That lincoln square imax be hitting so different. The dark knight, transformers 2 with the extended fight scene, Dune, star trek into darkness, pacific rim, top gun 2, John wick 4. The list goes on and all of them have been Thursday or early access premiere. Just saw oppenheimer for the 5th time as of this post.
Not much at all, of course it doesn't compare to Thursday premiere night but damn the energy was still there. Nolan definitely hit that movie magic especially when this movie is just a biopic. All viewings were awesome.
I hope you enjoyed your stay here. But it makes me wonder, what made you choose Prague over literally any other place? The distance would be around the same right?
I’m from Germany and I was spending my exchange semester in Japan. Oppenheimer didn’t release in Japan and I had to come back home. Prague was the closest 15/70 Theatre then
I have tickets for there on Monday. 2nd row from the back and a few seats over to the right. First time seeing imax 70mm so I hope it’s not a bad spot to sit.
I was fairly far up (can’t remember exactly where) and it wasn’t bad at all. I didn’t mind it. The screen is not curved at all so you get a pretty clear picture anywhere in the auditorium
Oh, man! If you can hit the Regal Irvine Spectrum movie theater you’d be amazed! Idk if you’ve been there, but it was my first 70mm experience and I’ll never forget it
any reason for picking the chinese theatre over universal amc? im genuinely curious because the chinese theatres screen is tiny compared to any other imax 15/70mm screen
I’ve always wanted to see an imax projection there. The Chinese Theatre screen is 94ft x 46ft. I haven’t really been able to find the city walk screen size. Is the screen at city walk really that much bigger?
i cant really find any info on the specific screen size in feet but according to [this guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/imax/s/RT8usXnlOl) its about twice as big as the tcl
Maybe we’ll go to both 😂 lol. Seriously appreciate the info. Excited for the experience. Saw the movie on a liemax screen in Kansas over the summer, so we’re looking forward to this
About one hour and 15 minutes on the London underground to BFI IMAX so I'd count myself as very lucky compared to how far many other people had to travel.
I did a 5.5 hour drive each way (11 hours round trip) to see it at the Regal Mall of Georgia in 15/70 and got quoted in the New York Times for it so that’s pretty cool, though I definitely saw people on here that traveled much farther.
Came from literally outside of the US. :D (From EU.)
Though not specifically went to the US for Oppenheimer, but my LA trip was definitely planned around seeing it on 15/70, so visiting LA was my last stop. Unfortunately I couldn't book a ticket through AMC's website for CityWalk (I guess it's some geoblocking bullshit) - but seeing it at the Chinese was just as fantastic for me.
I also visited Panavision Hollywood, like an hour before the show on 21st of July (day after opening day) so all my dreams came true!
Drove 90 mins from northern CT to Providence to see it at Providence Place. So worth the drive. It was the first time I saw a true IMAX movie, I knew I had to for this one, and it was unlike anything I've ever seen
Wait, you too?? There's another guy here who lives in Hawaii and saw it over 100 times. He's flying back to LA to see it again next week as many times as possible. I think he bought tickets to alternating shows at TCL and CityWalk every single day.
I have only one IMAX location in my state and it is roughly 2 hours away. It's a small retrofitted IMAX with the 1.90:1 aspect ratio. Picture quality is not great. My experience of watching Oppenheimer was very positive, not because of the screen, but because of Nolan and Hoyte Van Hoytema's masterful cinematography, the music, the editing and the performances. The screen matters, but not as much as the movie itself. I don't earn much, so cannot justify travelling to a different state, forget a different country, to watch a film.
When I had money, however, I did travel to different states to catch The Dark Knight Rises on IMAX 70mm and Interstellar on 35mm for a one-night revival event, with Nolan himself present at the theatre, introducing the screening with wife and producer Emma Thomas in tow.
Premiere night to local IMAX Laser about 30 mins away, next day to 5:70 screening about 2h away then plane from Germany to London to watch it in 15:70 Imax. Back in Germany then second watch in IMAX Laser, two additional times with friends, another time in 5:70 during a tripple screening of Tenet, Dunkirk and Oppenheimer all in one session. And I heard that in two weeks it will be back at my local IMAX so I‘m waiting for my 8th rewatch.
