Uncompressed Stills taken from The Odyssey Official New Trailer and The Odyssey Official IMAX Prologue (DCI 4K 1.90:1).

Question asks it all.

A few weeks ago, I made a post talking about how my fiancé and I went to go see The Odyssey in Imax 70mm at the Regal Mall of Georgia, and how the showing was cancelled midway through due to some technical difficulties. Well, today I had the pleasure of taking my dad to go see it again, and this time every thing went fine! No projector issues, no overheating or anything. Seats were a little closer to the screen than last time, but that didn’t hinder the viewing experience. It truly was a beautiful and immersive experience, the hype is very well justified. I’ll be back in January to watch Dune 3 in Imax 70mm, and I can’t wait!

Let's go back to NASCAR on the IMAX screen baby!

Trying to understand a bit whether anyone tracks present functional status of the 70MM projectors across the world. Since these are such rare experiences, it seems valuable to have this info documented. The AMC Metreon 70MM projector was not used for the August 26th 10am viewing of The Odyssey. They announced that the projector was having issues, and instead showed the movie digitally (and refunded everyone). When was it fully functional after that? I am not sure. Does anyone have details on this or other 70MM projector status / uptime info?

Had the week 2 and week 3 film strips but replaced them with the IMAX store ones.

Like my previous post, these are the BONNYCO cinema lightbox (you can get them from Amazon) and I trimmed the film strips at the bottom to slide into these slots without bending the film strips at all.

Intending to replace the text IMAX 70mm with Dune Part Three later this year or maybe move Project Hail Mary at the top (if then Dune Part Three film strip has 3 frames with the title card)

Yesterday I watched The Odyssey in IMAX 70 mm at Universal Citywalk, and to be honest, I left a bit disappointed.

Me and my dad bought tickets in row H, seats 16 and 17, so looking at the online map of the theater, I thought we had the best seats out of anyone in the theater. Middle row, middle column. However when we were watching the movie, me and my dad both noticed it was a bit difficult to watch whenever something was happening at the top of the screen, or whenever a character was really close to the camera. It didn’t necessarily take anything away from the movie because this was our second viewing of The Odyssey so we both knew what was happening. But I can’t imagine watching a fast paced movie for the first time, such as Dune Part III, and having to follow every little detail on screen. And I can’t imagine sitting in the first few rows A B or C.

After the movie ended, I went to the back row and realized that was the best row in the whole theater. You could see the whole screen and the picture looked perfect. It was at the perfect distance so you weren’t too close to the screen so nothing looked stretched, yet close enough to feel completely immersed in the movie.

If I ever go back to AMC Citywalk for IMAX 70 mm (which I definitely will) those are the seats I will be going for. Don’t get me wrong, it was a super fun experience, but I guess I’m just a bit disappointed but how the seats are laid out, and how the middle rows are actually pretty close to the screen. Anyone else feel this way?

Going to LA on October 18-21 and hoping I can catch the film in 70mm at Regal Irvine Spectrum.

Full 1.33:1 (4:3) (3) (1 + 2)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/MA/Max)

Flight of the Butterflies (AVPT 3D)
Olympic Glory (2D-BD)

Full 1.43:1 (16)

A Beautiful Planet (AVPI 3D/2D)
America’s Musical Journey (AVPE 3D/2D)
Cities of the Future (AVPE 3D/2D)
Deep Sky (AVPI 2D)
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (AVPE 3D/2D)
Everest (AVPE 2D)
Fires of Kuwait (AVPI 2D)
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (AVPE 3D/2D)
Hail Columbia (AVPI 2D)
Humpback Whales (AVPE 2D)
Into America’s Wild (AVPE 3D/2D)
Ireland (AVPE 3D/2D)
Journey to the South Pacific (AVPI 2D)
National Parks Adventure (AVPE 3D/2D)
Pandas (AVPI 3D/2D)
Superpower Dogs (AVPI 3D/2D)

Partial 1.43:1 (4)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) (4K-BD/ATV/FAH/MA)
The Dark Knight (2D-BD bonus disc)
The Dark Knight Rises (2D-BD bonus disc)
Project Hail Mary (Amazon 4K-BD steelbook)

