On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Obviously I can't speak for anyone in the audience at the ex-Kodak > theatre, but to me it really felt like they were mourning the end of > cinema. All of the reminiscing about seeing, and the exhortation to go > see films at the big screen (Remember the first time you went to see a > movie? The Cirque du Soleil acrobatics of seeing a movie at a > theatre.) was relentless enough to suggest the fear of massive theatre > closings because of Netflix, DVDs, piracy, etc. That is what I meant > by the feeling of a wake. It really didn't help that by coincidence > that two of the big films were period pieces set in the 20s and 60s > respectively. I agree about the mourning aspect. There was a definite sense of desperation: Hey, kids, please stop watching movies on your iPhones and come back to the multiplexes before it's too late! For the broadcast itself, besides the weird audio, my "it really didn't help" was attached to the Cirque performance, which suffered from terrible directorial choices -- they kept missing the tricks. Why show an audience reaction shot if the viewers don't see what the audience is reacting to? I suspect that the routine played better in the house than on TV. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