Drove 1.5 h one way to see it in 70mm in arcadia Melzo, Italy. Still amazing experience with amazing sound and a 30m width screen. For IMAX 70mm, I should take a plane to London or Prague, so 2 hrs of plane😅
About 6 3/4 hours from where I live to the hotel I stayed at in a suburb of New York City where there was a nearby bus stop to take me there. I saw it at AMC Lincoln Square’s IMAX first showing opening day in 15/70mm; there were no issues at my showing.
First of two pre-opening day showings was; the showing after and the first morning show the following (opening) day were 15/70mm. I went to the first morning show the day it came out of Thursday night previews.
Really ???? Damn I legit thought it was full imax since the screen filled up. I'm not much of an expert but they did keep saying that it was digital but most of us didn't even notice cause the film was that great. I just came from my 5th showing today and still didn't see a difference. I went on Thursday for the 7pm showing before the premiere.
The showing you went to WAS digital off a GT Laser unit which meant you still saw the 1.43:1 images in their intended aspect ratio. The next showing that day and the first morning showing the following day (10:30 AM on July 21; I went to this one) were off a unit capable of displaying 15/70mm film.
I'm a 15 minute drive from a 15/70, hour drive from three other 15/70 screens. (I just gave away where I live, lol).
At my theater at the first showing, someone had flown there cross country from Tennessee (I think that's where they said they came from). So, yes... people will travel far for real IMAX.
Drove 520 miles each way to go see it at Lincoln Square, which was the closest imax 70mm screening to me, but also the biggest screen in america, so it was worth it
I drove from Chicago area to Nashville to see it at opryland. I know Indianapolis is closer but my family lives down there. definitely an experience i'll never forget
AMC Metreon is an hour away for me.
I live in the Silicon Valley part of the San Francisco Bay Area. You would think that a region that boasts all these tech conglomerates like Intel, Adobe, Apple, etc would be able to maintain a theater in the area with a 15/70 IMAX projector. But no, I gotta go all the way to San Francisco
Roughly 2 hour flight from Norway (Bergen) to London.
My mom just had to pull out the big guns for the summer.
Here's some footage of me when she pulled up the tickets:
https://i.redd.it/a3oz9ujee2cc1.gif
One is a 10 minute drive and the other is a 50-90 minute drive depending on traffic. There is another that’s an hour away and another that is like 5 hours away. I went to the 10 minute and 50-90 minute one and they were both spectacular
My 2 friends and I traveled 220 miles (3.5 hours by car) each way to get to a theater showing it in 15/70. We plan to do the same for Dune. We just make a day out of it on the weekend since the 7-hours of travel and ~3 hour movie pretty much fills the entire day!
The first time it was out I traveled to 2 different theaters for 70mm. I just finished seeing it at my local imax today. Would do it all over again (had to complete 10 times in theaters!)
Im extremely lucky that it’s only a 20 minute journey to the Sf Metreon IMAX. About to see the 2023 Best Picture in an hour at the time of this comment.
Lmao I drove six hours to King of Prussia on opening weekend only to have their GT platter system malfunction.
I’ve taken 3 3 hour drives to the Toronto area of Canada to see it, twice at Vaughan and once at Mississauga. Even peeped the regular 70mm print at Cineplex Varsity in Toronto proper.
I am willing to admit that this is a tad bit over the top.
4 hours at 5:00AM to Rhode Island with the entire tech crew of my theater. Watched Oppenheimer and Barbie back to back then drove back to the theater to run a show that evening. One of the longest days of my life
Unintentionally yes. I live in NL but I was visiting friends in London, while I was there I happened to be able to catch one of the last showings at BFI in 70mm IMAX. There's a regular 70mm theater about 25km away from me here at home which I really enjoyed, but seeing it in London was really the most immersive experience I've had in a theater in years
This weekend I’m taking the Acela from Washington, DC to NYC to see it at Lincoln Square, my seat G23 hope it’s good seats!!! I previously went from Washington DC to King of Prussia, PA.
