canofhumdingers said:
Fang Zei said:
canofhumdingers said:
And never mind... I should've paid more attention tithe lists. Both the DC and Citywalk theaters are the laser projectors. NOT 70mm. :-/
There are two Air&Space museums in the DC area.
One is downtown in DC itself and still uses 15/70 projection.
The other one, the Udvar-Hazy center out in Chantilly VA near Dulles Airport, just recieved the laser upgrade earlier this year.
When slashfilm posted that list, they must've either neglected to include the downtown location in the list of 70mm theaters or it just hadn't been added yet as the list was "subject to change" (I'm guessing it was the latter). If you go to Imax's website you'll see it.
In any event, I didn't see it until it was too late to secure a ticket to the 7pm Thursday screening.
Sorry for the confusion.
No kidding. I knew there were two museum locations, but didn't realize the one on the mall ALSO had an IMAX theater AND that it was still 70mm! It's been several years since I've been there... Awesome! I've already started plotting logistics of where to go and how to get there and this just gave me another option!
That's something else I should point out.
There are at least several dozen 15/70 theaters in the US. Interstellar played at more than 30 of them. Disney is probably just being careful about where they show TFA in that format because like I said it's so expensive to make the prints. Conveniently, several theaters already have the new laser system and I can only assume the movie will be playing at all of those locations because it costs next to nothing to make a dcp. Unfortunately, those laser locations will only be showing it in 3D as of right now.
Oh, and here in the DC area we actually have three full-sized Imax theaters. Yup, we're spoiled like that. The one at Air&Space DC opened in '76. I remember my Mom taking me there to see Blue Planet and To Fly in the early 90's when I was just a kid. The Museum of Natural History, directly across the mall, also got an Imax theater in the late 90's. Both theaters have been 3D-capable for years now. Udvar-Hazy opened in 2003 and was always 2D-only for some reason until the laser upgrade this year. The Smithsonian owns and operates all three theaters. Dark Knight Rises was the only time a movie opened at all three locations if I'm not mistaken.