With all the new summer releases well under way, I'd thought I'd take this chance to address a pet peeve of mine that is happening with the movie industry right now. Its expensive enough to go see a movie, but if you want to go see an IMAX movie prices can really elevate. If you want to see it in IMAX 3D you can expect to pay $20 a ticket! But a little known fact unless you grew up with the original IMAX screens and know what they really look like is that most theaters touting that they have them are full of crap. But they WILL charge you the same price for a sub-par experience. For example, here in Colorado there are only 2 true IMAX screens I know of - one in Colorado Springs and one at the History Museum. If you've ever experienced a true IMAX Screen the difference is striking between it and a normal movie screen. I just wanted to post this article and graphic as a heads up before you head out to see any movies in IMAX this summer. Don't get roped in for paying more unless its the real thing.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009...grew_up_w.htmlThat's not the IMAX I grew up with
By Roger Ebert on May 27, 2009
It started for me with a letter from a Los Angeles filmmaker named Mike Williamson, who contacted me March 7 in outrage about a bait-and-switch involving IMAX. He paid an extra fee to see a movie in Burbank, and wrote the company in protest: "As soon as I walked in the theatre, I was disgusted. This was not an IMAX screen. Simply extending a traditional multiplex screen to touch the sides and floor does not constitute an IMAX experience. An IMAX screen is gargantuan. It is like looking at the side of a large building, and it runs vertically in a pronounced way. It is not a traditional movie screen shape....This screen was pathetic by IMAX standards."