Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square,
Jersey City,
NJ
07306
54 Journal Square,
Jersey City,
NJ
07306
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Will Dunklin (your full name…wow, how cool!)
Your statement sums up alot of what is wrong with society today, that being if you make a comment that disagrees with the status quo, you must be crazy. Forget Prozac, you need to be DE-programmed my friend.
Look, let’s not kid ourselves here. The product Hollywood churns out these days by-and-large DOES suck. Sure, you’ve got a ‘Lord of the Rings’ here and there, but ‘cmon. Vincent, movies are as good today as they’ve ever been? What kool-aid are you drinkin’? We’ve got at least a half-dozen remakes out there on the market today. Not to mention a Deuce Bigalow sequel (figure that one out). You’re telling me that’s as good as it’s ever been?
Here are the top grossing films for 1970
Airport
MAS*H
Patton
Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice
Woodstock
Hello, Dolly!
Cactus Flower
Catch-22
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The Reivers
Here are the top grossing films for 2004
Shrek 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Spider-Man 2
The Incredibles
The Passion of the Christ
The Day After Tomorrow
Troy
Meet the Fockers
Ocean’s Twelve
I, Robot
Can’t wait to see the top grossers of ‘05. 'Dukes of Hazzard’ number one perhaps?
Posted for Phil Phil by Theaterat… In the past, most movie stars had CLASS and it showed on and off the screen.And yes, for the most part yesterdays films were far superior to todays offerings. Sorry, but good special effects ans surround should not be the stars of a film. We should have characters we can care about- that is what makes a movie worth seeing- and talking about. Ten or twenty years down the road, what films from the early 21th century will be truly memorable?Truth of the matter is we have become so jaded due to the FX that too many people are going to these films for this reason alone.Posted by Theaterat for PhilPhil
Um,obviously not.
Um, sarcasm is sometimes lost in translation.
Dear Theaterat: I do hope for the best and hope you will talk to your doctor about Prozac.
Mellowly yours and posting my full name
Will Dunklin
Knoxville Tennessee
Movies today are as good as they ever were and anybody who doesn’t think so should just stay home and count their DVDs.
And nobody better dare criticize War of the Worlds and its great director who makes wonderful, heartdriven, literate, consumately masterful films. As voted on this website he is the second greatest director ever!
And that Tom Cruise! Did Gary Cooper or Jimmy Cagney ever care about post partum depression or hyperactive children? And did they ever publically jump up and down on a couch about it? Movie stars back then didn’t care about issues. Only the size and placement of their billing!!
Did Irene Dunne ever cut up with the Vietcong? Thank God we live in a world with Jane Fonda who wants to tell people that war is wrong!
Vito Bill H,,, To quote Dennis Miller- I don1t want get off on a rant- but 98 percent of todays movies are GARBAGE! They have been dumdrd down to the point of being moronic, and creativity simply just does not exist anymore. I WOULD Not go to see “Bewitched”, “Dukes of Hazzard” “The Honeymooners” “The Bad News Bears” or the upcoming “Green Acres” even if I were given a free pass AND be allowed to smoke in the theater! When Hollywood gives is these constant TV into Films, needless sequels, and atrocious re makes of films that were mediocre at best, it is time to question the product. Also. I am SICK AND TIRED of people like TOM CRUISE and other no talents foisting their political and religious beliefs down our troaths. Nobody really gives a hoot, and those who fawn over these highly paid celebrities are just as vapid and brain dead as the so- called movies that they pass off as ‘entertainment" today.If more adults-and intelligent younger viewers would boycott these products, maybe Hollywood would get the message. The backlash is starting to show at the box office and if it continues, maybe things will change. I hope for the best- do you?
Vito Bill H,,, To quote Dennis Miller- I don1t want get off on a rant- but 98 percent of todays movies are GARBAGE! They have been dumdrd down to the point of being moronic, and creativity simply just does not exist anymore. I WOULD Not go to see “Bewitched”, “Dukes of Hazzard” “The Honeymooners” “The Bad News Bears” or the upcoming “Green Acres” even if I were given a free pass AND be allowed to smoke in the theater! When Hollywood gives is these constant TV into Films, needless sequels, and atrocious re makes of films that were mediocre at best, it is time to question the product. Also. I am SICK AND TIRED of people like TOM CRUISE and other no talents foisting their political and religious beliefs down our troaths. Nobody really gives a hoot, and those who fawn over these highly paid celebrities are just as vapid and brain dead as the so- called movies that they pass off as ‘entertainment" today.If more adults-and intelligent younger viewers would boycott these products, maybe Hollywood would get the message. The backlash is starting to show at the box office and if it continues, maybe things will change. I hope for the best- do you?
One way to prove everything Vito said is true: when the young people of today are my age (50) or older, will they be able to look back with fond memories and affection on the stupid comic book adaptations and remakes of 40-year-old TV sitcoms that are being made today? Movies have been dumbed down almost to the point of no return – do you think this trend can ever be reversed?
