Honestly? Almost never. Sometimes at at a midnight release for a big event movie where there's a lot a fanboys there will be clapping at the end.
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Honestly? Almost never. Sometimes at at a midnight release for a big event movie where there's a lot a fanboys there will be clapping at the end.
Yeah the only time I've seen applause at a theater was at the very end of good movies. Never during. But I have probably only been to maybe one or two midnight showings ever so the "rules" might be different then.
bananafactory
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Seen quite a few people clap at the end movies here in Canada, usually for midnight releases or even just opening day.
Also in Godzilla 2014 (spoilers) when
people actually stood up and cheered. No joke
Also in Godzilla 2014 (spoilers) when
he uses his atomic breath
I felt like doing that then but I'm not a dick so I didn't
bananafactory
Banned
Honestly, it was a pretty cool reaction. I like when theatres get into it and cheer together, laugh together, etc. Especially on opening night, it makes for a really great experience in my opinion, I don't mind missing a line or two of dialogue. Speaking more about action movies of course, I don't want people doing that shit in a super serious drama, lol.
radioactivez0r
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I went with a couple people who were way more excited than I was, and they had a great time. The movie is oft entertaining, but a real bad movie on its own, even removed from its lineage. It's just...2015 Summer Action Movie #74 Now With More Chris Pratt (who admittedly is the best thing in it). I don't want to dump on people who liked it so I'll check out the spoiler thread. Was laughing way too much at the stupid crap happening on screen.
AstroNut325
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So is this worth seeing in IMAX? Is there a Dolby Atmos version?
Nah...then again
most of the carnage has next to no effect on me because everything felt way way way more lighthearted than it needed to be. Like there were stakes for the characters, but not high enough to take most of them seriously and laugh at some of the deaths. Including the whole sequence of her almost falling several times. My worry was she was going to eat pavement instead of getting eaten.
TheClimaxan
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Saw it last night but wanted to sleep on it before I shared my thoughts.
It's heavy on nostalgia and fan service, some of which works very well and some that doesn't. The dinosaur action is top notch and the best part of the movie (especially dat ending). Chris Pratt brings the Star Lord charisma and is a lot of fun to watch, and Bryce-Dallas Howard does well enough for the script she was given. The kids are atrocious, but not Kelly atrocious. The plot is paper thin but serviceable, and there are some very cheesy scenes and characters. That being said, it's a fast-paced, fun ride that's a worthy entry into the Jurassic Park canon. It crushes JPIII and is smarter than The Lost World but doesn't come close to the sense of wonder of the original. Let's be real though, no one should expect that.
If I had to put a number on it, I'd say 7.5/10. And for full-disclosure, Jurassic Park is my favorite move of all time.
It's heavy on nostalgia and fan service, some of which works very well and some that doesn't. The dinosaur action is top notch and the best part of the movie (especially dat ending). Chris Pratt brings the Star Lord charisma and is a lot of fun to watch, and Bryce-Dallas Howard does well enough for the script she was given. The kids are atrocious, but not Kelly atrocious. The plot is paper thin but serviceable, and there are some very cheesy scenes and characters. That being said, it's a fast-paced, fun ride that's a worthy entry into the Jurassic Park canon. It crushes JPIII and is smarter than The Lost World but doesn't come close to the sense of wonder of the original. Let's be real though, no one should expect that.
If I had to put a number on it, I'd say 7.5/10. And for full-disclosure, Jurassic Park is my favorite move of all time.
bananafactory
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Very similar to my thoughts, I didn't mind the kids though. Liked the younger one, he was adorable
Mysterious
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If the credits aren't in orange JP font, I'm going to be disappointed b
There's no fucking way people clapped at the end of Transformers. I refuse to believe it.
Like, even if people liked it, I refuse to think anyone clapped.
That was amazing, a standing ovation would have been insufficient.
wait.. when did this movie come out?
I bought tix yesterday on Fandango for 7:15 PM and assumed they were for Friday as that's when movies come out.... I guess not. I just got an email and it was like, "How did you enjoy the movie?" and was like "wut?...."
