To anyone who may stumble upon this humble blog posting: if you have not seen "The Dark Knight" in an IMAX theater, please do yourself a favor and get thee to an IMAX theater before it's gone. To not do so will leave you forever chastising yourself for missing one of the most historic moments in cinematic history.
Yes. It IS THAT good!
Hey, I work at a facility with two IMAX theaters and today is the first time I had the chance to see it. My son, who had already seen it in a regular theater, joined me to see it at my work. Even he was totally blown away, and he knew what was going to happen!
The opening scenes, the scenes in Hong Kong, all the scenes where they used an IMAX camera completely fill the six-story screen at the Boeing IMAX Theater at Pacific Science Center in Seattle. I assume the same at your local IMAX theater. Combine that with the awesome surround sound system and the total environment is unreal.
Of course, all that great cinematography, IMAX, sound system and so on would be a total waste if not for the incredible acting, directing and writing that goes along with it. The storytelling is incredible. The death of Heath Ledger is even more profound now that I've seen what he did. I cannot imagine anyone trying to fill his shoes in future portrayals of The Joker.
Bottomline: go see The Dark Knight in IMAX. Even if you've already seen it. Once it's gone and relegated to DVD the magic will be long gone. It was incredible.
1 comment:
Phenomenal movies, best of the year!
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