Fathom Events - How to tell if a movie is going to be DCP

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Originally Posted by Neutron82

it absolutely does matter and you're right, most of the employees there probably have no idea... when I saw The Evil Dead it was dvd quality, complete crap... I wanted to see it on a big screen because I'm not old enough to have had the chance when it was released theatrically, I wouldn't do it again unless I was sure of the quality... we have a handful of theaters in my area that actually take pride in their screenings of old films and most of them still do 35mm so I'd rather go to those places over your regular chain theater like AMC

yeah, i mean, for the 40th anniversary of jaws, i saw the tcm presents and having seen it on 35mm, i thought it looked flat. not as good as the imax or 3d thst came out in september. not even as good as the 4K at home.

i remember seeing millennium actress, and i have never seen it, so i don’t know if it was terrible, but i do clearly remember it being rewound and seeing the dvr. button.

perfect blue looked kind of flat, but i don’t know enough about the source. the colors seemed really dull and faded.

raiders of the lost ark didn’t terrible back in 2019 from flashback, but i had never seen it in a theatre. and i hadn’t seen it probably since pre HD vhs and dvd. same with beauty and the beast. but i hadn’t seen that since vhs and i saw that theatrically when i was young, so i couldn’t tell you exactly what it looked like. because even though i think it’s a great movie, i didn’t watch it a ton like i would have with something like T2.

another problem is, these are usually going to play on one of the smallest screens at the theatre. so it’s really a question of…. how much do you love the movie?

if you didn’t have a place that does film and also don’t have a 4K player or 4K tv and you don’t have it on blu and have never seen it on a big screen, maybe it’s worth it.

i don’t have a super fancy 4K tv either. i have a $400 LG from wal mart.