You probably know what greenbaiting is, right? Like when they put hybrid engines in an SUV? Or when they put 20% post-consumer content in paper plates and call them "eco-plates?" Tonight, I think I experienced the same thing in technology and entertainment. I went and saw Superman Returns<\/u> at the Tuttleman IMAX in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
The movie was great, but I wasn’t so hot on the IMAX. This wasn’t my first IMAX experience, but it was the first time I’d seen a traditional movie on one, as opposed to some nature film or whatever.<\/p>\n
I’m not really sure the movie was shot on IMAX tape. It definitely, definitely warped at the edges throughout the movie. This distracted me the whole time.<\/p>\n
The lower corners noticeably did not fit on the screen. They had it too wide. No one would have objected if they would have pulled it in a few degrees. it still would have been huge.<\/p>\n
I also found that during some of the really chaotic scenes where a lot is happening yet the director shoots in close so you can hardly tell what, you really<\/em> couldn’t tell what with the IMAX. In fact, the screen almost seemed to black out during the really chaotic close stuff. Again, distracting. I will also be interested to see it in a regular theater and see if anyone ever looks blurred. Many parts of the scene often appeared blurred at times. Again, possibly another effect of projecting at a level the original film had not been meant for.<\/p>\n The biggest problem, though, was that there really was hardly a good seat in the house. The seats were far too close to the enormous screen. I was turning my head through the whole thing and I could never see take in the whole screen at once. And my seat was roughly in middle. I feel very badly for anyone further down.<\/p>\n At the start of the movie, they run a little text across the screen and everyone laughed because no one could really read it. It was too big and we were all too close.<\/p>\n In the end, I wish I would have seen it at a normal theater. I feel like I was suckered in to see it on the super-high-tech screen. <\/p>\n Overall, though, it was a great film. Then again, I know I’m a sucker for big heroes and heroics. I like being a sucker for that, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You probably know what greenbaiting is, right? Like when they put hybrid engines in an SUV? Or when they put 20% post-consumer content in paper plates and call them "eco-plates?" Tonight, I think I experienced the same thing in technology and entertainment. I went and saw Superman Returns at the Tuttleman IMAX in Philadelphia. 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