The Avatar Thread

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In a horrifically embarrassing twist, it seems most IMAX is in fact not filmed on 70mm IMAX film at all but digitally rescaled from 35mm film.

http://gizmodo.com/5250780/how-regul...ome-imax-films

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So, IMAX is usually not quite the beast I first assumed it was and Avatar probably does look just as good as any other 'IMAX' movie would. The Dark Knight had some genuine 70mm shot IMAX scenes in it, though I doubt you'll manage to find that showing in an IMAX anywhere still

I've also seen plenty of 35mm movies (like Star Trek) up on the IMAX screen, projected from a 70mm film print, after DMR. There is absolutely no comparison. Star Trek is fun to watch on a big screen. The Dark Knight is so ridiculously detailed that your brain can barely process it.

So whilst what I was saying is true in theory, I was mistaken in assuming that IMAX films were actually... IMAX films.

The linear polarised 3D point still stands though