Comments on: Inspiration Strikes

By: ranjeet

ranjeet — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:34:12 +0000

Oh, there’s one other thing. Converting from IMAX to normal film involved cutting the height of the film. So, there are times when in the normal version of the film, you only see the face of an actor/actress, while in the IMAX version, you see their entire head. In all those cases, the actor or actress has a really funny hairstyle. And sometimes a really trippy tie.

By: sparker

sparker — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:54:22 +0000

This isn’t convincing me that I should have seen it in IMAX.

By: ranjeet

ranjeet — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:36:09 +0000

I saw TDK again this weekend, on a normal screen. It's still a great movie, but it lacks the presence of IMAX. After reading this article in Wired about the making of the movie, I was really pumped about seeing in IMAX, and I have to admire the director's dedication to the format. Anyways, the opening Gotham (i.e. Chicago) panorama (see here for the opening six minutes) goes from breathtaking on the IMAX to just a run-of-the-mill helicopter shot on the smaller screen.

By: sparker

sparker — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:28:09 +0000

I got reserved tickets to Boardman for midnight on Thursday and we showed up a whole 10 minutes early and strolled into our awesome seats. No one even looked at our tickets. Oh, and I don’t care that it wasn’t IMAX, since I don’t like to throw up during movies.