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Cadaverous Pallor · 06-20-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RStar

Is it me, or are the IMAX screens at the Anaheim Garden Walk only slightly larger than a standard screen? They sure looked smaller than the ones in Irvine.

Click the link above regarding fake IMAX.

RStar · 06-20-2009, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Click the link above regarding fake IMAX.

I thought so. I saw Dark Knight on it also, and felt it was so not worth it that I never went back again.

I missed those few notes on the thread, BTW. Sorry for the repeat, and thanks for the info and link!

Alex · 06-16-2009, 03:23 PM

Like domes. Dome screens are (and I mean this honestly though it is just my opinion) lame.

innerSpaceman · 06-16-2009, 03:35 PM

I guess Domes were considered a gimmick in their day. As was the widescreen format in general.

In the past, oh, 20 years or so, most movies have reverted to a more naturalistic aspect ratio of 1.85:1. This more closely imitates a normal range of vision.

Panavision films in 2.35:1 are much less common today. But since they represent a field of vision that is beyond natural, I think it's only fitting they be projected on screens having a wrap-around effect. I think the curved screens of Domes are perfect for really wide films, and projecting them on flat screens does not have the intended effect.

All a matter of preference. I used to love sitting in the first row of the Cinerama Dome (or the old Egyptian before AFI converted it) so that the film would literally wrap behind my head and fill my entire field of vision ... even if I glanced sideways.

Moonliner · 06-19-2009, 08:02 AM

Go ahead. I dare you not to tear up at this one....

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HUNTINGTON BEACH – Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie.

From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film.

Alex · 06-19-2009, 08:40 AM

Well, I love a challenge:

Viewing Pixar Movie Kills 10-Year-Old Girl
Only thing keeping girl alive was unfulfilled desire to see movie, so why did parents let girl see movie? They should have scheduled the screening for 2084.

Though seriously, it is a very nice story.

Moonliner · 06-19-2009, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Viewing Pixar Movie Kills 10-Year-Old Girl

The mark of a good review is that it does not spoil the ending.

Alex · 06-19-2009, 10:24 AM

You know what, I misread your post (which makes my response nonsensical).

Where you said "I dare you not to tear up at this one...." I read "I dare you to tear up this one..." In other words I thought you essentially said "I bet you can't crap on this story."

That's the challenge I was taking up.

Moonliner · 06-19-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

You know what, I misread your post (which makes my response nonsensical).

Where you said "I dare you not to tear up at this one...." I read "I dare you to tear up this one..." In other words I thought you essentially said "I bet you can't crap on this story."

That's the challenge I was taking up.

So did you tear up (even just a bit) or not?

Alex · 06-19-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

So did you tear up (even just a bit) or not?

No, which is not to say I wasn't moved by the story. But as discussed recently in another thread, tears just don't seem to be part of my resonse to emotional moments.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Like domes. Dome screens are (and I mean this honestly though it is just my opinion) lame.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I guess Domes were considered a gimmick in their day. As was the widescreen format in general. In the past, oh, 20 years or so, most movies have reverted to a more naturalistic aspect ratio of 1.85:1. This more closely imitates a normal range of vision. Panavision films in 2.35:1 are much less common today. But since they represent a field of vision that is beyond natural, I think it's only fitting they be projected on screens having a wrap-around effect. I think the curved screens of Domes are perfect for really wide films, and projecting them on flat screens does not have the intended effect. All a matter of preference. I used to love sitting in the first row of the Cinerama Dome (or the old Egyptian before AFI converted it) so that the film would literally wrap behind my head and fill my entire field of vision ... even if I glanced sideways.
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06-19-2009, 08:40 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, I love a challenge: Viewing Pixar Movie Kills 10-Year-Old Girl Only thing keeping girl alive was unfulfilled desire to see movie, so why did parents let girl see movie? They should have scheduled the screening for 2084. Though seriously, it is a very nice story.
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06-19-2009, 10:24 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You know what, I misread your post (which makes my response nonsensical). Where you said "I dare you not to tear up at this one...." I read "I dare you to tear up this one..." In other words I thought you essentially said "I bet you can't crap on this story." That's the challenge I was taking up.
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