Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Dunkirk (2017)
This is a fictional telling of some events during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Very well done though and follows the stories of a few of its survivors/victims.
The Old Mill Playhouse was maybe 2/3s full this afternoon in the largest Auditorium-- Number 1. Dunkirk (2017) - Rotten Tomatoes I could see it being easily in the Oscar race on March 4, 2018. |
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I have emailed TV theater people a few times and they've actually responded. Once when they were only showing the movie Arrival at SS and I mentioned a sci-fi film like that should be seen at a decent size theater, and since it's a film for a younger audience it would also be better served at Brownwood. They actually moved the film to Brownwood the next week and I went and saw it there.
Last edited by John_W; 08-03-2017 at 09:59 PM. Reason: deleted Dunkirk comments |
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We went to the 3:45 show today at LSL of Dunkirk, which has an IMDB 8.5 rating from 133,000 posters. Dunkirk opened two weeks ago tomorrow and has taken in $100 million so far and the theater was packed today. Another film that opened the same day is Valerian, which has an IMDB 6.8 rating and has only taken in $30 million nationwide and yet The Villages has it playing at two theaters.
I gave Dunkirk 10 Stars. Even though it's not perfect it still rates a 10 and what could of been improved? Maybe they could of put subtitles on the screen. The problem being is the soundtrack and the mix of explosions, machine gun fire, yelling, etc. created an almost constant wave of sound. Dialogue of any consequence is almost nil, and when someone does speak, it lost in the mix and combined with the English accent I maybe understood 5 words in the whole film. The director knew the film didn't need much spoken word, he let the action speak for itself. The film focused on air, sea and ground troops engaging the enemy and then all coming together at the end. You had some regular faces but no names, you saw familar faces and followed their perils and you cared about the characters, but yet never knew who they were. It does come across as a classy film. |
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It isn't the movie, it's the sound system......I saw the movie in Oshkosh WI two weeks ago and it was perfectly balanced. I enjoyed the approach to the story (even though it wasn't totally accurate). I have always felt TV have poor sound systems, (or sound engineers) especially at Savannah and The Sharon. The squares are improving.
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I caught this at a theater in Michigan with a large screen (marketed as "GDX" for "Giant Digital eXperience") and Dolby Atmos sound. The film was an impressive audio and video experience as well as a complex, powerful movie structured in a pretty unique way. Some reviews I've read are touting it as the first great film of the 21st century. It didn't strike me as THAT awesome, but it's still worth seeing in a theater, preferably with as big a screen and as good a sound system as possible. Since the director bloody loves IMAX, it might be worth seeing it in an IMAX theater. Now where's the nearest true IMAX theater (as opposed to those scaled-down "LieMAX" theaters added to regular movie houses) around here?
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per wikipedia: List of Imax in Florida:
Florida[edit] Altamonte Springs – AMC Altamonte Mall 18 Aventura – AMC Aventura 24 Brandon – AMC The Regency 20 Davenport – Cinépolis Polk County[238] Delray Beach – Frank Theatres Market Place 12[239] Destin – AMC Destin Commons 14 Fort Lauderdale – Museum of Discovery and Science (LASER)[240] Fort Myers – Regal Gulf Coast Town Center Stadium 16 & IMAX Jacksonville – AMC Regency 24 Kennedy Space Center – Visitors Center IMAX #1 (15/70 mm, 3D)[241] Kennedy Space Center – Visitors Center IMAX #2 (15/70 mm, 3D)[241] Lakeland – Cobb Lakeside 18 Melbourne – Carmike West Melbourne 12 Cinemas Merritt Island – Cobb Merritt Square 16 Miami – AMC Sunset Place 24 Miami – Cobb Dolphin 19 Oldsmar – AMC Woodlands Square 20 Orange Park – AMC Orange Park 24 Orlando – AMC Universal Cineplex 20 Orlando – Regal Waterford Lakes Stadium 20 Orlando – Regal Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 (Dual Projection) Orlando – Soarin' Around the World Epcot, Walt Disney World. IMAX Dome. Used only for the ride. (15/70 mm) Orlando – The Simpsons Ride, Universal Studios Florida. IMAX Dome. Used only for the ride. (15/70 mm) Panama City Beach – The Grand 16 Pensacola – Carmike Pensacola Bayou 15 Sarasota – AMC Sarasota 12 St. Augustine – World Golf Hall of Fame[242] St. Petersburg – Carmike Baywalk 20 Sunrise – Regal Sawgrass Stadium 23 Tallahassee – Challenger Learning Center[243] Tallahassee – AMC Tallahassee Mall 20 Tampa – IMAX Dome, Museum of Science & Industry (15/70 mm, 2D) Tampa – AMC Veterans 24 West Palm Beach – AMC Cityplace 20 & IMAX
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Dunkirk - 3.5 Stars
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We saw Dunkirk at the IMAX theater in Ocala. I notice that it is not losted as an IMAX theater. Maybe it's one of those faux IMAX theaters. The sound was so loud I had to turn off my hearing aids. But we did enjoy the movie.
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The IMAX screens I saw various movies in at Tampa locations each were a good 40 feet high I would estimate. IMAX screens looking smaller these days? It's not just you | Digital Trends They do seem to be making them smaller though. Last edited by Taltarzac725; 08-05-2017 at 03:09 PM. |
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Dunkirk was very low budget and only showed "situations". And they were made up situations and several of them were not even possible
(A big ship can not just refloat with the tide.)(Bullets can not penetrate a ships hull.) The British had more than 3 friggin planes at Dunkirk. And they only showed like 50 small rescue boats. In reality there were a 1000. And no actors in the entire movie. No plots, no nothing. I thought it was a very bad film. It sure wasn't "PATTON". |
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I've got it on order from the library..thanks for info
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Production budget & box office for Dunkirk
According to the website: the-numbers.com, the production budget for Dunkirk was $150 million. Not that box office figures make it a good movie or not, but so far box office sales domestically are $120 million, internationally $131 million.
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