IMAX

[clshannon at aol.com]

I went to see POA at an IMAX theater and I can't recommend it more highly. 
Although I absolutely adore the movie, one of my minor quibbles with it after 
the first viewing in a regular theater was the almost too washed out, murky 
scenes in the Leaky Cauldron at the beginning and the somewhat grainy texture 
to the film - also the problems I had hearing it sometimes. 
Well, I am happy to say it is not the film, it is just the screen or even the 
prints that are sent to regular theaters - the IMAX version is incredibly 
clear and much brighter. You can see minute details on faces, backgrounds, etc. 
And the colors in the Cauldron scenes aren't as washed out as I thought.
My friend Cindy and I kept commenting on   this while watching. We noticed so 
many more things and even heard more things than we did the first and second 
(for her) times.
I was afraid that the big screen would give me vertigo in some scenes, but I 
think that's only films made especially for IMAX, like skydiving or race car 
driving or other things where the camera follows people off cliffs or something 
;) 
I never experienced that queasy feeling while watching the IMAX version - 
just the pure pleasure of an immense screen and incredibly clear picture. 
So, if you can get to an IMAX theater, do so!
Cindy


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