| Re: Movie Theaters vs. Home Theaters
Richard, you are a incredible source of information. I appreciate you taking the time to explain this stuff.
Until you mentioned it, I had forgotten about 70mm. I used to always go to 70mm showings instead of 35mm. And, it's interesting to read that Imax is basically the 70mm replacement these days.
I recently saw Transformers at the theater - mostly for a family outing type of thing. And the theater was pretty good, but throughout the movie I was thinking I would enjoy it more at home.
However, we also went to see Harry Potter on Imax and really enjoyed the large format and didn't wonder about watching it at home. And, the last 20 minutes were in 3-D which was fun.
I've seen a couple of other features at the Imax as well (Return of the King, and Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire) and the only complaint I have is it seems that every movie at some point has a piece of lint in a very noticeable place for several minutes.
Mitch
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