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‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disap… (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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[-] errer@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

The imax thing is more a “symptom” of Nolan’s dedication to his craft, which shows up in many other ways in his movies. A tiny fraction care he filmed it that way, but many more care about his general level of attention to quality.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah and I appreciate attention to quality just fine. It's just that most people will see half the screen.

[-] isleepinahammock 2 points 3 days ago

The idea that you won't see half the screen is a bit misleading. You're making it sound like a movie that was designed to only work in IMAX and was then crudely cropped to fit a regular screen.

That's absolutely not how this is done. Instead, they design each shot to work just fine on a regular screen. The IMAX just adds extra space and spectacle at the edges. You get a broader vista, but the actual scene and characters will be the same in both.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

There are definitely a bunch of shots where the chop is pretty obvious. But they were shots where you are meant to feel a bit claustrophobic anyway so it was mostly fine. I think the only scene where it felt off was at the very end where the combat choreography felt like it was lacking some scale.

[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

It’s just that most people will see half the screen.

OOOOHHHHH are you upset that the 70mm IMAX version isn't available in your country?

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Good job, you can read. I am saying that most people will be not be able to even choose that option in the world. So all that extra effort that makes it so much more expensive and slow is wasted on most of the audience. But apparently it's a big nono to say something about it.