Movie freezing as movie theater??

November 16, 2017, 04:42 PM

grumpy1

My wife and I went to see the new Thor movie today. We were the only ones there for the 1:00 show.

Anyhow about two thirds of the way through the movie we experienced several freezes that would last up to 5 or so seconds. I told my wife "I feel I am watching this on Netflix" and she laughed out load. My wife was actually counting and said 17 times the movie froze. We have never experienced that before. On the way out I mentioned it to the lady at the front desk and she said she had never heard that before but would pass it one. My guess was IT related problems or maybe the Russians?

Anyone else experience such while at the movie theater?

November 16, 2017, 04:53 PM

sigmonkey

November 16, 2017, 05:22 PM

Bisleyblackhawk

Not ever experienced the movie freezing...but I have on several occasions been freezing myself...I've always been glad I had a warm girl to snuggle up to

(of course it's always better if the actually know you...they are much less surprised

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November 16, 2017, 05:30 PM

BigWhup

My local movie theater used to freeze up all the time whenI was a kid, then you could see the film burn on the screen.

Ah, the good old days! LOL

November 16, 2017, 05:58 PM

SR025

Surprised they didn't give you free movie passes, been to several movies where the screen will freeze for a second or two, sound is a little wonky for a minute. as we exited they gave everyone a free movie pass.

November 16, 2017, 08:04 PM

grumpy1

quote:
Originally posted by BigWhup:
My local movie theater used to freeze up all the time whenI was a kid, then you could see the film burn on the screen.

Ah, the good old days! LOL

LOL. Yeah film strip breaking or projectionist dozing off.

November 16, 2017, 08:07 PM

grumpy1

quote:
Originally posted by SR025:
Surprised they didn't give you free movie passes, been to several movies where the screen will freeze for a second or two, sound is a little wonky for a minute. as we exited they gave everyone a free movie pass.

Yeah I kind of thought about that later about comping some tickets, oh well. One certainly loses some of the in the moment experience during an exciting movie when it repeatedly freezes up. I get that at home for free.

November 16, 2017, 08:09 PM

grumpy1

quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:

Dang, I think you messed up my brain posting that. But it doesn't take much these days, days, days.

November 16, 2017, 08:14 PM

grumpy1

quote:
Originally posted by Bisleyblackhawk:
Not ever experienced the movie freezing...but I have on several occasions been freezing myself...I've always been glad I had a warm girl to snuggle up to (of course it's always better if the actually know you...they are much less surprised )

Ah the good old days. Didn't even care what movie was playing.

November 16, 2017, 09:19 PM

parabellum

I miss film

November 16, 2017, 09:21 PM

Bisleyblackhawk

quote:
Originally posted by grumpy1:
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:

Dang, I think you messed up my brain posting that. But it doesn't take much these days, days, days.

That will almost trigger one of them epileptic seizures!

November 16, 2017, 09:24 PM

Icabod

We were watching "The Hunt for Red October" and were at the shootout in the missile tubes. Baldwin reaches up to a lightbulb, touches it, and the screen goes dark. The projector had broken down. We had to leave the theater while the staff made sure there wasn't a risk of fire. Then the management tells us to hold our ticket stubs and come back the next day! That idea ended very fast. We trooped back in and saw the rest of the movie.

November 16, 2017, 10:39 PM

LS1 GTO

Can you say "refund"?

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers

The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...

November 16, 2017, 11:24 PM

Prefontaine

Nope, and wouldn’t mind. They chinze on the AC more so than chinze on the heat.

November 17, 2017, 01:10 PM

zoom6zoom

quote:
Originally posted by grumpy1:
quote:
Originally posted by BigWhup:
My local movie theater used to freeze up all the time whenI was a kid, then you could see the film burn on the screen.

Ah, the good old days! LOL

LOL. Yeah film strip breaking or projectionist dozing off.

Film? Most theaters are all digital these days. And your projectionist is probably a server box. Reel changes are long in the past.

November 17, 2017, 01:44 PM

grumpy1

quote:
Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
quote:
Originally posted by grumpy1:
quote:
Originally posted by BigWhup:
My local movie theater used to freeze up all the time whenI was a kid, then you could see the film burn on the screen.

Ah, the good old days! LOL

LOL. Yeah film strip breaking or projectionist dozing off.

Film? Most theaters are all digital these days. And your projectionist is probably a server box. Reel changes are long in the past.

Try reading the whole post next time.

November 17, 2017, 01:55 PM

DonDraper

Hard to find a good theater now. Went to see Cars 3 in town here (Columbia SC), no freezing but the image was so dull and washed out that I couldn't get my mind off of it.
Saw dunkirk at one of these: http://xscapetheatres.com/

I'm considering driving to KY just to see the Star Wars movie there. Fantastic everything, from seating to the sound/picture. Wish there was one closer.