Avengers: Endgame (April 2019) - no spoilers please

[JohnC]

IMAX released a comparison trailer, showing how much extra you can see on an IMAX screen. My reaction is "meh"

 

[JPL]

8 minutes ago, JohnC said:

IMAX released a comparison trailer, showing how much extra you can see on an IMAX screen. My reaction is "meh"

 

Is it just me that much prefers the super-widescreen look? It’s a miles better way to see something.

[Thor]

I prefer the imax. You're getting more picture. And the imax ratio all but matches that of home TVs. The sooner we do away with those sodding black bars the better. 

[CarloOos]

Those black bars aren't going anywhere because pretty much every cinematographer loves anamorphic lenses.

[Guest]

Imax is great. You see the difference in Interstellar where it changes between IMAX and not in different scenes. 

[Steve McQueef]

I'm of the opinion that the extra image space achieves nothing but ruin scenes what were obviously composed for a scope ratio, as that's by and large how 99.9% of people will see it. 

 

"But it fills my TV screen!"

 

Use your 'zoom' button, and fuck off. 

[Thor]

1 hour ago, John Edward Gammell said:

I'm of the opinion that the extra image space achieves nothing but ruin scenes what were obviously composed for a scope ratio, as that's by and large how 99.9% of people will see it. 

 

"But it fills my TV screen!"

 

Use your 'zoom' button, and fuck off. 

Embrace the future, or fuck off.

[Steve McQueef]

Okay, Biff Tannen. 

[JohnC]

There's nothing stopping the same picture being projected onto a normal screen is there? Other than some sort of IMAX exclusivity deal. A normal screen shows a variety of different ratios already. So really the IMAX advantage is a bigger screen, though I understand even that isn't necessarily the case any more.

[Alex W.]

Yeah, the ratio doesn’t really have anything to do with IMAX. I think Avengers Assemble was entirely in non-IMAX 16:9 because it made composing shots with Hulk easier.

 

IMAX does have other advantages such as physically larger film (or sensors, in digital IMAX) for improved detail but the way most films are projected in multiplexes... *shrug*

[Sprite Machine]

Have they got around most of the issues with IMAX cameras for general movie-making now then? (Big, loud, etc.)

 

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16 hours ago, Alex W. said:

Yeah, the ratio doesn’t really have anything to do with IMAX. I think Avengers Assemble was entirely in non-IMAX 16:9 because it made composing shots with Hulk easier.

And the first Antman film, for similar reasons. (Though, curiously, not the sequel.)

 

16:9 films projected into most cinemas tend not to fit the exact ratio of the screen, so you can end up with empty space left and right.

[Nick R]

4 minutes ago, Sprite Machine said:

And the first Antman film, for similar reasons. (Though, curiously, not the sequel.)

 

A number of superhero movies have changed aspect ratios for their sequels:

 

Spider-Man (1.85:1) to Spider-Man 2 (2.39:1)

Avengers (1.85) to Age of Ultron (2.39)

Man of Steel and Batman v Superman (2.39) to Justice League (1.85)

Ant-Man (1.85) to Ant-Man and the Wasp (2.39)

 

All of the X-Men/Wolverine/Deadpool films have used 2.39:1... except New Mutants!

[Alex W.]

This makes me curious what ratio most cinema screens are, because there’s not one exact standard film ratio even amongst the wider 21:9-ish formats, is there? Presumably when each cinema was built there was a size in mind.

 

To the library!

[Harsin]

6 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

This makes me curious what ratio most cinema screens are, because there’s not one exact standard film ratio even amongst the wider 21:9-ish formats, is there? Presumably when each cinema was built there was a size in mind.

 

To the library!

 

At the flea pit I used to work at we had to put a board with a black sheet on it at the bottom of the screen when we changed ratio.

[Glasgowchivas]

3 hours ago, Sprite Machine said:

Have they got around most of the issues with IMAX cameras for general movie-making now then? (Big, loud, etc.)

 

Yes. The latest cameras are small enough to be hand-held.

 

EDIT: I mean, like shoulder mounted, not, like it's a camcorder.

[JohnC]

1 hour ago, Alex W. said:

This makes me curious what ratio most cinema screens are, because there’s not one exact standard film ratio even amongst the wider 21:9-ish formats, is there? Presumably when each cinema was built there was a size in mind.

 

To the library!

My local Odeon screens seem to be a variety of ratios. The biggest screen has a system where the curtains can automatically come in from the sides and top to leave the right amount of screen showing. 

[Pete]

Ah, multiple posts on aspect ratios. Don't ever change rllmuk

[Chadruharazzeb]

I think Eddie Hitler was talking about this thread when he said "Oh you don't want to look at that, mate, it's very boring. I had a look at it once and fell into a coma." 

[Girth Certificate]

More interesting that wondering how the Underpants Perverts will defeat the Purplemans' magic glove though.

[Timbuktu]

On 03/03/2019 at 16:38, JohnC said:

There's nothing stopping the same picture being projected onto a normal screen is there? Other than some sort of IMAX exclusivity deal. A normal screen shows a variety of different ratios already. So really the IMAX advantage is a bigger screen, though I understand even that isn't necessarily the case any more.

 

What IMAX are we talking about?  That doesn’t look like the ration IMAX scenes that Nolan films had, which I remember to be squarer, which you get with the bfi imax screen.

[Glasgowchivas]

A word of caution; we’re now in “Lego sets are leaking” territory.

 

As usual, it’s hard to tell just how faithful these sets are to the actual plot of the film but there’s certainly lots to pick up on, just from the pics and one very big thing I wish I hadn’t seen. 

[Steely]

Awwww man! I'm going to miss looking in the lego thread. 

[Meh]

On 03/03/2019 at 15:00, John Edward Gammell said:

I'm of the opinion that the extra image space achieves nothing but ruin scenes what were obviously composed for a scope ratio, as that's by and large how 99.9% of people will see it. 

 

"But it fills my TV screen!"

 

Use your 'zoom' button, and fuck off. 

 

Use the zoom function, and cut big chunks off the sides of the picture. Genius.

[Glasgowchivas]

 

[Stig]

CAN. NOT. WAIT. Goosebumps everything I hear that theme.

 

Looks like Stark and Nebula make it back to Earth fairly early on then, cause the Russo said trailer footage will only show bits from the first third or so of the film right?

 

Looks like some Quantum realm travelling is on the cards too with those suits.

[MDY]

[Sidewaysbob]

I'm in 

[LowCostMonkey]

Hmmmm. Kind of wishing I didn't watch that trailer. The last 20 seconds seems to spoil a fair bit.

[Sidewaysbob]

Don't go and watch Captain Marvel whatever you do

[yakumo]

I knew Captain Marvel and Thor would have a broship.