IMAX Enhanced

[Dubstar]

Not that I want Gerwig's "Little Women" in 'IMAX enhanced' but I'm surprised that all that Sony has given Amazon pre-orders for DVD/bluray editions but nothing in regards to a 4K UHD disc edition

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

Not that I want Gerwig's "Little Women" in 'IMAX enhanced' but I'm surprised that all that Sony has given Amazon pre-orders for DVD/bluray editions but nothing in regards to a 4K UHD disc edition

Not surprised. They had another critical darling in Call Me By Your Name and 4K disc was totally overlooked for that one too.

Originally Posted by puddy77

Just saw Pieter post the press release for what I assume is the first non-Imax release yet getting an Imax Enhanced disc, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...1#post17279401

Definitely weird. So do we think they are running them through the typical Imax DMR even though they weren't released on Imax screens?

If they end up looking like sharpened DNR'ed crap then we'll know for sure, however with most of these 'Enhanced' titles being shot on digital anyway then it usually reacts far better to de-noising than film does.

[Hydra Spectre]

I really hope Sony re-releases some of their previously-released movies in IMAX Enhanced.
Blade Runner 2049 in open matte 1:78:1 IMAX Enhanced would be even better than the already god-tier current 4K UHD.
I know it goes against Denis Villeneuve's intentions (he wanted it to be 2:39:1 to fit in with the original Blade Runner) but the open matte version truly does look much better, especially if it is actually available in 4K HDR.
Plus, 1:78:1 open matte versions of the Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy would be amazing.

It is possible that Far From Home, Venom and the Jumanji movies would get IMAX Enhanced re-releases, though, but I'm not sure about BR2049, since it's a Warner Bros. film in North America and a Sony film internationally, and Sony never mentioned anything about re-releasing it as an IMAX Enhanced. Plus, Roger Deakins made his own DI for IMAX rather than IMAX doing their DMR version.

Ghostbusters 2016 has an IMAX scene for the 4K disc even though it's not IMAX Enhanced.

[Nitroboy]

Modern day IMAX laser is 1.90:1, not 1.78:1.

[Hydra Spectre]

Originally Posted by Nitroboy

Modern day IMAX laser is 1.90:1, not 1.78:1.

Yeah, I know.
But Blade Runner 2049 and Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy's open matte versions are in 1:78:1 in Russian WEBRips so maybe a 1:78:1 IMAX Enhanced version could be made instead of 1:90:1.

Plus, it would reveal more of the image than 1:90:1.
And besides, Nolan's films are opened up to 1:78:1 rather than 1:90:1 or 1:43:1 for the IMAX scenes.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Hydra Spectre

I really hope Sony re-releases some of their previously-released movies in IMAX Enhanced.
Blade Runner 2049 in open matte 1:78:1 IMAX Enhanced would be even better than the already god-tier current 4K UHD.
I know it goes against Denis Villeneuve's intentions (he wanted it to be 2:39:1 to fit in with the original Blade Runner) but the open matte version truly does look much better, especially if it is actually available in 4K HDR.
Plus, 1:78:1 open matte versions of the Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy would be amazing.

It is possible that Far From Home, Venom and the Jumanji movies would get IMAX Enhanced re-releases, though, but I'm not sure about BR2049, since it's a Warner Bros. film in North America and a Sony film internationally, and Sony never mentioned anything about re-releasing it as an IMAX Enhanced. Plus, Roger Deakins made his own DI for IMAX rather than IMAX doing their DMR version.

Ghostbusters 2016 has an IMAX scene for the 4K disc even though it's not IMAX Enhanced.

Movies don't need to be "IMAX Enhanced" on disc to open up the mattes. The thought of this being some sort of proprietary thing solely to "IMAX Enhanced" discs gives me a right laugh, someone had better tell the relevant studios to recall Last Knight and Tron Legacy and Aquaman and Fallout then. The irony being that I don't think there's actually BEEN a specifically embiggened IE disc yet!

And BR2049 may look better to you in open matte, but it doesn't to me. Far too distracting. It's been framed for one ratio, 2.39, anything else is w@nkery.

