IMAX vs regular movies - Skyfall

[juliahenry]

Dh and I have a date to see Skyfall on Friday. I can't wait.

Anyway, the local options include regular or, for like 2x the price, IMAX.

Worth it? Or not?

[BAMFMrsB]

So very NOT $$MM: If IMAX is available, DH and I always choose this option. There are 2 within resonable driving distance for us, so we often see movies in IMAX. Regal also offers their "RPX experience" which is kinda an IMAXlite version.

We'll probably see Skyfall on Friday

[M]

No movie is worth going to see for us lol. We wait until it comes out on DVD. We have a projector so it's better than the theater IMO haha. We're huge James Bond fan so we'll probably buy this one since we have the others.

Are they making it in 3D?

[dutchgirl678]

We saw Skyfall in the regular movie theater and I thought it was great. I won't pay to see IMAX unless the movie is specifically filmed with 3D cameras such as with Avatar. When we saw Harry Potter with IMAX it was actually hurting my eyes and most of the time the movie was not in 3D anyway, only small portions were.

[pitterwoo]

I may not be enough of a movie theater buff to answer this right, but I wouldn't do it. We saw it last night and there definitely are some striking scenes but nothing that would compel me to go for IMAX.

[Deleted]

If it's available in IMAX I'll see it in IMAX. If it's available in 3D, I'll see it in 3D. If it's available in IMAX 3D, I'll probably see it twice.

I love going to the movies and don't mind spending more to intensive the experience.

[liveintheville]

We're going tomorrow and are not doing IMAX. We would but the show times for IMAX don't work for us. I doubt we'll be losing out on anything.

However, we made a point of seeing the Dark Knight Rises in IMAX.

[niemand88f]

Nov 13, 2012 16:43:52 GMT -5 blissanity said:

If it's available in IMAX I'll see it in IMAX. If it's available in 3D, I'll see it in 3D. If it's available in IMAX 3D, I'll probably see it twice.

I love going to the movies and don't mind spending more to intensive the experience.

Have you tried dbox motion seats? A couple Megaplex theatres around here have them, they're pretty fun with the right movie.

Skyfall was good in IMAX, I would see it that way if the time is right.

[dr.girlfriend]

The scenery is beautiful, unless you're strapped for cash I would bump up to IMAX.

[liveintheville]

Nov 13, 2012 21:26:47 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

The scenery is beautiful, unless you're strapped for cash I would bump up to IMAX.

Damn! This is so sad but the IMAX showing is 7:30 which is too late for me since I wouldn't be home until 10:30-11 :-(

[raangoli]

Either way you can't go wrong. This move was awesome!

[uscuba2]

Great movie however, Skyfall was not shot with IMAX cameras or with HD cameras. Roger Deakins used the Arri Alexa digital cinema camera in RAW image mode to provide the highest possible resolution and dynamic range (the number of exposure stops the camera can reproduce.

So you are getting a little more panorama but imho not worth the extra cost.