July 2, 2006

• movie I've seen recently (woah, deja vu)...

  Superman Returns in IMAX 3D (2006)  B-

  I've already seen Superman Returns once on a regular movie screen, but I wanted to try the IMAX experience which got me to see it one more time. Well I finally got to see it on IMAX, and I'm a bit disappointed that they only had four
  sections in 3D (and one of them was rather short). There were
  definitely some other sequences that I thought would have worked well
  in that format, so I'm not sure the reason they didn't take advantage of those. The quality of the 3D is actually pretty darn good,
  especially with scenes that have several "layers" to them, like the
  protruding land mass, an audience, and small buildings (like the farm).
  The quality of the 3D is almost similar to what you find in
  Disneyland's "Honey I shrunk the audience" or "It's tough to be a bug."
  There are definitely some scenes that felt as crystal clear as a pop up
  picture book, and I was pretty much in awe at the whole effect. It does
  have to be mentioned though, that some scenes (especially the fast
  moving kind) can tend to be a bit blurry, and in some ways ruined part
  of the visual experience (the last 3D flying sequence comes to mind).
  As for the none 3D sequences, it has to be noted that the much better resolution that IMAX
  brings does make everything look even prettier than on a regular screen.

  So now I've seen Superman Returns on a regular screen and on IMAX. If I was to recommend only one of the two, or to which
  version to see first, I would honestly suggest to go see it on the
  regular screen. Not saying the IMAX experience wasn't great, but there's still a sense of distraction that detracts from the film when seeing some sequence in 3D.

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