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LeadBullet
04-26-2005, 12:56 AM
I've blown two trips to a local place that has a IMax theater, mainly because each time I see a movie there its just a normal movie that was blown up onto a IMax screen. Seems like a waste of the $64,000 they say it costs for an IMax film reel, and the movie doesn't seem like a real IMax quality movie.

I say that since before the movie starts theres always a short demo telling everyone the differences between regular film and IMax, and during that they they display something that looks like some metal beams and a stack of speakers, only its really creepy because the picture was extremely sharp, looked 3D and pretty much real like it just started floating up there.

Then the movie starts and its just blurry shit again, only with the added annoyance of the edges of the screen having that bubble shit happening, and the other annoyance that I'd went just to try to see if it would have a great picture, while the actual movie itself wasn't all that good.

Has anyone been to an IMax movie where the quality of the movie was like the demo beforehand? Or if they didn't play that demo where you are, kind of like I described?

Nacho
04-26-2005, 08:01 AM
I saw a short film that was IMax quality since it was made just for them. I forget the name.

Nessus
04-26-2005, 09:25 AM
I saw the Nascar 3D one recently and it was clear and looked really good, the best 3D I've ever seen.

crunchy superman
04-26-2005, 11:10 AM
Cameron's IMAX 3D on Ghosts of the Abyss really flipped me out with it's quality. IMO it was even better quality than his Terminator3D show @ Universal Orlando - and that was pretty awesome!

LeadBullet
04-26-2005, 04:07 PM
I keep getting ***** by it. They should say if they are actually filmed with IMax cameras or not. Its like watching old VHS tapes on a HDTV.

Its too bad they can't figure out a way to make the screen not have that bubble effect on domed screens. It seems like there should be a way to film it where it would probably look distorted on film, but on the round screen look fine. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif