http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2009/01/08/amc-theatres-terrible-projection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amc-theatres-terrible-projection Covering film in Toronto Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2009/01/08/amc-theatres-terrible-projection/comment-page-1/#comment-6793 John Ottman Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:07:09 +0000 http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/?p=1147#comment-6793 I feel your anger! I find that inexcusable. It's been a pet peeve of mine for years. However, hopefully not too far in the distant future, it will be solved when theaters are all digital. This way Helen Keller can be in the projection booth, and it will look flawless and exactly as the film-makers intended. The digital theaters I've been in are such a pleasant experience - no dreading that a reel change will knock the film out of focus or anything. I have a pet peeve regarding sound standards though. I find that many times the sound on the film is not at the optimum level because many theaters will lower the settings for the loud trailers. When the film plays, it's too low. Whatever the problem, there needs to be exacting sound standard just as there will be with digital picture, so that no matter where the film is showing, EVERYone will have the same movie-going experience. I feel your anger! I find that inexcusable. It’s been a pet peeve of mine for years. However, hopefully not too far in the distant future, it will be solved when theaters are all digital. This way Helen Keller can be in the projection booth, and it will look flawless and exactly as the film-makers intended. The digital theaters I’ve been in are such a pleasant experience — no dreading that a reel change will knock the film out of focus or anything. I have a pet peeve regarding sound standards though. I find that many times the sound on the film is not at the optimum level because many theaters will lower the settings for the loud trailers. When the film plays, it’s too low. Whatever the problem, there needs to be exacting sound standard just as there will be with digital picture, so that no matter where the film is showing, EVERYone will have the same movie-going experience.

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