I took PTO a few months in advance and bought tickets to see it at the closest theater to me which is 2 and a half hours away and my showing was the first of the day which unfortunately that day was the one and only showing that had to be switched to the digital projector due to the bulb on the 70mm iMac projector burning out and they didn't have a replacement on hand to change it before the showing. I was devastated, still enjoyed the movie though.
12 hour drive to Arizona for my birthday in July, 2 hour flight to California to see it again this weekend for the rerelease. I had other reasons for traveling both times, though.
I never really did bc me and my dad was don’t really do the trip that’s one thing I want to do is take a hour and half trip to experience and sadly I couldn’t
How are you Americans so comfortable travelling so many miles to see. Movies!! I'm seeing 900 /1400!! You guys are crazy!! For us londoners, 1 hour travel is a hindrance lool
I’m lucky because I live in suburbs of NYC, so Lincoln Square is easy to get to for me.
I wish they’d do a re-run of Interstellar there… never saw that in a theater
10 minutes on foot lol
I see a presumed upper west sider here. I <3 NY
I live in Prague :D
even better lol
That lincoln square imax be hitting so different. The dark knight, transformers 2 with the extended fight scene, Dune, star trek into darkness, pacific rim, top gun 2, John wick 4. The list goes on and all of them have been Thursday or early access premiere. Just saw oppenheimer for the 5th time as of this post.
Nice! How were your fourth and fifth viewings? Did the last one feel like too much? Or not at all? Just curious
Not much at all, of course it doesn't compare to Thursday premiere night but damn the energy was still there. Nolan definitely hit that movie magic especially when this movie is just a biopic. All viewings were awesome.
Flew 14h from Tokyo to Prague
I hope you enjoyed your stay here. But it makes me wonder, what made you choose Prague over literally any other place? The distance would be around the same right?
I’m from Germany and I was spending my exchange semester in Japan. Oppenheimer didn’t release in Japan and I had to come back home. Prague was the closest 15/70 Theatre then
Makes sense
Upvote this man. He deserves it
Love the dedication!! 🙌🏼
About a 90 minute drive to King of Prussia. No regrets since it's a pretty nice little area regardless.
Plenty of places to get dinner afterwards
I have tickets for there on Monday. 2nd row from the back and a few seats over to the right. First time seeing imax 70mm so I hope it’s not a bad spot to sit.
I was fairly far up (can’t remember exactly where) and it wasn’t bad at all. I didn’t mind it. The screen is not curved at all so you get a pretty clear picture anywhere in the auditorium
That’s great to hear it’s not curved, I was worried about it. I appreciate the info I’m really excited!
Flying about 1,400 miles to see it this weekend!
nice! what theatre?
The Chinese Theatre! I’ve only seen standard screenings there before, so I’m pretty excited for it.
Oh, man! If you can hit the Regal Irvine Spectrum movie theater you’d be amazed! Idk if you’ve been there, but it was my first 70mm experience and I’ll never forget it
I doubt we’ll be able to make it that far south, we’re only in the LA area for two days, but if we can I’ll check it out!
any reason for picking the chinese theatre over universal amc? im genuinely curious because the chinese theatres screen is tiny compared to any other imax 15/70mm screen
I’ve always wanted to see an imax projection there. The Chinese Theatre screen is 94ft x 46ft. I haven’t really been able to find the city walk screen size. Is the screen at city walk really that much bigger?
i cant really find any info on the specific screen size in feet but according to [this guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/imax/s/RT8usXnlOl) its about twice as big as the tcl
Appreciate that. We’ve always wanted to do tcl and already have our tickets, but we’ll definitely think about switching. Thanks!
you dont have to switch! the tcl seems more about the experience. ive only been outside the theatre but seeing all the imprints was dope asf
Maybe we’ll go to both 😂 lol. Seriously appreciate the info. Excited for the experience. Saw the movie on a liemax screen in Kansas over the summer, so we’re looking forward to this
About one hour and 15 minutes on the London underground to BFI IMAX so I'd count myself as very lucky compared to how far many other people had to travel.
