IMAX Movies

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The missus has been pressuring me to check out when the "coral Reef" movie is coming to the IMAX theatre.

While surfing around the website looking at coming scenes, I found this note-worthy tidbit.

And yes, I will see it multiple times.

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I love IMAX ovies and own pretty much all of them on DVD. A few normal movies have also already been released in IMAX format (Apollo 13, Fantasia 2000, and both new Star Wars movies.)
The only problem with the reformat is that they don't retain the same level of quality as a "true" Imax movie would in the transfer because the largest film format is a fraction of the size of Imax (TV res insde of Imax takes up 20% of the screen) When they enlarge these movies to Imax format, they don't look as sharp as they are when in the normal 70mm (or whatever) format. Fantasia 2000 bieng the exeption (because it was digitally created and shrunk for the IMAX screen.)
 
My only gripe with seeing an IMAX movie is that the film time is about 45 minutes. You always get the feeling the movie's over too early!

I saw the Antartica one, the Deep Sea one, and the Rolling Stones concert.

The Rolling Stones one didn't seem right for the 70mm format...I wasn't heavily impressed. The other two blew me away. In order to see a Hollywood production in 70mm; they'd have to re-film it or it would be a waste. Perhaps a fully-digital production would work?
 
Dunno if it counts, but I've seen the Super Speedway DVD like 20 times (back when I had a projector mounted in the seiling) That thing kicks 4rse.. Especially if you have a sub with 2 x 12" woofers connected to 2 x 160watts :D
 
One of the reasons that the Imax movies are so short is that the reels of film that they use are spent in under 15 minutes (3-4minutes for extreme climates like Everest or underwater where they need more shielding.)
Plus they are designed to be shown in places like museums, so they want to turn over the audience as much as possible in those theaters so they can move people in and out quickly.
 
Pupik:

They did indeed do a digital transfer of Attack of the Clones. Unfortunately, they chopped out key sections of the film. One limitation of the IMAX film is that the reels are so large, that it limits the time to just under 2 hours.

So any film over that time, will be chopped.

Impressive film even withthe chops.

I'll note that for educational/informational films, it's tough to get kids to sit still for 2 hours. I watched the Lion King in IMAX, and a little over 1/2 way through, the kids in the audience were starting to fidget around.

AO
 
Originally posted by Der Alta
Pupik:

They did indeed do a digital transfer of Attack of the Clones. Unfortunately, they chopped out key sections of the film. One limitation of the IMAX film is that the reels are so large, that it limits the time to just under 2 hours...

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Hopefully the worst parts were cut out nicely! Attack of the Clones was filmed fully digital (even if only 25 theaters had the ability to project it in that manner), so I suppose that made sence.

I'd still like to see any of the SW series in 70mm one day.
 

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