Anytime a new movie is out on Thursday I thought that was mainly a midnight showing??
UGH.
I bought tix yesterday on Fandango for 7:15 PM and assumed they were for Friday as that's when movies come out.... I guess not. I just got an email and it was like, "How did you enjoy the movie?" and was like "wut?...."
Anytime a new movie is out on Thursday I thought that was mainly a midnight showing??
UGH.
José Mourinho
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Americans who go for a meal before the cinema must have a really clap heavy night.
I've never had people clap in a theatre here (Canada). But maybe it's because I only go to see movies with my kids.
More_Badass
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Dinos don't discriminate. They're just animals
Scorpion Soldier
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I think IMAX is definitely worth it for this one. No Atmos version unfortunately.
Yay.. people running lol.
EroticSushi
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You can get refunds from fandango as long as it's not within 2 hours of the movie time. Just go into your purchase history and click "Can't make the show?"
I bought tix for 7 PM LAST NIGHT. Movie is long over. That's why I doubt they'll give a refund. I'm #18 in the chat queue right now, I'll at least give it a shot.
but like I was saying... everywhere I look online says the release date is 6/12. I just assumed the time I was looking at was Friday I guess.
CharminUltra
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Is this movie going to be roaring success financially?
Not any help now, but most movies actually start showing Thursday evening these days.
Skiptastic
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I understand this, but this isn't real life. It's a movie. You write X person being killed Y way. So you can have a lesser death for someone who "doesn't deserve it" and save the big awful deaths for people who "deserve it".
Anton Sugar
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I agree, but I don't think it's as bad as TLW death, because
she was basically a glorified extra, not a character that we ended up liking
I think it's more that, in TLW and here, it was a deliberate choice to show that character's "cool" death. I didn't like it in TLW but I didn't mind it as much here, because the entire
pterosaur
pterosaurs just immediately start attacking humans
I think
her death
dinos exploding, having their heads bitten, we basically see a park worker get ripped in half,
TacticalFox88
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July 3, 2007 was a fucking magical time.
People cheered. People laughed. Hell I'll even go on record saying some cried.
TF1 was fucking baller.
"My Name is Optimus Prime"
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This movie was fucking dumb.
It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed seeing it.
But it was super fucking dumb.
Whole movie felt like it was written in the vein of 21 Jump Street.
I mean....not really. Compared to the other movies, the violence in JW is very very tame. Lots of people getting swallowed whole. In Lost World, lots of people are literally ripped in two.
It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed seeing it.
But it was super fucking dumb.
Whole movie felt like it was written in the vein of 21 Jump Street.
I mean....not really. Compared to the other movies, the violence in JW is very very tame. Lots of people getting swallowed whole. In Lost World, lots of people are literally ripped in two.
The scene where the assistant is eaten is so busy and chaotic that you sort of forget that she's even there when she gets snapped up.
What I assumed
was the character had more scenes that portrayed her as being a neglectful obnoxious twat who was easy to hate so her death would be a bit of "yes finally!" moment. But then a bunch of her scenes and dialogue got cut so it just seems like a randomly brutal death. I have nothing to base that on, its just what I assumed.
18.5 Million $ on Thursday night alone.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/12/media/jurassic-world-first-day
Well deserved, I liked the movie a lot
afternoon delight
Member
Is that what the bar has been set at now?
More and more sounds like this would be a fun double feature with Aja's Piranha rather than JP1.
killatopak
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Just watched an hour ago. HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING.
....
Can I go in ONE movie thread on GAF without reading stupid hyperbole like this?
You're comparing this to Piranhas'? Fucking Pirhanhas?
thecouncil
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There was nothing entertaining about Aja's Piranha though. Let's get real.
afternoon delight
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Yo back the fuck up that movie is fantastic. Gleefully violent, tongue firmly in cheek, and a hell of a fun time.
Jerry Connel's porn director > Star Lord
18.5 Million $ on Thursday night alone.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/12/media/jurassic-world-first-day
Well deserved, I liked the movie a lot
That's pretty big, hopefully the sequel will be better.