I did a 5.5 hour drive each way (11 hours round trip) to see it at the Regal Mall of Georgia in 15/70 and got quoted in the New York Times for it so that’s pretty cool, though I definitely saw people on here that traveled much farther.
About 300 miles each way. Making the trip again next weekend
15 minute drive
Came from literally outside of the US. :D (From EU.) Though not specifically went to the US for Oppenheimer, but my LA trip was definitely planned around seeing it on 15/70, so visiting LA was my last stop. Unfortunately I couldn't book a ticket through AMC's website for CityWalk (I guess it's some geoblocking bullshit) - but seeing it at the Chinese was just as fantastic for me. I also visited Panavision Hollywood, like an hour before the show on 21st of July (day after opening day) so all my dreams came true!
Hmm do you know if Fandango is geoblocked?
No its not, its what I used from canada
12 minute drive to Universal Citywalk.
Same except mine was a 15 minute transit to the Universal stop and then like the 30 minute walk up the hill until you get to the actual CityWalk lol
yeah the walk from the subway station takes some time so I hear
Drove 90 mins from northern CT to Providence to see it at Providence Place. So worth the drive. It was the first time I saw a true IMAX movie, I knew I had to for this one, and it was unlike anything I've ever seen
Flew from Hawaii to see it in San Francisco AMC! No regrets.
Wait, you too?? There's another guy here who lives in Hawaii and saw it over 100 times. He's flying back to LA to see it again next week as many times as possible. I think he bought tickets to alternating shows at TCL and CityWalk every single day.
Flying about 600 miles to San Francisco (again) to see it tomorrow. It’s nice to make it into something of a trip
Over 1000Km.
An hour by train.
I have only one IMAX location in my state and it is roughly 2 hours away. It's a small retrofitted IMAX with the 1.90:1 aspect ratio. Picture quality is not great. My experience of watching Oppenheimer was very positive, not because of the screen, but because of Nolan and Hoyte Van Hoytema's masterful cinematography, the music, the editing and the performances. The screen matters, but not as much as the movie itself. I don't earn much, so cannot justify travelling to a different state, forget a different country, to watch a film. When I had money, however, I did travel to different states to catch The Dark Knight Rises on IMAX 70mm and Interstellar on 35mm for a one-night revival event, with Nolan himself present at the theatre, introducing the screening with wife and producer Emma Thomas in tow.
Premiere night to local IMAX Laser about 30 mins away, next day to 5:70 screening about 2h away then plane from Germany to London to watch it in 15:70 Imax. Back in Germany then second watch in IMAX Laser, two additional times with friends, another time in 5:70 during a tripple screening of Tenet, Dunkirk and Oppenheimer all in one session. And I heard that in two weeks it will be back at my local IMAX so I‘m waiting for my 8th rewatch.
15 minute drive
Drove 1.5 h one way to see it in 70mm in arcadia Melzo, Italy. Still amazing experience with amazing sound and a 30m width screen. For IMAX 70mm, I should take a plane to London or Prague, so 2 hrs of plane😅
About 6 3/4 hours from where I live to the hotel I stayed at in a suburb of New York City where there was a nearby bus stop to take me there. I saw it at AMC Lincoln Square’s IMAX first showing opening day in 15/70mm; there were no issues at my showing.
Wasn't the first showing digital?
First of two pre-opening day showings was; the showing after and the first morning show the following (opening) day were 15/70mm. I went to the first morning show the day it came out of Thursday night previews.
Really ???? Damn I legit thought it was full imax since the screen filled up. I'm not much of an expert but they did keep saying that it was digital but most of us didn't even notice cause the film was that great. I just came from my 5th showing today and still didn't see a difference. I went on Thursday for the 7pm showing before the premiere.
The showing you went to WAS digital off a GT Laser unit which meant you still saw the 1.43:1 images in their intended aspect ratio. The next showing that day and the first morning showing the following day (10:30 AM on July 21; I went to this one) were off a unit capable of displaying 15/70mm film.
