'Tron: Legacy' and 'Spider-Man 4' Get IMAX Releases
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Now you can mark your calenders, and make a note to pre-buy your IMAX tickets for two of the most highly anticipated geek movies of 2010 and 2011. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tron: Legacy is getting an IMAX release to coincide with its ordinary theatrical print on December 17, 2010. The film was not actually shot for the IMAX format, but Disney will be digitally remastering the film in order to produce a super-sized version for IMAX theaters. Someone with more technical knowledge will have to tell me if that's a good or bad way to release a film in IMAX, because I'm baffled beyond "Wow, look how big the screen is!" I'm honestly surprised Tron: Legacy wasn't shot with IMAX cameras because if there ever was a film begging to use the technology to the fullest extent, it's this one. Spider-Man 4 also has its IMAX dates booked. It's set to go wide in IMAX and conventional multiplexes on May 6, 2011. This has been standard for Spidey, as all three films have been released onto IMAX screens. The official press release didn't mention whether the fourth will actually be shot using IMAX cameras, but the general belief online is that it won't.
Presumably by 2011, real IMAX screens (as opposed to those faux imitations) will be more readily available so that more moviegoers can benefit from the experience. It would be even better if the price came down a bit. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate (probably) but it's hard to justify an IMAX Experience for every genre movie, and I'm not sure I see that changing for a lot of people by 2011.
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9-18-2009 @ 8:17PM
stephen said...
Oh Elisabeth! Here in Tennessee there is a theater that claims to show I-Max movies when they are NOT! Regular movies are shot as 35mm and the faux I-Max is shot on 70mm.
Naturally that is only double of the regular and not the really large screen.We even use to have a theater in the 1970's that show on the 70mm format! The faux I-Max theater even charges you alot extra for your viewing pleasure.
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9-21-2009 @ 5:59PM
Anthony said...
If IMAX is just a big screen, then I feel doubly ripped off.
Not just by smaller screens and a lower quality IMAX Digital, but my first experience with IMAX was the Tuttleman Theatre in the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. A theatre I've now learned is actually Omnimax- a wrap-around dome that completely immerses the viewer in the viewing experience. All your peripheral vision is included too. Look forward and all you see is screen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX
My first experience with IMAX at Niagra Falls was disappointing. Sure it was a big scree, but it was flat. Hardly immersive at all. If I just wanted a big screen, I'd pay less and sit closer to a normal screen. Ta Da! Big screen.
:-p
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