A film you wish you had seen at the cinema.
Tough category. There are number of films I did not see at the cinema that I know would have been worth the bug screen experience.
Truth be told the cinema can annoy the hell out of me. Firstly, all food in a cinema is a total rip off. Sure it's part of the going out experience but really, that much for that rubbish!
Secondly, other people! I am as it happens a sociable person and if I want to socialise then I go to the pub, for a meal or to someones house. I don't go to the cinema to have a chat! It seems that not only do people go to the cinema for a chat, they text, tweet and facebook through the film. When I saw The Kings Speech one couple in particular did not stop talking throughout the whole film. They only paused when they both left the auditorium for 10 minutes only to return and continue their conversation - I was ready to kill.
It has always made Mrs Nik and I smile, maybe laugh a little that couples choose to go to the cinema on a date. We avoid the cinema on Fridays & Saturdays to avoid their date nights. what makes us smile so much and I am guilty of taking Mrs Nik to the cinema on our first date, is that you don't talk to each other for 2 hours! Weird date huh?
So films in cinemas are not my first choice, Blu Ray at home with a beer is the way forward for me. Of course some films need to be experienced at the cinema.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was spectacular on the big screen.
The Dark Knight & Inception again wowed the audience on the silver screen.
There are those that don't - Star Wars Episodes 1-3. Actually they just don't need to be experienced full stop.
Avatar in 3D was a stunning and immersive experience despite being an hour too long and a film I have no desire to watch again.
You see Avatar is one of those films that personally I don't think would have the same impact on the small screen. On the small screen it is after all just a mediocre sci-fi film about hippies, blue hippies to be precise. On the big screen and in 3D - it just worked.
I'm not going to start the 3D argument, suffice to say that I cannot stand the films which are marketed as 3D and yet were shot happily in 2D - stop taking peoples extra cash!
I never saw The Shawshank Redemption at the cinema and whilst I love the film, I'm not saw it is necessary. It is just a great a film on the small screen. In fact, the film flopped at the cinema and has developed its following through home cinema.
One film I would have liked to have seen on the big screen is Iron man 2.
I thoroughly enjoyed Iron man and missed the sequel only to get this on Blu Ray. It's once again great fun, loud, explosive and action packed, strung together with wit and humour.
It would have made a great big screen picture. So that's my choice for today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kD8sxIjVuc
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