no huge loss because, for me, I’m just looking for a solid film at the end of the day: nothing more and certainly nothing less.
This film wont do well regardless if the reviewers will pan it for being woke whether its released now or after. I can see the review headlines now great action but story is terrible. Wokest 007 ever. I don't think it will make a buck just reading this a few white people really how racist. I'm taking a break from Bond I think.
For me it's the other way around; I don't get much from watching films at the cinema other than a night out. To really enjoy a film, I need to watch it at home.
On a side note: I'm always puzzled when someone mentions audience reaction and participation. I've never experienced that at the cinema. People just watch the film, and that's it. At most, I've heard a few laughs when watching a comedy. [/quote]
Yeah I'm with you there. I would love to experience that 'audience reaction ' you often read about.
I can honestly say that without exception I've never sat in a cinema and had a collective audience reaction.
I've seen many many films in the cinema, often with big crowds and have only experienced the occasional communal laugh from the audience. Obviously a live performance in a theatre is very different but for me a cinema always seems a more passive experience. I think it's the reserved British thing a little bit. (I'm British BTW) I've always imagined the cheering, applauding crowd stuff is what American audiences do. I mean that as nothing other than a compliment by the way, I imagine it greatly increases the enjoyment of a film.
Oh god, I was writing so fast I didn’t realize I had so many typos!
But yes, critical acclaim. That, to me, is the best indicator of a film’s quality. Heck, even a bad film can make bank all day long.
Good.
I'm back haha. Anyway I do find it the article distasteful.
I think it feels less British because both SF and SP felt very British, possibly the most British a Bond film ever felt. And I don’t say that because they both have large scenes and setpieces set in the UK, but there’s a lot of that British mentality, that dry humour, that stiff upper lip in the dialogue and direction.
But I don’t get the sense that NTTD feels distinctly American either. We can’t say much about the dialogue yet (I feel like a few edited sentences in a trailer is not enough for such conclusions), but I agree that the vibe doesn’t scream UK. I think it feels very worldly, globe-trotting. The Jamaican scenes feel like they truly belong in that area, not that they were shot on a US set.
The film looks more glamorous, though, so maybe it’s that feeling?
He's probably an American. They behave like monkeys in the theatre over there.
As a Canadian I have a similar experience with theatres as @Torgeirtrap. Still probably different than USA however.
If going to the cinema was a bit more "active" experience, that might have made it more interesting (perhaps). As it is though, it's really just watching a film on a larger screen – with the risk of getting annoyed by people talking during the film and/or sitting on their phones all the time.
Must be a cultural thing. It's interesting to read how different something as common as a cinema experience can be.
That was a bit rude…
Why do you find it distasteful?
This is an extraordinary generalization. You’re pulled in, like everyone, by a small loud minority of Americans often featured in media of all kinds, and they’re in no way indicative of all of my brothers and sisters in the south.
I've been in plenty of theatres in the UK where laughing, talking and people on mobile phones has been common.
Mobile phones, being noisy while eating are my pet hates, I personally eat before and after my cinema experience.
It's a wonder we have health issues around the world when some people can't stop stuffing their faces for a few hours.
I know a majority would probably say it is part of the whole ritual, possibly a reason why I rarely go anymore.
What you choose to do under your own roof is fine but when your insistence on doing something when you could have done it before or after the experience affects other enjoyment, sorry I find it incredibly selfish.
Watching a film and eating food (I guess popcorn I'll tolerate) but hot dogs and smelly food why can't these be separate rituals?
I saw Total Recall in a New York cinema way back in the day and being from England it was a brilliant experience. No stupid adverts, just a couple of trailers and hey presto the actual film started at the time stated! Not something i was used to in UK cinemas, where you were made to wait what seemed a friggin' lifetime to actually watch the film you'd paid to see.
I did get asked a question i'd never heard before when i asked for popcorn, which was "Regular or salted..?"
That is the case over there now as well. I've heard horror stories of trailers playing for 20 minutes.