Anton Sugar
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I think a lot of people are going to disagree with you on this point. In this movie, we see:
-Partially obscured view of park worker being ripped in half
-ACU being chomped whole
-ACU being chomped and flipped up into the I-Rex's mouth while blood rains down through the leaves
-Hoskins gets his arm chomped and then a spray of blood covers the window
-Ankylosaur getting its head eaten
-ACU get impaled by pterosaur beak
-Usually smattering of obscured deaths: the entire ACU team vs raptors, the entire ACU team vs I-Rex (including a lot of "definitely didn't survive that" bodies flying into trees), and the whole pterosaur attack
-ACU being chomped whole
-ACU being chomped and flipped up into the I-Rex's mouth while blood rains down through the leaves
-Hoskins gets his arm chomped and then a spray of blood covers the window
-Ankylosaur getting its head eaten
-ACU get impaled by pterosaur beak
-Usually smattering of obscured deaths: the entire ACU team vs raptors, the entire ACU team vs I-Rex (including a lot of "definitely didn't survive that" bodies flying into trees), and the whole pterosaur attack
And then the
assistant
but she was very clearly being treated like a meal by the pterosaurs, and then is eaten, ALIVE (you can see her in the mosasaur mouth, btw).
I mean, this movie has the highest body count out of any JP movie. It's pretty damned brutal.
TwoDurans
"Never said I wasn't a hypocrite."
Yeah. That seemed like an undeserved death considering how many other people should have gone out in that way.
Lol wut??? Only one person was ripped in two in that movie.
That was more or less the only onscreen dino death that made me feel really bad for the character (haven't seen JW). A little more than mean spirited considering he saved like, everybody.
The compy death tho, that dude was ripped into hundreds of pieces
The Last One
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Off screen, but yes, he got it really bad as well!!!
Piranha 2 though....
/jk
To be fair, I knew that woman was dead the moment she came on screen.
I successfully called out every single death in this movie save for one. I thought the other Raptor trainer was definitely going to get it, but he manages to eek it out.
I successfully called out every single death in this movie save for one. I thought the other Raptor trainer was definitely going to get it, but he manages to eek it out.
But that's really only because there's more fodder than any other movie. There's a point where there's a counter on the screen that shows the park's active attendance, and I was expecting them to use that as a countdown for the amount of deaths going on. Thankfully they didn't, but they definitely put that worm in my ear.
It makes me wonder if the deathcount is really the highest, especially over TLW, where people are have been said to have died for reasons that make zero sense, like the boat driver who lost his hands to the t-rex, which is a great homage to the book, but makes literally no sense in the movie. Even the pterodactyl scene doesn't have that many shown deaths. Most of them end up dropping people after about 10 feet off the ground. Logically there SHOULD be a higher death toll, but the flow of the action doesn't really call for it. If it wasn't for that one scene that's meant to build up the viewers suspension of disbelief where deaths are concerned, there really aren't many more deaths than the capture teams in TLW. Hell, the rex in JP3 had a higher kill count than the indominus.
It makes me wonder if the deathcount is really the highest, especially over TLW, where people are have been said to have died for reasons that make zero sense, like the boat driver who lost his hands to the t-rex, which is a great homage to the book, but makes literally no sense in the movie. Even the pterodactyl scene doesn't have that many shown deaths. Most of them end up dropping people after about 10 feet off the ground. Logically there SHOULD be a higher death toll, but the flow of the action doesn't really call for it. If it wasn't for that one scene that's meant to build up the viewers suspension of disbelief where deaths are concerned, there really aren't many more deaths than the capture teams in TLW. Hell, the rex in JP3 had a higher kill count than the indominus.
Not that this matters that much, these logical fallacies don't make the movie more or less enjoyable. JW is just dumb fun at the end of the day. It makes me want Jurassic Park 5: Dino Riders
dreamcastfan
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Ok.. I am a big softie.. so I may be the only one.. but
That brontosaurus.. when it tried to get up.. man.. made me cry..felt SO bad for it.
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