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07-31-2004, 05:43 AM
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 Harry Potter and the Magically enhanced film Summary:
A news reporter who saw PoA at IMAX said that all it is, is the film version on a bigger screen Article:
Thanks to Wizardnews Quote: One of the biggest kicks of working at a newspaper is reading how much effort is put into press releases. A lot of times, they are strongly reminiscent of a college term paper — littered with unrecognizable terms, quotes too well-crafted to actually be said and filler, lots and lots of filler.
The latest press release to cross my desk was sent from the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, which announced the arrival of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience."
Sounds cool, doesn't it? An already entertaining and visually enhanced movie inflated to a six-story screen and doused with 12,000 watts of digital sound.
Convinced it would be "the world's most powerful and involving film experience" — so says the press release — I checked out the movie last weekend. I left the movie fairly certain my $12.50 wasn't wasted. But then I realized all I saw was "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" blown up to a larger screen.
Here's what the press release said: "This isn't just a case of taking a 35-mm feature film and projecting it on a bigger screen. DMR (Digitally re-mastering technology) goes through the film frame-by-frame and, instead of just enlarging the image — a process that would increase the celluloid's grain — actually reconfigures it to achieve maximum clarity."
OK, so basically, you blew the film up to a larger screen?
I'm pretty sure everyone at the IMAX theater this weekend didn't notice or didn't care to notice the reconfigured celluloid's grain. Nor do they really care about the work done to inflate the movie on a larger film platter.
Not to slam the hard-working "Harry Potter" image technicians, but all they did was stretch the film and make every image normal again.
Regular IMAX movies are shot with special cameras that engage audiences and make them feel they are swimming in the screen, watching the movie at 360 degrees. The first time we've seen an IMAX, our eyes were tired because there were so many visuals to see, and that's the essence of IMAX.
And that's what makes those 50-minute movies fly by so fast.
Since "Harry Potter" was shot with 35-mm cameras, bewitching an IMAX audience is a tough spell to learn. And learn is the key word here.
Since IMAX technology is still new and developing, the IMAX industry and the Whitaker Center deserve a break. The Whitaker was one of only a handful of IMAX theaters in the country that screened the latest "Harry Potter" flick. And props for finding a movie everyone in the family can enjoy.
The day when authentic IMAX full-length movies air isn't too far away, and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience" is definitely a good start.
But next time, perhaps toning down the press release would be a more honest approach.
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07-31-2004, 08:03 AM
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I saw the movie on opening night on an IMAX screen and i agree that it's not much better than a regular screen, having seen it 3 more times after at different theaters
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07-31-2004, 04:00 PM
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Hmmmm... So it isn't a really big thing then? It looks-and sounds-AMAZING!!! But I guess it isn't a really, then....
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07-31-2004, 05:07 PM
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i that scounds cool!
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07-31-2004, 05:21 PM
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Quote: Hmmmm... So it isn't a really big thing then? It looks-and sounds-AMAZING!!! But I guess it isn't a really, then.... yea thats wut i was thinking.....good thing i didnt c it on imax
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07-31-2004, 06:37 PM
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07-31-2004, 06:44 PM
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I saw The Matrix Reloaded at the IMAX, and it was neat.. but having seen the movie already, it really wasn't worth 12.50. My local IMAX isn't even playing HP until November, so I really don't see the point of going to see it when I'll already own it.
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07-31-2004, 07:09 PM
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i went and saw hp3 on an imax (10 stories tall, not 6 tho) and i thought it was really cool! ive seen lotr 1 and spiderman on the imax and they were pretty cool, but i liked harry potter the best, it felt like u were right there and the WB sign felt like it was gonna hit u and i just thought it was amazing... its not like the movies MADE for imax but i definitely thought it was cool
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07-31-2004, 08:13 PM
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i saw it in IMAX opening night 2..i liked it, im mean like a million foot rupert and dan...whats not to like
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07-31-2004, 08:27 PM
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I saw POA on a normal screen at the cinema but i saw spiderman two at the normal cinema it was ok,but i went to the imax at manchester and that was brilliant and it was the same price as the local one next time films that i really fancy im going to get a lift to imax at manchester and see it there cos it is such a better screen and lots better sound :flowersmile:
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07-31-2004, 09:39 PM
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I saw it at the IMAX in Bradford. I noticed this and so did my older brother, it didn't fit the entire screen and all they did was kinda blow it up. It wasn't that great, I mean the sound was excellent and when it was Buckbeak's flight and the Quidditch match it was wonderful! You really did get the appreciation of the scenes on this screen, but on the other scenes it was basically the same. When they all come up from the Whomping Willow near the end of the film, where it was black it was grainy, the screen I mean. So it wasn't great quality to be honest.
It was a nice experience to go see it at the IMAX, but the best place I saw PoA was in the Odeon in Leicester Square in London the day after the European Premiere. First time to see it for EVERYONE in the cinema and it was the best atmosphere I've ever experienced for a cinema!  | |
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08-01-2004, 02:55 AM
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ok. well, i'd still wanna see it. i mean, even if it is just a bigger version of the movie. i mean, who'd pass up a chance to see Daniel Radcliffe 16 feet tall? NOT ME!!!! :sorcerer:
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