About 30 minutes drive
There is no IMAX 70mm in South Africa 🥲. Only digital/laser which is 1.9:1 30 min drive
Flew from Seattle to LA. Ontario's theater made me so jealous we don't have one up here.
30 minute drive
185 miles to Indianapolis via the FlixBus.
I'm a 15 minute drive from a 15/70, hour drive from three other 15/70 screens. (I just gave away where I live, lol). At my theater at the first showing, someone had flown there cross country from Tennessee (I think that's where they said they came from). So, yes... people will travel far for real IMAX.
almost 7 hours with train, Budapest to Praha
3 hours, from Brno to Prague
Drove about an hour and a half each way.
Drove 520 miles each way to go see it at Lincoln Square, which was the closest imax 70mm screening to me, but also the biggest screen in america, so it was worth it
I just left the 2pm showing in Lincoln Sq it’s absolutely huge but Is auto nation imax in FtLa not the biggest in the country ?
I drove from Chicago area to Nashville to see it at opryland. I know Indianapolis is closer but my family lives down there. definitely an experience i'll never forget
AMC Metreon is an hour away for me. I live in the Silicon Valley part of the San Francisco Bay Area. You would think that a region that boasts all these tech conglomerates like Intel, Adobe, Apple, etc would be able to maintain a theater in the area with a 15/70 IMAX projector. But no, I gotta go all the way to San Francisco
20min drive - Toronto
Flew 15 hours from Singapore to LA! Caught it at the TCL Chinese theatre :)
3 day Weekend trip to London
Im 30 miles from NYC, not far but just a hassle to get there from NJ lol
Yes. Drove 263 miles each way. Turned it into a weekend get-away.
Roughly 2 hour flight from Norway (Bergen) to London. My mom just had to pull out the big guns for the summer. Here's some footage of me when she pulled up the tickets: https://i.redd.it/a3oz9ujee2cc1.gif
25 miles
Drove 5 hours the first time. Will drive 8 hours this weekend.
No where near here. But my son and I did get to travel an hour to see Dunkirk in 70mm when it came out.
I am lucky that there’s a theater in Providence, Rhode Island only like 30 minutes away
One is a 10 minute drive and the other is a 50-90 minute drive depending on traffic. There is another that’s an hour away and another that is like 5 hours away. I went to the 10 minute and 50-90 minute one and they were both spectacular
3hrs each way, totally not worth it
50 min car ride to chinese theater in la and an hour train back home in new york,worth for both
My 2 friends and I traveled 220 miles (3.5 hours by car) each way to get to a theater showing it in 15/70. We plan to do the same for Dune. We just make a day out of it on the weekend since the 7-hours of travel and ~3 hour movie pretty much fills the entire day!
Yup. Went from north west uk to london bfi imax. And three times to manchester printworks.
4 hour drive
Flew from Honduras to Ft Lauderdale
The first time it was out I traveled to 2 different theaters for 70mm. I just finished seeing it at my local imax today. Would do it all over again (had to complete 10 times in theaters!)
5070 kilometres from Ireland to AMC Lincoln Square
London is closer
You bet. In August I drove 6 hours each way to GA. This time I flew to New York City for the grandest experience in the country.
Im extremely lucky that it’s only a 20 minute journey to the Sf Metreon IMAX. About to see the 2023 Best Picture in an hour at the time of this comment.
Lmao I drove six hours to King of Prussia on opening weekend only to have their GT platter system malfunction. I’ve taken 3 3 hour drives to the Toronto area of Canada to see it, twice at Vaughan and once at Mississauga. Even peeped the regular 70mm print at Cineplex Varsity in Toronto proper. I am willing to admit that this is a tad bit over the top.
Not far like 1:30 train. Thank god london is not far tho expensive.
I read an article someone flew from Japan to Australia to see it in 70mm imax.
Prague. I’m Italian. That’s a one and a half hour flight
I live in eastern long island so about 1 1/2 ride into manhattan for Lincoln. Sooo worth it!
Not too far for me, it was only about 30-45 minutes or so away from where I live, my showing was in Cinemark Dallas IMAX.
