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

[singhcr]

At the Minnesota Zoo IMAX in Apple Valley a film that's at least partially shot with IMAX cameras is a sight to behold- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol in IMAX is still the most exhilarating experience I have ever had going to the movies. Sitting in the back row the IMAX scenes were pin-sharp with an insane amount of detail and deep, rich colors that made the scenes look 3D.

When I saw The Dark Knight there the IMAX scenes were amazing but the 35mm scenes were absolute garbage. TDKR was much improved in that department.

However, my last visit was to see Elysium. I figured a 4K digital source struck onto IMAX 45/70 stock would be good, but it was very blurry and frustrating to watch. It was obvious that it was never meant to be seen on such a large screen. The processing didn't help either because it was very blurry whenever the camera moved. It's a digitally recorded movie printed onto super fine-grained 70mm film stock so what's the point of using DNR and other filtering tools?

I am very much looking forward to seeing Interstellar on IMAX, though. I just wish the prices would come down. It used to be $12 with other theaters charging $5-9. Now it's $16.50 for a single show. Hmmm... do I want to watch the movie or buy the Blu-ray? Then again, theaters around here have increased their ticket prices to $9.75 for evening shows and can be even more expensive for the large screen (aka blurry and dim LieMAX) and 3D. So if you want to watch Gravity in 3D on their "IMAX" screen it will cost basically the same as seeing it in an actual IMAX theater.

I really wish more movies would be shot in this format. Why hasn't anyone, especially Nolan, shot an entire movie in IMAX? I imagine it can't be that much more expensive to do this considering the budgets of movies today. If not IMAX, why not shoot 70mm?