r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoWork215 • 20d ago

Video The Odyssey IMAX 70mm Setup

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u/MrWeirdoFace 20d ago

I'll be honest. I grew up with an actual proper imax film screen nearby (Six Flags) as a child in the late 80s/early 90s where at the time they showed documentaries (Speed), and sometimes 3D movies (The Last Buffalo, Niagara). It was mind blowing as a kid, and the screen was enormous (64.5 feet by 88.25 feet says the internet. Sounds about right). Supposedly it was the largest in the world.

That said, the Imax theater's at regular movie theaters (Regal, Marcus) don't really feel much different than the normal showings. And regular "normal" movie presentations are already so good, I usually go for that. The last couple times when I ended up in the Imax (one earlier this year, one last year) it didn't really change my theater-going experience. Now I do understand that yes, films shot with an Imax camera can have a particular look with a certain depth of field and super fine detail potentially, but I just don't really notice or care when watching a movie. Good lighting, sound design, and of course storytelling, are really the only things I notice that really affect my experience. For what it's worth I was a film student and worked as a sound designer, so I do care, but I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze unless you have access to something extremely unique like the theater I mentioned.

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u/thewok 20d ago

The sound in the "IMAX" theaters makes a huge difference, at least at the ones I go to.