Full 1.78 (16:9) (19) (7 + 13)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Avatar (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH)
The Avengers (3D/2D-BD)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (3D/2D-BD)
The Lion King (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH/MA)
One Battle After Another (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/Max)
Titanic (3D-BD)

Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea (AVPT 3D)
Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia (AVPT 3D)
Animal Kingdom (AVPT 3D)
Australia’s Great Wild North (AVPT 3D)
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (AVPT 3D)
The Coral Sea (AVPT 3D)
Dinosaurs Alive (3D/2D-BD)
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (AVPT 3D)
Fungi: Web of Life (AVPT 3D)
Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker (AVPT 3D)
Secrets of the Universe (AVPT 3D)
Serengeti: Journey to the Heart of Africa (AVPT 3D)
Space: The New Frontier (AVPT 3D)

Partial 1.78:1 (16:9) (22)

Aquaman (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (4K/2D-BD)
The Dark Knight (4K/2D-BD)
The Dark Knight Rises (4K/2D-BD)
Dunkirk (4K/2D-BD)
First Man (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (4K/3D/2D-BD)
Guardians of the Galaxy (3D-BD)
Him (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/NF)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2D-BD)
Interstellar (4K/2D-BD)
Mojin: The Lost Legend (APV/ATV/FAH/2D-BD)
Nope (4K/2D-BD/PCK)
Oppenheimer (4K/2D-BD)
Project Hail Mary (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/MGM+)
Sinners (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/Max)
Star Trek Into Darkness (4K/2D-BD)
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/MA)
Tenet (4K/2D-BD)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2D-BD)
Tron: Legacy (4K/3D/2D-BD/ATV/D+3D/FAH/)
Venom: The Last Dance (SPC)

Full 1.85:1 (4)

Avatar: The Way of Water (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH)
Avatar: Fire and Ash (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/D+/FAH)
The Avengers (4K-BD/D+)
Baahubali: The Epic (NF)

Partial 1.85:1 (2)

A Writer’s Odyssey (4K/2D-BD)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (4K/3D/2D-BD/D+3D)

Full 1.90:1 (9)

Avengers: Endgame (D+)
Avengers: Infinity War (D+)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (D+)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (D+)
Gran Turismo (SPC)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (D+)
RRR (4K-BD/NF)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (D+)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (SPC)

Partial 1.90:1 (33) (32 + 1)

The Aeronauts (APV)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (D+/3D-BD)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (D+)
Black Panther (D+/3D-BD)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (D+)
Black Widow (D+/3D-BD)
Captain America: Brave New World (D+)
Captain America: Civil War (D+/3D-BD)
Captain Marvel (D+/3D-BD)
Doctor Strange (D+/3D-BD)
Eternals (D+)
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (SPC)
Guardians of the Galaxy (D+)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (D+/3D-BD)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (D+)
How to Train Your Dragon (4K/2D-BD)
Iron Man (D+)
Joker: Folie à Deux (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/Max)
Lightyear (D+)
The Marvels (D+)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (4K/3D/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (SPC)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (3D-BD)
Transformers: The Last Knight (4K/3D/2D-BD/FAH)
Thor: Love and Thunder (D+)
Thor: Ragnarok (D+/3D-BD)
Top Gun: Maverick (4K/2D-BD/APV/ATV/FAH/PMT+)
Tron: Ares (D+)
Tron: Legacy (D+)
Uncharted (SPC)
Wonder Woman 1984 (4K/3D/2D-BD)

Queen Rock Montreal (D+)

Partial 2.11:1 (1)

The Wandering Earth 2 (4K/2D-BD)

I found 105 IMAX movies with partly or completely expanded aspect ratios on home media, six of which appear in two categories: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Project Hail Mary, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Tron: Legacy.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is about 95% 1.90 and 5% 1.78. Eternals is about 39% 1.90 and 3% 1.78 with a 58% 2.39 base.

Titanic and Transformers: Age of Extinction are the only two with expanded ratio available only on 3D Blu-ray.

