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PhilinYuma
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Good point. For some reason, I can't find many Imax theaters in Yuma, so I'll invite myself to my son's house after Xmas and treat him and Jean Ann to see it in Phoenix. I assume that these shows run much longer than those at regular theaters, yes?
Opivy
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Think I'm gonna go see it saturday =0
batsofchaos
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If anything, IMAX shows are usually shorter than regular viewings, because they have fewer previews in front of them.
Basically, an IMAX theater is just a huge theater with a big, square screen. IMAX film is a large, square-shaped type of film that has a higher resolution than 35mm film. Very few movies viewed in IMAX were actually filmed in IMAX film, because it's a very expensive film. Generally, nature movies are shot in IMAX while non-nature movies are filmed in 35mm (or video, or 18mm, or any number of other types of film media) and then just blown up in size to fit the bigger screens. The Dark Knight was unusual in that if filmed certain segments of the movie (the opening heist, Batman in China, some others) in IMAX and the rest in 35mm to give those certain scenes extra clarity and oomph. The point of this movie-nerd info dump is that viewing a movie in IMAX, while breathtakingly impressive in size, is not a vastly different experience from viewing a movie in a normally-sized theater.
PhilinYuma
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Thanx for the info, but i didn't make myself clear. What I want to know is if the run of an Imax show is a lot longer than that of a regular movie, which may last a week or two. I imagine that, given the relative shortage of Imax suitable movies, it will have a longer run.
batsofchaos
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Ah, that depends entirely on the theater. Generally speaking, IMAX runs are much shorter than the normal theater run, simply because the next Blockbuster-that-demands-to-be-seen-in-IMAX has come out and the theater decides that it can make more money on opening weekend for Movie B than it could for the third weekend for Movie A. Some theaters will keep Movie A if they think Movie A is going to make more money per showing than Movie B, despite movie B's newness. I remember a theater here in Denver kept Lord of the Rings 3 on their IMAX for two months, despite other blockbuster movies coming out in that time, just because they felt it was the better money-maker. Based on the inflated ticket price and the fact that it was the only theater showing it in IMAX in the city, I'd be surprised if it wasn't a solid investment.
PhilinYuma
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Well after forum members have moved on to new excitements, I finally got around to seeing Avatar with Sunny, today. Nearly saw it at an Imax in 3D last week, but neither my son nor I wanted to wait in line for over an hour to see it. Sunny gets zonked by 3D glasses, so we watched it in the good old fashioned way, instead, and thoroughly enjoyed itt. I was happy to discover that it wasn't about white supremacy -- or inferiority -- or American imperialism but a surprisingly faithful epic in the style of the Illiad. The company suit and the company "marines" were very similar to those portrayed in Aliens (1986, I hope that you're checking this stuff Opivy), but since their enemies were grotesque monsters instead of seriously sexy "tree huggers" , no one cared about their imperialistic/capitalistic goals.
Jake's character (and if you don't know the meaning of Jacob, you might want to look it up) was a hero because he had a "strong heart" and was in tune with the spirit of the planet. Whether killing is "good " or "bad", it is the standard form of interaction between humans, if they think that they can profit from it (and the Na’vi are prelapsarian humans [how about that Tree?] in every respect but size) and the final showdown between Jake and Col. Quaritch is decided at least in part by the intervention of Eywa, just as Athena sided with Achilles against Hector. And so it goes. A delightful movie, in which both sides fight bravely and the side favored by divine intervention wins. And Neytiri is the hottest 12' blue, sparkly frecklesd , golden eyed woman that I have ever seen!
sbugir
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And Neytiri is the hottest 12' blue, sparkly frecklesd , golden eyed woman that I have ever seen!
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yeatzee
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I've seen it three times total, and I still think its a great movie.... definitely a must see in theatres.
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[email protected]
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[SIZE=14pt]Oh ya 1 of the best all around movie this year, I told my wife it was better then new moon "now mined you Im not a girl let alown a 16 yr old one" So this was much better then I thought it was going to, we seen it on the real 3D I think or is that disneys[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] 3d, well it wasnt I-max it was the other 3D and it was cool. :lol: [/SIZE]
The seating is different its steeper then most seating.
The seating is different its steeper then most seating.
Peter Clausen
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Wanted to take the family to see it today, but it was sold out AGAIN! I want to see it on the IMAX screen. My wife said it earned a billion dollars this weekend. Crazy!
PhilinYuma
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The cashier at the Phoenix Imax told us that the least crowded showings are the first in the morning, some time after 0900 in our case.
Peter Clausen
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That's closer to bedtime than reasonable movie time, at least for me
I just read all the discussion here. I think one of the marks of a movie-worth-seeing is that it generates controversy, or at least discussion. I'm much more excited now than I would have been, otherwise. And I'm glad to see that the movie has nothing to do with the cartoon, after all. I've never seen a 3D movie either.
I saw it in 3D at a regular theater and enjoyed it more than other movies I've seen in the last few years. I don't know if I would have liked this movie as much in 2D but have seen other movies recently in 3D like Sunny with a Chance of Meatballs which was terrible (I have children but am not always disappointed by children's movies). It is funny we cheer on the blue people but likely wouldn't feel the same were they ugly aliens. Avatar the Last Air Bender is the movie my older daughter wants to see, totally unrelated, and that comes out around October 010.That's closer to bedtime than reasonable movie time, at least for me
Ntsees
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I still have yet to see the movie.
Same problem in Houston, long queue.... and it was the 8:30 am show :blink: the queue is as long as the 'Splash Mountain' queue in Disneyland.
JoeCapricorn
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+ Graham's Number!And Neytiri is the hottest 12' blue, sparkly freckled, golden eyed woman that I have ever seen!
So who wants to bet that Avatar will surpass 2 billion by the end of the month? I think it can do it, for sure, because my scouter is reading its power level to be OVER 9000!!!!*
Who knows where it will end up totalling. This is already the 4th biggest movie in worldwide total gross and by the end of the week, it may very well be second to Titanic. It's a frontrunner to winning Best Movie at the Academy Awards... with rivals including Star Trek, District 9 and a bunch of other movies that are complete ###### in comparison.
* I will never tire of this old meme.
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