I have recently just been to an IMAX 3D movie at print works in Manchester to see 'Open Season'. this is the first IMAX film i have ever seen, even though i have been interested in the IMAX technology for a while. I must say the film was ok and good enough to watch for 1hr 30mins but the IMAX 3D experience was 5Star quality and something i would defiantly do again.
As soon as i stepped foot upstairs in the Odeon in Manchester and seen the IMAX sign i knew i was in for a real treat. We were greeted at the door by a man handing out special glasses with polarizing lenses in them that are essential for the 3D experience. When i walked through the door into the cinema, it was the usual big black room but there was something different, and that was the size. the cinema was the biggest cinema i have ever sat in with a screen that filled the room from top to bottom, from side to side. there where no trailers, jus a guy with a microphone with the rules and regulations and how u should watch a IMAX 3D film.
"here are the exits, the screen is as tall as an 8 story building, the sound system is as loud as a 1000 hi-fis(which struck me to be an odd saying as that gives no indication of how loud it is, they could all be portable hi-fi's or they could each have 60watts per channel, we just don’t know), if you feel dizzy or get a headache either close your eyes or take of the glasses, if needs be you can step outside(i thought this is not going to happen to me, plus i was so excited bout the idea of watching an IMAX 3D film, i just wanted him to shut up and get on with the film).
So the titles started rolling and the most impressive bit of the film was the first opening, IMAX sequence which blew me away! i really felt like i could touch what i see before me. the film got started and as i take interest in how it was made, i soon took my glasses off to see what i could see. And to my amazement and after a good 15mins studying what i could see, it just looked like the film had been overlapped and the secret was in the glasses. when you put the glasses on, the film is 3D, when u take them off its just two versions offset and running in sync. It was a funny thing to think of because if you tilt your head to either side and not very much, you begin to see the two offset films even through the glasses, so the glasses are magic!!.
During the film I also began to think about the sound, and this is another thing that I enjoy in my spear time. The sound was like nothing I had ever heard before, it was like wearing an excellent quality pair of headphones at a good volume, that just sounded awesome. The sound was crisp and full bodied.
Also the glasses where full of the screen so it felt like there was two televisions on the end of your glasses instead of lenses which was also unbelievable.
The amazing thing was, although IMAX movies cost an absolute fortune to produce, it was still on the price of a normal film to go and watch it.
IMAX and IMAX 3D are a must see and I will defiantly be going to IMAX cinemas more often.
posted by Martin Crosbie @ 4:01 PM
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