Issues with the screen at Cobble Hill movie theatre

tuckpendleton

(To be clear, I am talking about the smaller 4-screen at Court and Kane, not the multiplex at Court and Atlantic.)

My question is this: has anyone else noticed that the screens themselves seem to be severly underlit, causing the movies to look much darker than they should?

Also -- does anyone know the correct terms for these lights? I wanted to speak to the manager on my last visit, but wanted to be able to use the right term. Could it be a problem with the projector? Or the projector being set incorrectly? I'm sure we have a movie-theatre-phile somewhere on there that can answer this...

(And yes, this theatre shows a lot of indie movies -- which is great! -- which will have lower budgets and thus not look as sharp, but this dimness in the screen seems to occur regardless of studio or indie pic.)

Thanks!

anonymous

always seemed fine to me, and such a quaint theater

babyfishmouth

i think you may be on to something t.p. i can't say for sure as i rarely see the same movie on two different theater screens, but i wouldn't be surprised if things weren't quite up to par there. i mean, i love that we have that theater and all, don't get me wrong. i noticed over the weekend -- not really the same thing, but somewhat related (even though this is a fairly common problem) -- that the soundtrack was visible along the left side of 'pan's labyrinth' (in one of the upstairs theaters). that was a super dark movie (thematically and photographically), so possibly a good candidate to test your theory. by the way, i think it may just be called the projection, or maybe the projection bulb or projection light. i could be wrong.

anonymous

yes! i saw hot fuzz there and could barely see the movie it was so dark.
also, they project it much larger than the screen so they cut off about a foot of the image on all sides.
i only go there if i'm desperate for a flick and too lazy to go into manhattan...