Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Alex]

I have seen the Regal, AMC, and Cinemark versions of these premium screenings. No idea as to what supposedly is involved.

Other than being louder I've not noticed anything worth the extra money. I've not paid for the even more premium service of sitting in one of the special seats with build in speakers and whatnot.

But I'm nowhere close to an audio snob (we'll leave out the part where I'm convinced 99.99% of audio snobs can tell the difference either, they just like thinking they can).

[RStar]

I usually go to the AMC downtown Disney, and they don't have it. But the AMC 30 at the block does. I may have to give it a try, it sounds interesting (pun intended). I enjoy the IMAX 3D, but at $19 a ticket it's getting expensive!

Which brings me to the point that I think that to gauge a movies' success, they should also publish the number of tickets sold, not just the dollar figure.

[Moonliner]

I'd like to give it a try this weekend, but having to see transformers 4 is a heavy price to pay for trying out a new audio format.

Originally Posted by Alex

But I'm nowhere close to an audio snob (we'll leave out the part where I'm convinced 99.99% of audio snobs can tell the difference either, they just like thinking they can).

I generally agree, but that's about speaker qualities like tone and timber. Simply adding more speakers is a difference that's easy to spot no matter how un snob-ish you might be. Speakers overhead give a different sound stage than just the typical wall mounted speakers or at least that's the theory of Atmos.