It's sold out for the next 3 weeks for every seat in the 70 mm IMAX near me. In addition, the new IMAX cameras are much better and easier to use so we will likely see more soon. but sure you do you.
I live in NYC, one of the few 70 mm Imax theaters in the world is here. I was lucky enough to get tickets because they sold out in 1 day. 5 shows a day for 2 weeks straight gone in 1 day.
I mean, sure, TECHNICALLY nolan wants you to see it on 70mm film, but objectively for MOST modern movie goers, they'll generally prefer the dual 4k laser projector version because it's the same exact aspect ratio, so you get an identical MASSIVE frame as 70mm, and you get higher contrast ratio and deeper black levels because of the laser projection (instead of traditional lamps).
Sure it's THEORETICALLY lower resolution, but with film grain 70mm imax's theoretical ~16k digital quality, is more realistically ~4-8k anyway, so there isn't even really a clarity/resolution difference to the eye.
I've had the lucky opportunity to live near both a 70mm film and one of the first (and largest) dual 4k laser IMAX systems in the US and have seen dozens of IMAX films over ~25 years (with most in the last 10 years being the Dual 4k laser system).
I don’t doubt it, but I wonder what the capture process is for digitizing the film at such a fidelity to capture that resolution with no compression or degradation. Like, having a laser projector that can match the resolution is one thing. But converting the original to digital at that high a resolution blows my mind.
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