trinityvixen | Second verse, same as the first (Reply)

darkling1, and I saw Superman Returns on the 3D IMAX at 11 pm yesterday night because apparently it's a hotter ticket than The Producers when Matthew Broderick is in town and we couldn't see the 7:15 pm show because it was sold out. At 6 pm. And there was a line for the 11 pm show an hour before hand that rivaled that of opening night for any summer movie I've seen to date. For a movie that costs $5 more than the already outrageous prices we pay for cinematic adventures in this fair city. For a movie that is two-and-a-half-hours long. At a Sunday night showing. Sold out, too.

I love 3D. I still think I'm not doing it right. Maybe it's the shape of my head or something, but the 3D is never quite perfect. I used to think it was the glasses, cheap ass pieces of crap they have to make to fit all the people who go there. It's always blurry on the edges, not helped by the fact that most 3D movies feature quick-paced action scenes that compound the blur issue.

Didn't matter. I had fun, and I love 3D. 3D wheeeeeee! Plus, with the coupon I got from buying the third volume of the Superman Animated Series, it only cost me $4.50. It cost me a fucking lot of sleep, as we had four hours to kill until the show and didn't get back to the apartment until 2:15 am, but it was worth it. If you liked the movie and would be willing to see it again, go for it in IMAX. Might as well as not, yeah?

feiran was making a point about the 3D glasses not being very sharp for her either, so I wonder if this wasn't a problem of the movie in general. It was shot according to the director's taste, not necessarily to encourage a 3D audience first, so a lot of the action sequences, while neat, aren't really improved by 3D. Here's an example: the flashback to young Clark running and jumping around like a mad little idiot. That really didn't have to be in 3D. I'd have sooner preferred the bank robbery sequence in 3D.

I'd also have preferred the IMAX to have a screening process to keep idiots out. The girl behind us kept saying she wanted to reach out kiss Superman. As

darkling1 so eloquently put it, "Well, I want to reach over and punch you, and only one of us is going to get what we want."

Also, boys? Is it really necessary for you air out your crotches whenever you sit down? This isn't a rare occurrence, either. Half the time I sit down on the subway, I'm on a bench where two good seats are being taken up by some sulking teenager or overgrown boy-man who's got his knees thrown wider than a whore's. What is it about your knees that refuses to let you you sit like your hips are capable of rotating your femurs directly out in front of you? Weak tendons? Is that it? Women do have stronger groin muscles... Anyway, knock it off. I am entitled to the space that is defined by my armrest even if my legs do not feel the need to expand to the edges of that boundary. Back the fuck out of my space.

I have more to say on the subject of Superman Returns--naturally, as all I ever talk about on this journal are my latest movie fixations and being pissed at work--but I just wanted to plug the IMAX a bit for now. We folk in NYC should get together to see more movies on IMAX. Some are definitely worth the extra bits, and there's this entirely too cute penguin movie coming out in 3D in the fall...

Ahem. I need to get to writing for class tomorrow. Wow. I have school work again. Crazy. I lay odds that I fall asleep before I manage to write anything.