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| Yes | 45% | 101 votes | Total: 225 votes | |
| No | 55% | 124 votes |
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by Nick Goundry
The BFI London IMAX is an ever-present background entity to all those who leave Waterloo International and descend the steps into the city. Since its erection in 1999, the struc...read more
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by MsRose
For 41 years, IMAX has been around. It began with a flop in Montreal, but did not end there. In Toronto, the first permanent IMAX system was built in 1971, and remains today. No...read more
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by Chris Thelen
Will IMAX theaters will go the way of the drive-in theater or will they become the hero that saves us from global warming? With the growing popularity of plasma televisions, y...read more
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by Amanda Baker
It is obvious now more than ever, that when you look out your front door in even the smallest town that technology and the movement of our society is to the bigger, better, and ...read more
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I have now seen a six story tall Spiderman and I may never be the same again. The IMAX theaters are the wave of the future. In some ways it is a total sensory overload. The t...read more
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by El Sombreron
The desire to increase the visual impact of movies began with IMAX. I seriously cannot find a reason for it not to reach the pinnacle of motion picture. The IMAX revoluti...read more
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Imax is the way of the future for the movie industry. This is the conclusion I came to nearly thirty years ago when I experienced a movie on the first ever Imax screen built on...read more
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by Mark Murphy
Yes! Or at least I really hope so. While many companies are making screens smaller and more portable, this isn't for watching first run movies. Portable DVD players and video i...read more
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As a citizen to relatively new to the IMAX technology country, I must admit I was charmed and disappointed the first time I went to a 3d movie. It was like a dream for me, becau...read more
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As spectacular and all encompassing as the Imax experience is, I'm afraid it simply is a representation of the future of the movie industry. There are only certain types of mov...read more
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by Todd Pheifer
Movie watching is a major part of our current culture as we are always attuned to our entertainment and cinematic media. We spend millions and millions of dollars going to the ...read more
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by Leon K
MAX viewing is not up to scratch. I am in the movie industry at this time, I sell DVD's both theatrical and straight to DVD movies. I can personally tell you that in the long ti...read more
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If you've ever seen a movie in an IMAX theater the first thing that you say is "Wow! It's huge!" and you are just blown away by the sheer scope of the film you're watching. It's...read more
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by jtfmulder
I don't think that IMAX is going away anytime soon. There are many advantages and disadvantages to the IMAX projection system. advantages IMAX is impressive large screen c...read more
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by Lou Rountree
IMAX is not the future of the movie industry. This unique technology which seems to justify bigger is better is more suited to a circus ride than motion picture entertainment. ...read more
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Is IMAX the future of the movie industry? Boy, I hope not. My first IMAX experience was a school field trip for science. I was a parent chaperon and had looked forward to the...read more
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by Richard Ford
The problem with IMAX is that it is the Betamax of the film world. Yes, the picture quality is very good. Yes, many films are 3D. In order for IMAX to take over it will be...read more
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by Ivan-ac
IMAX is impressive to be sure. The enormity of the screen and heightened definition of the picture itself, serve to literally envelope the viewer in a mind blowing sensory overl...read more
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While I love a good Imax film as much as the next guy, there are a number of reasons why Imax isn't the future. 1) IMAX doesn't translate well to all types of films. Yes,...read more
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by Ted Sherman
Unfortunately, victim of time IMAX will become a white elephant of the movie industry. Its time is past and fading fast. Like newspapers, magazines and other forms of print, pub...read more
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Twenty minutes into the showing of Spiderman 3 the buildings of New York combined with coordinated sound effects created a different cinematic experience that felt like you are ...read more
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The materials used to make the 3D films are nine times as expensive as making a normal film. It would limit the industry in that matter to only produce about a hundred or s...read more
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I don't believe that Imax will ever be the new medium for movies. As it stands today the young people of our nation do not consider going to "IMAX" theaters, but instead go to a...read more
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by Tac OHara
Seems to me, more people are buying smaller and smaller screens to watch movies than there are going to IMAX movies. By about 10 times! Shuh! With iPods, iPhones, and the myriad...read more
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