4 years ago
Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2020 list
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 16th
CINEMA: Itโs a secret
LOCATION: Also a secret
SHORTS: ABSOLUTELY a secret (โ
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NOTE: Will I ever elaborate on this? Will it ever get me and/or the venue in legal trouble if I do so? What Iโll have to get off my chest for now is that while what I did may haunt me for all eternity, if I didnโt take the risk I did to see this weird-ass movie, then my lockdown-afflicted mental health would seriously suffer. Heck, the discourse that would flood the internet nine days later would more likely drive me up the wall than provide me with any sort of relief.
4 years ago
Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2020 list
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 15th
CINEMA: Everyman
LOCATION: Canary Wharf
NOTE: Same screen, same seat, same attendance number as The Prom.
4 years ago
Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2020 list
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 14th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
LOCATION: First watched on BFI Player as part of LFF. Initially booked a screening for the 29th at the Prince Charles, but as it turned out London would be under Tier 3 lockdown by then, I decided to move it to this cinema on this day.
4 years ago
Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era list
FORMAT: 70mm
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NOTES: For the most part, it did not look like a problematic print. It looked impressive, but some splicing and audio distortion issues come into play around the time John meets Holly post-divorce. A slightly thick black line hung for several minutes in the third reel but after that, there were very few notable issues, except for a green โIIโ that appeared at the right of the screen during McClane and Gruberโs final confrontation and lasted throughout the rest of the ending. However, just as two of the terrorists were about to be blown up, the projector light went dark, and faded out before the explosion, obscuring the whole thing before being turned back on. At least it wasnโt the more iconic explosion scene but that was still unfair timing.
DATE: December 13th 2020
CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: West End
4 years ago