ALERT: How to make sure you are getting the REAL IMAX experience...not fake LIEMAX

[The_Sheff]

Hold up, you telling me half the cats in here who been praising the Imax releases for numerous movies didnt even know they werent getting a real Imax screen even though they were getting gouged out the ass?

 

[yseJ]

Hold up, you telling me half the cats in here who been praising the Imax releases for numerous movies didnt even know they werent getting a real Imax screen even though they were getting gouged out the ass?

most people dont even know what imax stands for...they were just conditioned to accept and praise it because everyone else did

I havent been to an imax theater in ages...but when I did go it was always to metreon

 

[porque]

*re-edit* Okay the map has a "dome" on Charlotte. I don't know if that means it's extra-IMAX'd. Those other theaters are in like Concord and Weddington, nearby Charlotte.

no dome (omnimax) are made for documentaries I saw Dark Knight there and that shyt was not worth it, only a small part of the screen was used and since its part of a dome its angled

also you sit looking up rather than forward

all you need is a real 70mm, 8 story IMAX screen


as for whether IMAX is worth it or not depends on the movie, if its an action movie and parts of it were shot with and IMAX camera then its worth the extra money but the ones modified for IMAX or the cartoon movies arent worth the extra money

 

[NoMayo15]

Aiight, I had to do some real research to figure this shyt out.

Apparently, the one in Raleigh uses IMAX DMR, which basically upscales 35 mm film to "near 70 mm" quality. Not true IMAX

The last (and only as far as I can recall) movie I saw at that theater was Avatar. Probably the most beautiful fictional world I had ever seen. I'm not driving 2.5 hr to watch DKR in Charlotte so DMR will have to do...

 

[Christian3o5]

i aint never knew this, seen like 30 movies in fake IMAX already

 

[JSS]

The thread/list should be upped so dudes don't get cheated from now on.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Hold up, you telling me half the cats in here who been praising the Imax releases for numerous movies didnt even know they werent getting a real Imax screen even though they were getting gouged out the ass?

1 theatre in san francisco got it, 1 in dublin and 1 in sacrmanto

you know thats 3 theatres covering like 10-12 million people right ???? San Francisco got multiple fukkin theatres down the block from each other even small ass emeryville got a few theatres

at a younger me going to the metreon in san francisco and walkin to the top and bein like why the fukk is there a movie theatre in here aint there one in the mall down the street

the AMC off Bay Street in Emeryville has always been the "the real imax" experience to everyone i know.. thats why we been goin to it but seein it aint even real imax got me mad you know how many bottles of henny ive downed and filipino girls I took to this damn theatre.. the berkeley marina just a quick drive down the way after the movie

 

[MightyHealthy]

Louisville - RC Stonybrook 20 IMAX – 211 seats, opened 11/10/2004

 

[Mook]

My fault. When I looked at this link:



I looked at the map, and zoomed in to NC. Clicking the theater on Raleigh is green, the one on Charlotte is red.

*edit* I didn't see the list underneath. So is the map accurate or the list?

*re-edit* Okay the map has a "dome" on Charlotte. I don't know if that means it's extra-IMAX'd. Those other theaters are in like Concord and Weddington, nearby Charlotte.

Of course I get the fake shyt and Charlotte gets the real. Piece of shyt state

 

[Mook]

Aiight, I had to do some real research to figure this shyt out.

Apparently, the one in Raleigh uses IMAX DMR, which basically upscales 35 mm film to "near 70 mm" quality. Not true IMAX

The last (and only as far as I can recall) movie I saw at that theater was Avatar. Probably the most beautiful fictional world I had ever seen. I'm not driving 2.5 hr to watch DKR in Charlotte so DMR will have to do...

U GONNA HAVE TO GIVE ME THAT LINK B, SAY IT AINT SO

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I got tricked once...luckily it was AFTER I had seen a movie on the real imax so I was in that bytch like.

The worst part was that those tickets were more than the real imax tickets. At just $11.50, and a 30-45 minute drive, I always go for real imax when a worthy film is released.

 

[Mr210]

FYI, that list is not complete

IMAX Theaters Showing Dark Knight Rises on Film


I already copped tix for this joint on Thursday, along with the prior 2 movies, so Im stuck.


But if its good, I will be watching TDKR at Air and Space museum in DC.

this link right here is more updated...the place im going to see it at is a real imax but wasnt on that first link posted but is on this list. chea

 

[CTech83]

So I guess all these "IMAX" theaters out here on Long Island are fakes.

This shyt ain't right

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Im good on the whole Imax thing. I mean its not like we are going to miss anything of even minute importance. Yeah you get to see more of the city when they do the pan out shots but when Bane is doing something please believe i will be able to see him on the standard screen.

Only time ill pay for Imax is if i see one of those 3D nature joints. Saw one on the ocean and it was crazy. It seemed like you were actually in the kelp forest.

You really should try to see one in real imax before dismissing it. It's hard to describe the epic nature of it all...you have to EXPERIENCE it.

And what better test case than The Dark Knight Rises?

 

[GoldenGlove]

Thanks breh.

I knew I got ripped off when I saw Prometheus (I paid for my fiance as well) at this local theater in "IMAX". I see there's only 3 legit ones in Illinois. I've been to the one at Navy Pier and it's

I left the theater after Prometheus with a head from the shytty 3D and a gripe... I'll never buy an IMAX ticket for that theater again.