Went to see it at the Printworks in Manchester. First IMAX experience.. I work with giant outdoor screens everyday but crikey that's a big screen. Booked early and got pick of the house. Chose H20 dead center about 5 rows from the back and one of the VIP seats. Looking straight ahead my eye level was about a third of the way up the screen and about halfway with my head on the rest. The room filled but those front three rows? Empty. You'd have to be mad to see it from there.
It was glorious to watch. Some of the air stuff especially really showing off the scale. The size does faster panning shots no favours though with objects lurching feet across the screen. Something that has always bugged me and sledgehammer subtlety on an enormous screen. It's a given though and when the camera slowed down the amount of attention the scenes got had me searching the screen for details. Sublime.
The loud thread had me worried going in and it was certainly brutal. Those first
set the tone and possibly the
was at the limits of comfort but worth it for the Spitfire audio. Incredible. The sound stage (in the seat I was in at least) was perfect. Quite a unique experience.
Second time at the cinema alone. First was Moon which I loved but couldn't beg anyone to watch lol and this time there were a god scattering of (male) solo watchers, a few couples and more elderly than I expected. Must have been very loud for them yikes.