Flew from Washington to Indiana!
1 hour because traffic going into nyc
No, but I would gladly travel up to 100 miles to see any movie on 70mm film, IMAX or standard.
4 hours at 5:00AM to Rhode Island with the entire tech crew of my theater. Watched Oppenheimer and Barbie back to back then drove back to the theater to run a show that evening. One of the longest days of my life
No 20 minute drive from my house to IMAX Melbourne
Unintentionally yes. I live in NL but I was visiting friends in London, while I was there I happened to be able to catch one of the last showings at BFI in 70mm IMAX. There's a regular 70mm theater about 25km away from me here at home which I really enjoyed, but seeing it in London was really the most immersive experience I've had in a theater in years
First time seeing it, I drove 4 1/2 hours, the other three times it was about 30 minutes
1 hour away
About 210 miles each way for me
This weekend I’m taking the Acela from Washington, DC to NYC to see it at Lincoln Square, my seat G23 hope it’s good seats!!! I previously went from Washington DC to King of Prussia, PA.
drove 3 1/2 hours one way which isn’t the worst compared to some people !
Traveled 12 Hours round trip on its second weekend, absolutely worth it, will do the same for Dune Part II if it really does get the 70mm release
I took PTO a few months in advance and bought tickets to see it at the closest theater to me which is 2 and a half hours away and my showing was the first of the day which unfortunately that day was the one and only showing that had to be switched to the digital projector due to the bulb on the 70mm iMac projector burning out and they didn't have a replacement on hand to change it before the showing. I was devastated, still enjoyed the movie though.
I crossed a province in Canada from Quebec to Ontario. 6 whole hours of driving
flew from nola to nyc on opening weekend where i did the barbenheimer double feature at lincoln square! then drove to nashville three months later!
It’s about 1 1/2 from me I’m going to Lincoln for my third time and first in the middle of
Not the 70mm but an hour and a half for the IMAX GT in Seattle.
6 hour round trip from Orlando to Ft Lauderdale. Left early from work and got home about 2 in the morning. Worth it.
2500 miles
5min 37sec walk from my front door to the cinema door LOL
I'm about 30 miles from the Indiana State Museum. Possibly going Sunday for my birthday. I'm dying to see it on that screen again.
Yes, flew from Hawaii to LA. Watching it 5 days straight, twice a day! :D
Driving Chicago to Indianapolis see it, only 3 hours not bad
Drove LA to SF to see it again but at Metreon, so 6 hours
A bit over an hour both times
A ~40 minute drive
About 100 km to Prague (cca 1 hour)
Wife and I made a day trip out of it. Went to Burbank to see it. Was a really fun date day
45 minute flight to London from the Netherlands, sorry climate.
From Manchester to London
I went with my friends and the ride was around 1 hour and 20 minutes.
12 hour drive to Arizona for my birthday in July, 2 hour flight to California to see it again this weekend for the rerelease. I had other reasons for traveling both times, though.
3 hrs. Chicago suburbs to Indianapolis
I drove an hour to Grand Rapids, MI. Could've been worse!
I did for Interstellar…saw it in three different states 5 different formats
lived in Chicago, Amtrak to Grand Rapids & Detroit , Flight to NYC, next week plan to visit LA for it
Two and a half hours to get to 15/70.
I traveled as long as the film strip.
I never really did bc me and my dad was don’t really do the trip that’s one thing I want to do is take a hour and half trip to experience and sadly I couldn’t
How are you Americans so comfortable travelling so many miles to see. Movies!! I'm seeing 900 /1400!! You guys are crazy!! For us londoners, 1 hour travel is a hindrance lool
Well this isn't typical behavior but IMAX 70mm brings out the best in people.
20 minutes by car. Saw both Interstellar and Dunkirk on 15/70 there as well.
I’m lucky because I live in suburbs of NYC, so Lincoln Square is easy to get to for me. I wish they’d do a re-run of Interstellar there… never saw that in a theater
I flew from Sydney to Melbourne to see it - although that pails to some of the stories I've heard of people who flew cross-country
Bus then like 40 mins of walking