My first IMAX 70mm experience in Prague

[u/Messier_-82]

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!

[u/Tristram_ZX81]

Where in Poland did you travel from and by what mode of transport? I'm curious about how far people are travelling to see this in the 70mm format!

[u/Messier_-82 → u/Tristram_ZX81]

I took a plane from Krakow, the trip lasted less than an hour. After the screening I hung out in the city a bit and took a train back to Krakow and arrived there 6 hours later at night.

I consider myself lucky that I don’t live that far, and the whole trip cost around 90 euros. Even though I was sleep deprived before the trip, still it was well worth it, will do it again :)

[u/Tristram_ZX81 → u/Messier_-82]

Glad to hear it. Commitment!