Do not see a movie in IMAX unless it was made for it.

[duggie walker]

I completely agree with the second point. In London, the BFI have a pretty good IMAX screen but I'm sick of these horrible up-converts and all the artificial sharpening and attendant noise. At worst, it's like watching something akin to a projected dvd. I'm over the idea that IMAX is, in itself, a better way to watch movies.

Unfortunately, the IMAX brand seems to have really hooked itself into the public consciousness. We're steadily losing the big, regular cinemas as they're converted to multiplexes and Liemax venues. The only cinema equipped with Dolby Atmos here - the Empire, a big, beautiful art-deco auditorium - is currently undergoing the latter transformation, which means there's nowhere in London with Atmos capability. To my great regret, I've yet to see a film in that format.

I really think that very soon, IMAX/LIEMAX is going to be the only way of seeing a theatrical release on an impressively-sized screen and we'll just have to swallow the horrible DMR process.