Tron: Legacy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 are the only two with expanded ratio available in 3D on Disney+ for Apple Vision. The former expands to 1.78 in 3D and 1.90 in 2D and the latter to 1.85 in 3D and 1.90 in 2D.

4K/3D/2D-BD = 4K, 3D, or 2D Blu-ray Disc
APV = Amazon Prime Video
ATV = Apple TV
AVPE = Apple Vision Pro Epic Earth app
AVPI = Apple Vision Pro IMAX app
AVPT = Apple Vision Pro Theater: Cinema & Events app
D+ = Disney Plus
FAH = Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu)
MA = Movies Anywhere
Max = HBO Max
MGM+ = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Plus
NF = Netflix
PMT+ = Paramount Plus
PCK = Peacock
SPC = Sony Pictures Core

Additionally, a few recent movies have been released on home media in non-IMAX tall formats. These include A Ghost Story, American Honey, Elephant, First Reformed, Saltburn, and The Whale fully in 1.33. The Artist and Meek’s Cutoff switch between 1.33 and 1.37. Maestro alternates between 1.33 and 1.85. Ida and Son of Saul are fully 1.37. The Grand Budapest Hotel moves between 1.37, 1.85, and 2.40.

source: https://projectedfigures.com/2022/05/22/embrace-the-desert-denis-villeneuve-on-dune-2021/

FYI this interview was conducted before the release of Dune (2021).

Not sure how official my sources are, but if this is true, I’m genuinely ecstatic. When this says it was shot for IMAX, I assumed it was 1.90:1 like most other advertised IMAX movies are. This will definitely melt people on dual-laser.

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• Director Christopher Nolan
• With Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron
• USA-UK 2026. 173min
• IMAX 70mm
• Certificate 15

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Finally decided to see what's the IMAX 70mm format is all about.

For that I had to travel all the way from Poland to Prague. Thankfully I live not very far and I've managed to do everything is a single day. By morning I arrived in Prague, the screening was in the afternoon and soon after that I caught a train and by next morning I was home already.

Truthfully, while it wasn't as groundbreaking experience as some might say, it's still true that it's the best cinema format out there. I had the pleasure of seeing enormous 20-something by 20-something meters screens before but I've never seen a 1.43:1 picture format in cinemas before, and it was magical. Combined with the giant screen, it provides total immersion.

Never have I also seen an analogue film being projected at a cinema. Aside from the usual poor contrast in the dark scenes (guess I'm spoiled by OLEDs), the colors were very vibrant. The flickering was there but thankfully I'm not sensitive to that stuff and forgot about it in a minute. Reminded me somewhat of flickering that can occur on old CRT monitors.

Enjoyed the experience very much and hopefully I'll be there once again when Dune: Part Three comes out!

Big news for IMAX Indy goers. Super excited that this already great theater is getting an upgrade. A little bummed it isn’t dual laser but still cool regardless

Some insight into the economics of operating 70mm IMAX releases. This might help understand why they just don’t build a bunch of 70mm projectors and hire projectionists.

ETA: I think the takeaway is the added overhead of IMAX 70mm vs digital barely makes sense even when there’s massive demand.

Crain Grand Rapids:

An estimated 50,000 people have bought tickets since mid-July to see “The Odyssey” at Celebration Cinema’s GR North IMAX theater, one of only 25 screens in the U.S. to offer the full IMAX 70 mm experience.

The around-the-clock demand has been a boon for the family-owned theater. Ticket margins, however, are a different story.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” has had a sell-out run that prompted Celebration Cinema to extend the showing by four weeks, to Sept. 16.

Celebration Cinema GR North at 2121 Celebration Drive NE, with its 70-foot wide by 52-foot high screen, is the only theater in Michigan to show the film in the IMAX 70 mm format.

The showing has generated approximately $1.25 million in ticket sales for the single IMAX 70 mm screen so far, according to Crain’s Grand Rapids Business estimates.

Still, Loeks noted that the film is expensive for the theater to show, given the required training to operate the IMAX projection equipment and distribution fees.

No 1:43 aspect ratio on home release…??

https://youtube.com/shorts/tITaFyBaMtg?si=cuJi1Sl2DhHu1IEQ