[WilliamBarbeau]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Movies don't need to be "IMAX Enhanced" on disc to open up the mattes. The thought of this being some sort of proprietary thing solely to "IMAX Enhanced" discs gives me a right laugh, someone had better tell the relevant studios to recall Last Knight and Tron Legacy and Aquaman and Fallout then. The irony being that I don't think there's actually BEEN a specifically embiggened IE disc yet!

And BR2049 may look better to you in open matte, but it doesn't to me. Far too distracting. It's been framed for one ratio, 2.39, anything else is w@nkery.

According to the Russos, IMAX are the ones making it hard for Disney to release Avengers Infinity War/Endgame in their open matte format. So, I don't know if it has to do with licensing, IMAX wanting money or anything, but it seems there's some wrench in that gear.

That being said, Warner never seemed to have any issues with that, so I wouldn't imagine BR2049 being re-released as "Imax Enhanced" just for that.

Haven't Sony/IMAX told that they're planning on releasing Spider-Man: Far from Home in the 1.90:1 format with IMAX Enhanced though? Maybe that's where this notion of IE making it so that we finally get an open matte version of a movie came from.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Not surprised. They had another critical darling in Call Me By Your Name and 4K disc was totally overlooked for that one too.

don't remind me ...

hope the Best Buy Canada 4K disc of 'Little Women' is still on course for release.

[BozQ]

Originally Posted by Nitroboy

Modern day IMAX laser is 1.90:1, not 1.78:1.

There are two versions of IMAX Laser. One with 1.43:1, and another 1.90:1

Unfortunately, IMAX isn't forthcoming about which cinemas has which version of IMAX Laser. And it's annoying.

[BozQ]

I think Sony's upcoming 4K Blu-rays being "IMAX Enhanced" doesn't mean anything. It's probably going to be like the Superbit DVD days, or the "Mastered in 4K" Blu-rays from previous years. It's more marketing gimmick to give people the impression that their discs have an edge in quality over other studios.

It doesn't guarantee an "open matte" version of movies, which incredibly, so many people these days think IMAX owns the "full screen ratio". It also doesn't guarantee HDR10+, and we lose Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos because IMAX and Dolby are rivals. So what we get instead is the DTS:X soundtrack.

[Agent Kay]

Yeah, DTS! Who listens to that in 2020, it's like mono underwater

[Brian81]

What if they did a 1.78:1 open matte IMAX ENHANCED release for Lawrence of Arabia.




I'm not liking this idea AT ALL. It'll feel like watching HDTV presentations. Or full frame VHS or DVD.

[Agent Kay]

They won't, they have not changed a single ratio...


Ffs the blind hate in this thread is stupid on a fanboy level I have never seen.

The IMAX ratios are not always open or switching, if they are then they are also a valid theatrical presentation, just like a constant AR would be.
Most people like the previous discs like Aquaman, Batolan and the like.
If they put a sticker and a format they irrationally dislike on those discs, they would lose their minds.
They would still be the same IQ I bet but in DTS with an IMAX sticker!

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by Brian81

What if they did a 1.78:1 open matte IMAX ENHANCED release for Lawrence of Arabia.




I'm not liking this idea AT ALL. It'll feel like watching HDTV presentations. Or full frame VHS or DVD.

How? You can't "open matte" something shot anamorphically at 2.35:1. Anyone talking these imax presentations of films is where they were shot 1.78:1 and masked.

[Waboman]

I suppose we could always go back to talking about pie.

[Lee A Stewart]

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

IMAX's own examples show why the original wide ratio should be maintained and not "opened" if you know anything about framing and composition.

[Lee A Stewart]

IMAX didn't reinvent the wheel for a digital camera like they did for their 15/70 format. It's an ARRI ALEXA 65: 6K (6560 x 3100) that ARRI will be calling an IMAX Camera. Later versions will have the IMAX logo on the side.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

How? You can't "open matte" something shot anamorphically at 2.35:1. Anyone talking these imax presentations of films is where they were shot 1.78:1 and masked.

I wasn't actually serious (more making a joke) and didn't look to see how it was shot. I was just playing *insert name of highly respected film* and throwing up a scenario after reading in the thread about that Sony comment. I'm all about IMAX ratios if they were intended by the filmmaker. But any other case, NO.

[Waboman]