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Is watching a movie in 3D on IMAX very different from watching on a regular screen?

For example, I remember that 300 was shown on IMAX, but which parts exactly are in 3D? Is it worth paying the extra money to see a movie this way?

Public Comments

1. You are right in sugguesting that not all scenes in a movie are always in 3-D. I saw the movie Monster House in 3-D, and many parts of it were not in 3-D. On the other hand, I saw Beowolf at an IMAX theatre, and it was in 3-D. I took off the glasses for a momemt, and saw that the screen looked very odd. Virtually everything in that film was in 3-D. IMAX uses a system called "IMAX 3-D", whereas conventional theatres (when they show a movie in 3-D) use either the old system with a green lens and a red lens, or they use a polarized system called "Real-D". (Monster House used Real-D.) IMAX 3-D is a polarized system as well, but it is technically different from Real 3-D. My left eye is legally blind, while my right eye is fairly good; as a result, I often don't have good depth judgment, and I usually don't see the 3-D effect in movies. (Basicly, I have to wear the glasses only because, without them, you see two slightly-out-of-sync images, which just don't make sense to your brain.) So, I usually don't care much about 3-D. But, in the case of Beowolf in IMAX 3-D, I did indeed see the 3-D effect from time to time. It didn't happen with every effect, but it happened now and then. All I can tell you is that IMAX 3-D worked for me, and Real-D didn't. Your results may vary.
2. personally the only movie that I've seen in 3-D was something at the local science museum. It was an interesting experience because you litterally felt like you were part of the science experiment being portrayed in the film, but with a regular movie all you see is some boring scientific junk that will more than likely put you to sleep. If I had the money to, and an imax theater close enough, I would definately see every movie in 3-D