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Best movies: Nothing like Watching them in a Cinema
I know I have mentioned in other Posts that I am a tech guy, someone who tries to make good use of technology as best as I can, but, and I’m going to write it as a BIG BUT:
There is nothing like watching a good movie in a good cinema.
The first reason for my statement above is due to the fact that, no matter how large you can get a TV screen for your house’s living room, you will never get the spectacular majestic view that can only achieved with the cinema extra-large projection screens.
The second reason for the initial statement, maybe as important as the first one, is: sound quality. I know that there are some good home theaters available in stores now a days, but the extraordinary surround sound distribution, or the THX extraordinary sound quality in films can only be listened while sitting comfortably in a good cinema chair.
And maybe a good third reason would be for those who enjoy sharing a good movie with friends and loved ones and, for those who are tired of the same four walls all the time, have the opportunity to get out of the house just for fun.
Now, there are a couple of things I like doing after I’ve enjoyed a real nice movie on extra-large screen format, coupled with extraordinary sound quality, and accompanied with family members or good friends: (1) going back to the cinema to repeat the great experience at least once again, and (2) purchase the DVD version as soon as it gets down to a decent price. Both of these approaches gives us the opportunity to watch the movie from a different angle, not just for simple entertainment, but as an opportunity to check movie writer and movie maker techniques.
I am leaving a link to DVD discount offers for your convenience next:
Or, if you want to search for a particular DVD movie title, all you have to do is enter that title in the Amazon Search Box located on the right side of this page.
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International Films: Understand them without Translation or Subtitles
What if Anyone in the World could understand International Films without Translation or Subtitles?
Wouldn’t that be great? That could be possible in the future, without watching the translated version of the film, and of course: without subtitles. How? Well we’ll talk about it later on in this same Post, but first let me explain why I get kind of excited about this possibility:
I have watched a few international films and, even though I liked the original story, sometimes the subtitles or the bad translations interfered with a good appreciation of details. So, on the one hand, I prefer watching them in their original version because they sound and look more “real” than the translated versions. But, on the other hand, I dislike having to focus on the lower edge of the screen just to understand what the characters are saying. I’m pretty sure that many details of the film get lost out of my sight that way, while I’m reading subtitles.
I’m sure there are many good International Films in the making out there, and a good solution to enjoy them without distracting subtitles or unnatural translations would be if they were filmed using an International Language. But, wait a minute: is there a International Language in the first place? And, if there is one, how hard would it be for most anyone in the world to learn it just to enjoy this type of film? We’ll find out in a few moments…
The answer to the first question above is: Yes, there is at least one… Esperanto.
Esperanto was developed by Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof more than a century ago, but it was accepted by UNESCO as an auxiliary Language until 1954. Later on, in 1985′s general conference, UNESCO recogniced the great potential of Esperanto for international understanding and communication among people of different nationalities.
Now regarding the second question above: how hard would it be for most people to learn Esperanto? You might get impressed by the answer… around 50 hours. Yes, it is possible to learn it that quickly because it was developed precisely for that purpose: an international auxiliary language that could be learned in the minimal time. The problem with English and almost any other evolved language is the long time required to learn it as well as native speakers do.
In short: let’s get rolling the good news about this International Language, and spend around 50 hours learning it. With such a resolution, hopefully in the near future, we could have film makers, actors and movie lovers enjoying a good movie anywhere in the world without obstructive subtitles and unnatural translations.
I am including below a Video which I found in Youtube. I like it for three reasons: (1) it brings a wonderful message to this world, (2) it is about another dreamer (John Lennon), and (3) his beautiful song includes Esperanto subtitles. So, “you might say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”. Enjoy:
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3D Animation Films: So Realistic that can make you Laugh or Cry
| Have you watched 3D Animation Films lately? I have and, wow, they just keep getting better and so realistic.
I still remember my first impressions while watching 3D Animation Films. The stories were good, most of the time, but the characters’ looks where not as realistic as they are in more recent films. Basically, the characters’ hair did not look any real at all, maybe that was the reason why the first 3D Animation Films only included animals or toys as the main characters. Let’s start with Toy Story as the first example: it was released on Nov. 1995 and it included a bunch of toys as the main characters, with a couple of human-looking characters appearing only in a few scenes. Three years later were released other 3D Animation Films: Ant’Z (Oct. 1998), and A Bug’s Life (Nov.1998). You might recall that all of the characters in both films were animals. With Shrek and Monsters, Inc., released on Apr. and Nov. 2001, things started to change a little bit. Even though the film makers persisted on the same unbalanced combination between animal/toy and human characters, the little details on the characters’ hair made a notorious difference. You might recall in Shrek how Fiona and Lord Farquad were created with a more-realistic natural-looking hair, and what about the so-natural hair movements on Monsters’ main character: Sullivan… just a little detail on hair but a great step forward on 3D Animation characters. From that year on, more natural-looking details and human-looking characters have been introduced to 3D Animation Films. You might remember Vanessa in Be Movie (Nov. 2007), Carl Fredricksen and Russell in Up (May. 2009), or almost all the main characters in Megamind (Nov. 2010). All of these realistic human characters have contributed in such a way to the movie stories, that now is not uncommon for movie spectators to laugh and cry more often along with the characters in the films. Making the experience in the cinema a lot more enjoyable, even though the story was presented by virtual reality characters. Isn’t that interesting? |
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