I could make a 2 hour trip to see it in 70mm, or see it in IMAX in my neighborhood. Is the difference significant enough to warrant a special trip?

  • artsii@lemmy.world
    29·
    1 year ago

    I’m driving 2hr to see it in 70mm imax. Closest screen is in Vancouver, so we’re making a long weekend trip out of it. I think if you like movies a lot and you want to make your own event out of it, go for it.

    We used to have a 70mm theatre in my city and when they’d do events like for epic movies it was incredible. I feel like Oppenheimer might be similar

    • vaxcruor@lemmy.world
      17·
      1 year ago

      I saw the Hateful 8 in 70mm, and it was totally worth it. But, it had an intermission, and dialog was easy to follow.

      But Nolan films are a different verse l beast, I’m going to wait to watch it at home cause, pause, rewind and subtitles.

        • Chetzemoka@kbin.social
          8·
          1 year ago

          You can’t get the experience of watching The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent with a packed house of strangers who all had no idea what they were in for. Or Everything Everywhere All At Once.

          I go to theaters for the social interaction.

          • SwallowsDick@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            I see what you mean, but enjoying a movie with strangers that you don’t talk to doesn’t seem like socializing to me

          • Lauchs@lemmy.world
            7·
            1 year ago

            I’m lucky enough to have an amazing independent theatre about a 5 minute walk from my place… Great movie choices and a great crowd, so I am spoiled as hell.

            That being said, I love seeing movies there. Visual movies (artsy, horror, action, many animated, documentaries etc) are so much better big! I caught Aliens there on Monday and good goddamn, seeing Ripley’s power loader fight but on a screen that dwarfs my ceilings… Well, that was awesome.

            Plus, some movies are better with a good crowd! Sharing a laugh with a room full of strangers feels great! And n horror can feel scarier as you can almost feel as the crowd tenses. And a good ol’ shriek is way better shared!

            Again, I’m super spoiled because I see most of my movies at an awesome place with a generally great crowd but I do love theaters. I generally eat beforehand (or if going to a non indie one, pack some food) and bring water so my costs are usually just the ticket, maybe some split popcorn/beer.

        • artsii@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Opposite for me, I’m too on my phone at home and I like the theatre for movies I want to really “see” and experience. Also my sound setup at home is garbage…

      • beefcat@lemmy.world
        6·
        1 year ago

        Hateful Eight was shot and presented on 5/70 mm film. That’s a frame that is 5 perforations tall and 70mm wide. That gives you about 3.5 times the surface area of standard 35mm film, though at a much wider aspect ratio.

        IMAX is 15/70, so the same frame width as 5/70 but three times as tall. Though you actually inverse the width and height metrics because IMAX film is run through the projector horizontally rather than verticallly.