Finally saw The Dark Knight in IMAX over the weekend at a sold out showing on Sunday. Got to the theater on the late side (about 15 mins before showtime), and we ended up in the 3rd row, which I can definitively say is waaaaay to f*ing close to the screen to enjoy an action movie in IMAX. Alexis was a little motion-sick for hours after we left the theater.
The best thing about the IMAX experience wasn’t the picture actually: bigger is not necessarily better. I took my glasses off during the opening bank heist scene so I wouldn’t be stuck paying attention to the blurry picture for the rest of the film. The sound, however, was insanely awesome. Unlike the DLP theater, everything was in perfect balance, and the rumble of the lows was incredible — when the Batmobile rolled on-screen, the whole place shook.
In a perfect world, I’d be able to watch The Dark Knight with DLP picture in a theater equipped with the IMAX sound system.
Something to chew on, as brought up by Matt on the way home: at the end of the bank heist scene, when the Joker is revealed for the first time, he takes off his mask & is wearing the trademark white/green/red makeup. At the beginning of the bank heist, however, we actually see him for the first time, facing away from the camera: he’s standing on a street corner, mask in hand. So he was outside the bank in full make-up and full view of the public before the bank job began. Hmmm…
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