Posted by tabernacle2002 on 10/24/05 12:15

Jordan wrote:
> I sat down this week-end and watched Batman Begins and was struck,
> immediately, at how much clearer it looks on DVD at home than it did in
> the theater. I don't have a AAA home theater set-up, but I have a nice
> 51" rear projection 16:9 set and Dolby Digital/DTS 6.1 surround.
>
> I remember thinking when I saw it in the theater that it was a little
> blurry, a little grainy, kind of hard to follow the action. I said to
> myself back then "I wonder what it's going to look like on DVD?"
>
> Turns out it kicks ass on DVD. Has anyone else had this experence? I
> first noticed it back when the Brendan Frasier version of the Mummy
> came out. I used to blame it on the projectionist (or lack of a trained
> one), but now I'm not so sure.
>
> - Jordan

Every year that passes I now go fewer and fewer times to the movie
theaters!
Heck to use this year (with a little more than 2 months to go) as an
example I have seen a grand total of 2 movies (Batman & Star Wars-3)!
And you know I only went to see Star Wars because I am a hardcore fan,
and I only went to see Batman because the revues I read were so good I
really wanted to see it that week!
Frankly I cannot understand why anyone would want to go out to a
crowded movie theater these days?Especially with screaming babies and
children running around and rude people talking on phones and popcorn
that costs an arm and a leg and tastes like plastic and driving to the
theater paying $3.00 plus for a gallon of gas (and so on and so on and
so on).
No not me, especially when that very same movie is going to show up on
a DVD within 6 months anyway!
At which point I can then stay home and watch a better picture (on my
Thirty Two incher) while I am sitting in my recliner, drinking a beer,
eating pizza/chinese/chips/microwave popcorn,and then when the movie
ends I can if I want to go to sleep thereby avoiding having to drive
home!

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