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Every day in August, we said to ourselves, "Gotta go see The Dark Knight in IMAX." Guess what we never got around to? Seeing The Dark Knight in IMAX. So when we stumbled across this press release from Warner Brothers, we counted our lucky stars that we'd be able to catch it in all its IMAX'ed glory (despite the cynic in us mumbling "They just want to cross the billion-dollar threshold").
The we looked at the Navy Pier theater's schedule...and despite the fact that they schedule films months in advance, we came up emptyhanded. No mention, no showtimes, no nothing. They couldn't be so stupid as to bypass Chicago in the re-release, could they?
The answer is no. A couple emails later and even though you'd assume it'd be a foregone conclusion, we've confirmed that TDK will be back in Chicago on January 23rd. Even if you've already seen the film a half-dozen times, it's a fair bet this second chance will get your bat-ass back into the theater. Those of us without gargantuan home-theater setups will be there to experience the movie in full gargantuan everything, the way it was meant to be, one last time.
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I am so there. I was supremely bumming I missed it on IMAX last summer!
@Tankboy:
It's a trip, but if you are the slightest big motion sick I'd advise caution and dramamine. The scene with the "(S)laughter" truck and batmobile did me in.
You know, I tend to have problems with those rides where they show a film in front of you and then move the floor thing to match it. Drives me nuts and makes me all oogly.
I'm willing to take the chance on massive projectile vomit on this one to see it in IMAX.
i saw it both in a reg theater and on imax.. imax was better.. AND i didn't feel sick at all. go see!
I saw this on opening night at Navy Pier, it was a great experience.
The best part is that several of the scenes were shot with IMAX film on IMAX cameras. You'll notice those shots at the IMAX theater when it goes from letter-boxed to full frame. I believe the opening scenes are full frame.
Seeing an aerial shot of Navy Pier while sitting in a theater on Navy Pier is kind of cool, too.
Lastly, if you can get 19 of your closest friends to agree on a showing, I'd recommend getting a group buy on the tickets. They are on sale well before the dates hit the general public website, and since seating is reserved, you can get _great_ seats this way. Also, the tickets are about $3 cheaper each.
Seeing TDK in IMAX was the most memorable movie going experience of my life.
Dark Knight in IMAX melted my face! As sfrazer mentioned some of the scenes are in full IMAX resolution not the standard upscaled treatment most Hollywood on IMAX films are.
Just wondering, where did they film it? Whatever city it was looks awesome, way better than NYC or LA!
I hope you were being sarcastic there, dopplerd
and, just in case you weren't:
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I saw it twice in IMAX and didn't feel dizzy either time. And I had trouble with Blair Witch. I totally recommend it. I vote for the third film in Omnimax.
How did I know Tankboy would be first in line...
It had actually been playing late on the weekends at Navy Pier for a while, a month or two at least, but that stopped about two weeks ago. I guess they just missed the "push".
Good movie, not great. Entertaining.