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Post by lukelovesfilm34 on Aug 31, 2017 9:24:26 GMT
It's really a shame because I've seen it 3 times already. It really holds up. The acting is as good as ever. The direction is as good as ever. And the writing is as good as ever. Just look at what the critics are saying if you don't believe me.
But, almost no one else is going to see it. They'd rather see little CGI tree stumps dancing or characters saying, "I have famously huge turds" than iconic moments in film history, looking better than ever on the big screen. Why were those moments iconic and memorable? Because the movie is THAT GOOD. I guarantee you in 25 years, no one will remember much of anything from the latest Spider-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 10:53:36 GMT
the problem is most people already have it on dvd and Blue ray and seen it a dozen times over the years. To shell out $20 dollars plus and petrol money is a budget consideration for most. the movie was in only 386 theaters so many would have to drive for miles.
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Post by spooner5020 on Aug 31, 2017 11:30:34 GMT
It's really a shame because I've seen it 3 times already. It really holds up. The acting is as good as ever. The direction is as good as ever. And the writing is as good as ever. Just look at what the critics are saying if you don't believe me. But, almost no one else is going to see it. They'd rather see little CGI tree stumps dancing or characters saying, "I have famously huge turds" than iconic moments in film history, looking better than ever on the big screen. Why were those moments iconic and memorable? Because the movie is THAT GOOD. I guarantee you in 25 years, no one will remember much of anything from the latest Spider-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Why are you so angry about this? No one really goes to see rereleases of movies anyway. It's a great movie,but like the other poster said: why go see it in theatres if you already own it or watch on tv? Also don't bring Marvel into this. You wanna bring superhero movies into this,bring D.C. Into it. Their movies suck unlike Marvel's. You had no reason to even make this post, sounds like you're just a hater.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 31, 2017 12:04:06 GMT
How many theaters did it open in? I could only find one in all of Las Vegas.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 31, 2017 12:25:22 GMT
It's just a rerelease and honestly I bet James Cameron's comments on Wonder Woman hurt it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 12:39:32 GMT
It's just a rerelease and honestly I bet James Cameron's comments on Wonder Woman hurt it. I agree. I have seen a lot of people say they refuse to watch any more of James' movies since his sexist comments about 'Wonder Woman' and he really should have kept his mouth closed with that one after what he has done with female characters in movies. Also, I don't know why anybody expected a re-release to do that well in cinemas when the movie is nearly 30 years old and it wasn't really a classic like 'The Sound of Music', 'My Fair Lady', 'Little Women' or 'Breakfast At Tiffany's.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 31, 2017 13:00:17 GMT
It's just a rerelease and honestly I bet James Cameron's comments on Wonder Woman hurt it. I agree. I have seen a lot of people say they refuse to watch any more of James' movies since his sexist comments about 'Wonder Woman' and he really should have kept his mouth closed with that one after what he has done with female characters in movies. Also, I don't know why anybody expected a re-release to do that well in cinemas when the movie is nearly 30 years old and it wasn't really a classic like 'The Sound of Music', 'My Fair Lady', 'Little Women' or 'Breakfast At Tiffany's. I guess they wanted it to do as well as Jurassic Park did on its rerelease.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Aug 31, 2017 13:17:03 GMT
It's a great sci-fi/action film, but the first, original TERMINATOR is even better (despite having only a fraction of T2's budget).
BTW: I have to ask Politicidal (based on his current avatar)... Aren't the "Ethan Gage" novels a tremendous amount of rip-roaring fun? I want a big-budget HBO or Netflix/Amazon Prime series adaptation pronto!
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Aug 31, 2017 13:58:39 GMT
the problem is most people already have it on dvd and Blue ray and seen it a dozen times over the years. To shell out $20 dollars plus and petrol money is a budget consideration for most. the movie was in only 386 theaters so many would have to drive for miles. ^^^THIS^^^
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Post by spooner5020 on Aug 31, 2017 14:34:09 GMT
Luke just seems to want to blame Marvel for it bombing which makes no sense. Again like I said no one goes to see rereleases really unless they have a thing for nostalgia movies.
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Post by blockbusted on Aug 31, 2017 14:56:47 GMT
Luke just seems to want to blame Marvel for it bombing which makes no sense. Again like I said no one goes to see rereleases really unless they have a thing for nostalgia movies. Oh, he's much worse than that. He has a history of lumping Buffy and Hermione Granger with Bella Swan and saying that women enjoyed getting raped in the old days.
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Post by NewtJorden on Aug 31, 2017 14:58:14 GMT
Well what would they expect, its a movie everybody already seen. And many peoplees are getting tired of the 3D gimmick.
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Post by egon1982 on Sept 1, 2017 13:17:58 GMT
Well it's cause it was a limited release and not in all theaters DUH! it's not like Lion King 3D which was very successful open it's release in 2011 and was number one for 2 weeks you know.
It's a shame that it was only in some selected theaters and limited it's true.
