![]() I can’t for the life of me understand how this could work for the entire film, but a press release says, “ScreenX’s peripheral three-screen design allows audiences to take in majestic views and puts them right in the middle of the unique and beautiful world of Pandora. This experience includes side screens that expand the image to 270 degrees. (The 4DX at the Regal E-Walk, near Times Square in New York City, will.) Disney has confirmed that 280 of these screens will be wired up for Avatar.Īnother newfangled screening option is something called ScreenX. It is also unclear if some or all of these screens will make use of the HFR technology. Will there be mists of water in the auditorium as a space whale the size of an aircraft carrier splashes down during moments of action-adventure triumph? This is currently unknown. This is where the seats actually move, and there is the occasional use of wind effects and other theme-park-like shenanigans. There is the “rattle-and-shake” play, known as 4DX or D-BOX, depending on the theater chain. Then there’s also 3D in a regular old theater (thousands of screens), and for the folks who just don’t like 3D (or those who can’t see the difference, so why pay extra?), there is the good old-fashioned 2D option.īut wait, there’s more. It is a little unclear how many offer the HFR (more on that at the end-I know this is complicated blame Cameron). ![]() This option is known as PLF (premium large format) in the biz, and Disney has confirmed there are 950 such screens domestically, 75% of them 3D. This option offers the more pristine picture and sound, often in a comfy auditorium with reclining seats, but with a wee upcharge. The next level down in grandeur would be 3D on a Dolby or RPX screen. I recall one particularly exhilarating shot of a Na’vi hair braid whipping across the screen before tangling with a sea monster.Ī Disney rep confirmed to VF that there are 400 IMAX 3D auditoriums in the US and Canada ready to take you to Pandora on opening weekend. Regarding the 3D, my personal experience was so overwhelmed by the newness of variable HFR that the 3D was something of an afterthought. Movie Add to Watch List Are You There God It's Me, Margaret. You’ll get all the size and all the depth, and if the theater near you shows true IMAX (not LieMAX), you are bound for glory. Movie Theater In Lancaster, California Cinemark 22 and IMAX Cinemark 22 IMAX and ScreenX Theatre Info Featured Movies The Super Mario Bros. (Though putting words in the King of the World’s mouth is a fool’s errand.)īut there are other options for seeing The Way of Water, and one’s a literal biggie: IMAX. One would surmise that director James Cameron himself signed off on allowing the press to view it this way, so a case can be made that this is his preferred experience. Thus far, members of the press who have seen the movie in major markets, with most (but not all) having liked it, did so in Dolby 3D HFR. ![]() Yes, by all means, get thee to the cinema and return to the gorgeous fantasy realm of Pandora, where cerulean bipeds save on gas by riding winged beasts for transport, but the question remains: Just how should you see this film? As it turns out, there are many options when it comes to format for this movie, some complicated, but here are the ways of water. (Yes, your grandmother was named Mabel.) For wise consumers looking to see Avatar: The Way of Water (and, by all accounts, it looks as if there will be many doing so on opening weekend), it’s not quite that simple. This is how your grandparents decided on seeing a movie back in the day. I saw Black Panther and Birds of Prey in it, and BOP didn't need it but BP had great aerial combat scenes there.“Mabel, let’s you and I go to the pictures, whaddya say?” Sit in the back of the center section so you can see most of the side stuff and feel immersed without having to turn your head all the time or feeling like you're missing out by being close. ![]() It's much less essential viewing than IMAX since the extra stuff is superfluous and added in post, not something filmed on the core camera as part of framing and everything. It's kinda like how IMAX expands vertically for some scenes - this expands horizontally. Additional CG expanded scenery and settings are projected on the side walls of the auditorium (at a lower resolution), during select sequences. The core movie is all on the center screen. So if you can find a theater that has 4DX and ScreenX, you'll get three screens and you'll get the moving chairs and the smoke and the snow and all the stuff that happens with the 4DX experience.' I definitely recommend checking ScreenX out eventually but mileage does vary. The entire gimmick is that it's 270 degrees around you so that you're immersed and ultimately can't take it all in because it's theoretically happening around you like in VR. And there's even a version where they do ScreenX plus 4DX.
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