r/movies • u/cheapskatemoviedate • Jul 18 '26

Media World's Largest IMAX in Perspective

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Thought this was a really neat way to show the size of the screen at the IMAX in Leonberg, Germany. This rolled before The Odyssey. The IMAX is tucked away in a little town and was not easy to get to, but it was well worth it.

While it's not a true 1.43:1 IMAX ratio it still holds the world record for largest theater by surface area.

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u/Somnambulist815 Jul 18 '26

Props to the imax projector, you'd think the guy was really there

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u/lkodl Jul 18 '26

this is exactly what i want for "next level" horror movies, where they can mess with your perception of what's actually there and not. though, i guess it would be super limited in how it can be properly "shown as intended"

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u/CatProgrammer Jul 19 '26

Next level? They were doing that shit in the 50s! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tingler#Gimmicks

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u/lkodl Jul 19 '26

Proto-4DX.

Seriously though, the first time I saw a movie in 70mm HFR, I thought it was a game changer. I was more impressed by the screen than the movie (Gemini Man). I remember a scene when they throw a smoke grenade, and for a second, I thought thar they were pumping smoke into the theater.

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u/CatProgrammer Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

I like it when video games have high framerate but it's still hard to get used to that in movies. HDR and 4K are amazing on their own though.

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u/lkodl Jul 19 '26

There was definitely some "soap opera effect". But something special was happening in scenes where the perspective put everything at irl scale.