This is what Ocpcommunications is talking about a few weeks ago:
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Post by MrFurious on Sept 10, 2017 16:26:08 GMT
I thought I was the only one on IMDB2 that saw this 3D 4K masterpiece.(first time seeing a 4K movie too, t'was outstanding) It was just like 1991 again. Great atmosphere in the cinema, rarely happens nowadays. We got just one showing in each of our 3 cinemas in the city on Judgement Day(Aug 29th)
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Post by formersamhmd on Sept 11, 2017 10:31:55 GMT
It's really a shame because I've seen it 3 times already. It really holds up. The acting is as good as ever. The direction is as good as ever. And the writing is as good as ever. Just look at what the critics are saying if you don't believe me. But, almost no one else is going to see it. They'd rather see little CGI tree stumps dancing or characters saying, "I have famously huge turds" than iconic moments in film history, looking better than ever on the big screen. Why were those moments iconic and memorable? Because the movie is THAT GOOD. I guarantee you in 25 years, no one will remember much of anything from the latest Spider-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy movies. T2 was just T1 with better FX and a less intelligent story.
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Post by Peter B. Parker on Sept 11, 2017 18:26:39 GMT
It's really a shame because I've seen it 3 times already. It really holds up. The acting is as good as ever. The direction is as good as ever. And the writing is as good as ever. Just look at what the critics are saying if you don't believe me. But, almost no one else is going to see it. They'd rather see little CGI tree stumps dancing or characters saying, "I have famously huge turds" than iconic moments in film history, looking better than ever on the big screen. Why were those moments iconic and memorable? Because the movie is THAT GOOD. I guarantee you in 25 years, no one will remember much of anything from the latest Spider-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Here's an answer you're too ignorant to think of: everyone already has it on blu-ray, so they can watch it for free in the comfort of their own home rather than having to pay to see it in 3D.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 12, 2017 8:51:58 GMT
I also viewed Terminator 2 in 3D (last week), but my opinion of the film differs from that of the other two individuals who have reported seeing it (not that I am right and they are wrong). Frankly, I do not find Terminator 2 to be a good film—decent, not bad, but not intrinsically compelling, either. Although I generally take a dim view of eighties cinema, I much prefer the original Terminator, which I do deem a good film. I have now seen Terminator 2 twice. The first time was sixteen years ago, to the month, in a "Studies in Cinema: Screening Masculinities" college course. I then viewed the original Terminator, or at least large parts of it, on IFC (Independent Film Channel) in 2003-2004. Then I saw The Terminator twice on the big screen in late June 2015, and then I viewed Terminator 2 on the big screen in 3D last week. The theatrical showings confirmed my feelings from several years ago, namely that the original is superior. It is rawer, leaner, scarier, more momentous, and to a certain extent, it represents the last gasp of the traditional action film, meaning that the action is logically applied to certain plot points rather than becoming an overblown spectacle that supersedes narrative, which I feel essentially happens in Terminator 2. Whereas the science fiction, and its merging with geopolitics, in The Terminator still feels fresh, relevant, and engaging, the science fiction and its geopolitical concerns in Terminator 2 feel recycled (understandably so to some extent, given that this film is a sequel) and tokenistic. (For viewers of the re-release, the "aren't the Russians our friends now?" line becomes ironic in unintended fashion.) Despite the absence of children, the original feels more humanly intimate as well. Using Schwarzenegger as a villain, rather than as a kid-friendly hero with overly premeditated one liners, also works much more effectively in my view. (Although in fairness, Schwarzenegger makes the modest character adjustment reasonably well.) Certainly, Terminator 2 is slicker and the film reflects its much greater budget. But the movie epitomizes the action aesthetic that Hollywood had adopted by the start of the nineties: namely, to take an intriguing idea and turn it into a full-fledged commercial asset. Thus the closing credits remind viewers to go buy the video game and the book adaptation—as if they had not already spent enough money. Hence one of the more memorable movie villains ever created becomes something not too far from a Disney figure, a sort of Frankenstein-made-benign. And thus action becomes predominant and creates an imbalance—everything else is essentially perfunctory or an afterthought. But feel free to disagree, and certainly I would rather view Terminator 2 than most of the "blockbusters" around these days. But then, I do not view comic book movies—the closet that I come to those would be something like Atomic Blonde, an espionage film based on a graphic novel. The two scenes in Terminator 2 that I rather enjoy are Schwarzenegger's introductory scene, with its attendant ironies and paradoxical macho humor, and the later scene where the villainous terminator tells the helicopter pilot, "Get out," and the guy just jumps out of the flying contraption. The original Terminator is a genuinely dark, seriously apocalyptic film that ingeniously blends science fiction with a stalker narrative. Terminator 2, conversely, works best when it approaches postmodern humor or genre parody. When the film tries to be serious, dark, or earnest, the results are dramatically flat and hackneyed.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Sept 12, 2017 9:14:36 GMT
How many theaters did it open in? I could only find one in all of Las Vegas. ... 371, apparently. linkIt only appeared in AMC theaters. After its merger with Carmike Cinemas at the end of last year, AMC now constitutes the largest movie theater chain in the country. linkBut the film was not showing in any other theaters.
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Post by charzhino on Sept 12, 2017 14:02:41 GMT
When the film tries to be serious, dark, or earnest, the results are dramatically flat and hackneyed. If you think that about T2, then I dare to ask what you thought about the rest of the franchise.
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Post by formersamhmd on Sept 12, 2017 14:40:30 GMT
When the film tries to be serious, dark, or earnest, the results are dramatically flat and hackneyed. If you think that about T2, then I dare to ask what you thought about the rest of the franchise. The only actual good Terminator movie was the first one.
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