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Author Topic: Piranha 3D (2010) David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-22-2010 04:38 PM                        Today at Regal 15 in Eugene, #9 in NEC 2K DLP and RealD XL 3D. Looked pretty good, sounded great. Seating Capacity of this house: 424 Number of empty seats for this show: 421 Well this movie is like the textbook definition of a teen horror spring break exploitation movie full of nubile young naked chicks and flesh-eating piranhas, set in the water (duh!) and with more than a little Jaws thrown in. What else do you need to know? The 3D is pretty good, much better than, say, Clash of the Titans. Is this a conversion? Well done if it is. I approve.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 08-22-2010 05:26 PM                        Did you just say that 3 people showed up for a first-Sunday show? Guess nubile, naked chicks in the water aren't enough to bring out the masses in Eugene, eh???  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-22-2010 07:19 PM                        Is there a 2D version?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-22-2010 07:44 PM                        quote: Jack Ondracek Did you just say that 3 people showed up for a first-Sunday show? Yep. Smallest turnout I've seen for an opening weekend performance there in a long time. This was in one of their two largest rooms. quote: Joe Redifer Is there a 2D version? I don't know, but there are no 2D shows playing here at all. Only 3D.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-22-2010 09:15 PM                     Was it "scope"? If so, it's another entry in a growing list of "scope" sequels to "flat" predecessors.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-22-2010 09:41 PM                     quote: Justin B. Martin Aspect Ratio: 2048x858 (scope)  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 08-22-2010 09:47 PM                        It was shot in 35mm anamorphic (except for underwater shots, which were super-35) and is a conversion (but planned that way from day one, not a last-minute decision as most conversions up to this point have been).  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-23-2010 12:19 AM                     Unfortunately, the theatre I saw it in was heavily cropping the scope image to barely 2.00 to 1 (if that). The masking was down somewhat from STEP-UP 3-D, but not nearly enough. This really surprised me, because the MAYA Cinemas in Bakersfield has been about dead-on accurate in all the other auditoriums I've seen scope in, even the mirror theatre of this one (one of the two biggest). oh, well. I saw it Friday at the 4:45pm show and there were maybe 8 or 9 people in the theatre. 3-D conversion was actually OK, but also seemd wrong at times. And there was a blaring scene of a high-up shot of a little girl walking on a rocky shore in which she and the rocks underneath her feet seemed to float several feet above the other rocks. The film was a gore and boob fest with no real wit to it. A waste of time.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 08-23-2010 12:56 AM                     Is this considered a "sequel" or just a remake?  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-23-2010 03:03 AM                        Well, nipple errect, nubile, naked chicks not withstanding, it also has Jerry O'Connell in frontal nudity -- talk about your gratuitous, in-your-face 3D effect! Phil, gimme a "hubba hubba."  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 08-23-2010 04:54 AM                     quote: Frank Angel it also has Jerry O'Connell in frontal nudity Piranha bait!  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 08-23-2010 04:57 AM                     Frank, it never shows O'Connell in full nude, unless you count.. Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle When they pull him out of the water with his skeleton legs, and then his CGI penis floating later on This movie is really a movie to be enjoyed with a bunch of friends. We screened it last Tuesday night after working our shifts. It was a lot of fun and we had a great time. This movie does not go out of its way to be something its not. The director from day one said he was making a throwback horror movie and it shows. Its alot of fun, lots of hot chicks naked. Great death scenes that are so over the top. The Greco factor is the highest its ever been. The director also said that there was at least one gallon of fake blood for every person that was being attacked. It really shows in the 3rd act. Needless to say, I really enjoyed it and will see it again. Also gotta love the "Hooper" revisit, and "Doc Brown" showing up. A solid 4/5 A no this isn't the greatest movie this summer, it just happens to be one the most entertaining.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 08-23-2010 05:00 AM                     See?  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 08-23-2010 05:13 AM                     Oh and Joe, there are 2D prints out there. We received one to go with our Real D copy. Like mentioned above, I have to say this is how post 3D can look good. There was really only one shot where the little girls hair is in front of her face and the face is back. Overall it looked really good. Well done to the post house on this one.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-23-2010 04:14 PM                     Wow. The Greco Factor. Haven't heard that one in a while.  |  IP: Logged

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