05-27-2015, 07:20 PM
I saw it again.
A coworker told me about the theater in which she saw it. It was iMax/3D but some of the seats were motion-equipped. After hours (3 seconds) of research I discovered a smattering of theaters have installed "D-Box" seats. These seats are programmed to move, vibrate and 'kick' along with the movie. The closest theater with these seats was in Martinez, and the final showing of "Mad Max: Fury Road" in iMax/D-Box was the date of this post, Wednesday, May 27th.
I went to work with this knowledge gnawing at my brain. I decided I could not let this opportunity slip by and become lost in the swamp of regret. I quickly OK'd the time off with my bosses, bought a ticket and drove up for the 1:15 show.
What a rush.
The theater was not the full 10-story screen, 78-speaker setup but the seats were straight out of Disneyland. They vibrated, they tilted, they bucked. shook, rumbled and swerved with every scene. If a long shot zoomed in from above they glided forward. If a bomb went off they knocked you from side to side. If nothing was happening they sat silent, waiting for the next explosion.
Yeah, the tickets were $20 but I got 2 hours of immersion you don't normally get from a standard movie theater.
I also got to see "Mad Max: Fury Road" in 3D which became obvious as the preferred viewing of the director. Many shots were composed with 'depth of field', which does not stand out unless you're viewing in 3D. You see this in animation a lot, foreground + middle + background. The foreground is in sharp focus, then you fuzzy-up the middle and background to reproduce how our vision works. Anyway, it's used extensively in MMFR and the 3D is very effective. Miller also does some 'tunnel' shots (especially in the beginning) that translate well to 3D.
In any case, I had a great time seeing this again and will go out of my way to seek out D-Box theaters for other 'explosion' films (I'm looking at you "San Andreas")
A coworker told me about the theater in which she saw it. It was iMax/3D but some of the seats were motion-equipped. After hours (3 seconds) of research I discovered a smattering of theaters have installed "D-Box" seats. These seats are programmed to move, vibrate and 'kick' along with the movie. The closest theater with these seats was in Martinez, and the final showing of "Mad Max: Fury Road" in iMax/D-Box was the date of this post, Wednesday, May 27th.
I went to work with this knowledge gnawing at my brain. I decided I could not let this opportunity slip by and become lost in the swamp of regret. I quickly OK'd the time off with my bosses, bought a ticket and drove up for the 1:15 show.
What a rush.
The theater was not the full 10-story screen, 78-speaker setup but the seats were straight out of Disneyland. They vibrated, they tilted, they bucked. shook, rumbled and swerved with every scene. If a long shot zoomed in from above they glided forward. If a bomb went off they knocked you from side to side. If nothing was happening they sat silent, waiting for the next explosion.
Yeah, the tickets were $20 but I got 2 hours of immersion you don't normally get from a standard movie theater.
I also got to see "Mad Max: Fury Road" in 3D which became obvious as the preferred viewing of the director. Many shots were composed with 'depth of field', which does not stand out unless you're viewing in 3D. You see this in animation a lot, foreground + middle + background. The foreground is in sharp focus, then you fuzzy-up the middle and background to reproduce how our vision works. Anyway, it's used extensively in MMFR and the 3D is very effective. Miller also does some 'tunnel' shots (especially in the beginning) that translate well to 3D.
In any case, I had a great time seeing this again and will go out of my way to seek out D-Box theaters for other 'explosion' films (I'm looking at you "San Andreas")
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