I hate to sound like an cranky old man, but I have to agree, most of todays movies are a bunch of noisy, effects driven garbage, void of story lines and charactor development. I am retired now with pass privliges to almost any theatre circuit, as well as being on the screening list for many studios, but I rarely go to the movies anymore. Where are the script writers with an intelligent story to tell?. I don’t mind a good special effects movie once in a while but how about including an interesting story to go along with the CGI and effects. When is the last time we had a comedy that was actually funny and not geared to the mind of a 13 year old. There i’ve said it, now I can go back to my rocking chair, continue to grow old and continue to feel bad about what has become of the business I dedicated my life to.
I’m afraid that’s asking too much. If we get three or four really good movies a year, that’s a whole lot. In the old days, there’d be three or four good ones every month.
Good weather? Hey Hollywood, how about some GOOD MOVIES!
As hot as it is outside, imagine how hot it must be inside the Loew’s right now! Can’t wait till fall, for the Loew’s as well as the return of good weather.
During this long and very,very HOT summer- especially with all those “creatively bankrupt” movies being offered us courtesy Hollywood, I can`t wait until the Jersey re-opens.Stay cool until then.
Thanx Mister Huelbig
Here’s the contact information from their website:
http://www.loewsjersey.org/contact.php
Who does a person contact if they want to film inside the Loew’s Jersey? I am doing a documentary on the Loews Kings in Brooklyn which shares the same architects, but is closed to the public, and in need of restoration. I would like to show people what the theater could look like.
This is a more complete scan of the same page:
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Here’s the program page which talks about the balcony renovation:
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I thought there were more people Saturday than Friday but thought that there was more than 75 on Friday so maybe my judgment is off.
I am a regular at the revival houses and while I don’t know any of the other people I do recognize faces and I don’t see too many, if any, of the people who patronize MoMA, BAM, AMMI et al in Jersey City. I don’t think people in New York City realize how easy it is to get to Jersey City and how fast you get, in my case, from Herald Square to Journal Square on the PATH train.
Regarding the renovations, they essentially stopped renovating while the Mayor held up the lease so nothing on the renovations front has been done in recent years.
hardbop wrote: “I thought attendance at both screenings was adequate; that theatre is so big it can swallow up a crowd.”
I was there Friday night and there were about 75 people there for the shows – how many were at the Saturday night shows?
I’ve been a semi-regular attendee at the Loew’s shows and I have to say that while I’m extremely happy that the theatre has been spared the wrecking ball, it’s a shame that it not in a really advanced state of renovation considering the amount of money and time that have been spent on the place. The lobby still has these tacky white Christmas tree lights strewn over the mezzanine railings, there are still light fixtures hanging from wires, there are still piles of who-knows-what in the outer lobby and the mezzanine, the inner bathrooms still do not have the tiles in place, etc. And it’s been that way since I first went there in 2000/2001. I applaud their efforts but question the results as of now.
And I can’t be the only person bothered by the numerous projection issues that have cropped up lately, especially this past Friday where the shows started late due to some issue and “Body Snatchers” was mis-aligned on screen left-to-right during a number of the reels. It’s as if that showing was the first time they had run the film, I would think that if they were doing shows for the public that they would have an advance run-through to see if there are problems with the projectors and/or prints. I understand it’s mostly a volunteer effort and you can’t expect things to always be perfect, but the on-screen image is one of the most important things to get right when you are charging money to attend. And when they do get it right, the results are terrific.
Still, I’ll be back in September for the show with teh Nighthawks as it sounds like a unique event.
Just a note about eating in the area…the Journal Square Pub, right next door to the theater, has a 25 seat dining room downstairs from the cozy pub, and they serve delicious Italian food. Before the show Friday my friend and I shared a fresh arugala and tomato salad, and each had a chicken parmegiana hero, and paid $10. each, including tax and tip.
It’s always a treat to see a show at the Jersey, especially a double feature, but I did miss seeing any shorts or trailers or cartoons.
And it was a treat to meet fellow cinemaphile KenRoe…we didn’t know each other and were just talking theater stuff, when it turned out we had one or two things in common!
I was there Friday and Saturday. I’ve seen “Body Snatchers” so I bolted after “Crack in the World.” And Saturday I was there for “Wrath of Khan.” I had trouble hearing the dialogue at the beginning of “Khan” so I assume there was deterioration in the sound track on the print.
I thought attendance at both screenings was adequate; that theatre is so big it can swallow up a crowd. I know it would be nice to fix the balcony, but they certainly don’t need those extra 1,000 seats!
And I had a Line Rickey at that luncheonette a couple of doors down from the Loew’s. It was good.
I agree about the film’s starting late. That guy who gets up there to talk before the film — overdressed in a suit — goes on and on and on. Start the movie will you please. And that area is not the best. It is like a perp walk across the street on the walk back to the PATH train.
RE the air conditioning… the Jersey DOES have air, but it doesn`t work too good. It was on Sat 6-4 for Tron and Star Trek II and while it was cool, it just isnt strong enough to cool the entire theater, especially on a hot and humid day {or in this case, a night}.
They have to take apart, clean and rebuild all the seats in the balcony. The program says there’s 57 years worth of bubble gum built up on them. The AC must have been removed when the theater first closed in 1986, but I’m not sure. It was comfortable in there on Saturday night and it had been a fairly warm day, but I guess the heat and humidity build up as the summer goes on.