Anime at the cinema

Finished watching Chainsaw Man Reze Arc in IMAX about 50 minutes ago... What a film. I had already read that part of the Manga so I've been looking forward to this for ages and I wasn't let down 😁. Sadly someone left the subtitles for the subbed version in despite the showing being dubbed so I had to try and ignore them for the whole film. I told staff but sadly nothing was done (or could be done?). I also heard people complaining as I left. Still amazing though, phenominal animation and the music was great.
 
Chainsaw Man has been showing nonstop at my local theater for the past few weeks and I've resisted going to see it mainly because I watched a few episodes of the tv series and hated it, Caveat Emptor I guess.
 
My crummy local cinema finally got Chainsaw Man - guess I'm going to see it after all! It never shows anime for some reason and I couldn't be bothered to hike all the way into London yet again after Demon Slayer and Conan. Today's first screening looks as though it's going to be well-attended. I guess Chainsaw Man has officially made it where I live.

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Rui said:
My crummy local cinema finally got Chainsaw Man - guess I'm going to see it after all! It never shows anime for some reason and I couldn't be bothered to hike all the way into London yet again after Demon Slayer and Conan. Today's first screening looks as though it's going to be well-attended. I guess Chainsaw Man has officially made it where I live.

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Hope you enjoy the film! It's probably one of my top 10 favourite films of this year.
 
NormanicGrav said:
Hope you enjoy the film! It's probably one of my top 10 favourite films of this year.
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Definitely worth the ticket price! I disliked the CG fest at the very start of the TV series but the film looked gorgeous, with an arc which actually worked structurally as a standalone film. I did feel sorry for the bunch of people who left at the start of the credits and missed the final scene.

R
 
Elysian released Princess Mononoke in IMAX in August, I was lucky to be able to catch it at the Science Centre in Glasgow and it was fantastic.

Although, aside from the large screen, I don't see the reason for the releases being in IMAX. IMAX is very inaccessible for me, with the nearest being a four+ hour round trip away. That being said, Elysian do such a poor job with their theatrical releases, nothing made it up this far even in standard 2D.
 
Loris said:
Elysian released Princess Mononoke in IMAX in August, I was lucky to be able to catch it at the Science Centre in Glasgow and it was fantastic.

Although, aside from the large screen, I don't see the reason for the releases being in IMAX. IMAX is very inaccessible for me, with the nearest being a four+ hour round trip away. That being said, Elysian do such a poor job with their theatrical releases, nothing made it up this far even in standard 2D.
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Tbh unless it's on a proper IMAX screen like at the BFI and not the smaller IMAX Digital screens that most of the IMAX screens are in the UK your milage will vary.
 
Loris said:
I think the one in Glasgow is massive but not the best quality. Never been to a 'proper' IMAX, so what you don't know can't harm you 😉
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Never been in one for a film myself, was in a proper one at Cape Canaveral screening a NASA documentary though, crazy how close you are to that giant screen. Not the easiest to get up the stairs to the seats though as the gradient is far higher than a standard set of steps.
 
I got lucky when my local movie theater built an IMAX theater in a separate building next to their existing theater about 15 years ago - it is only 5 miles/8 km from my house. I've seen quite a few IMAX 3D movies there during the years they were being produced... I did get to see the second Avatar movie in 3D there; that was the first 3D movie we've gotten in years since the movie industry killed them all off.
 
Rui said:
I disliked the CG fest at the very start of the TV series but the film looked gorgeous, with an arc which actually worked structurally as a standalone film.

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It gladdens moi to read the film is as good as the (iirc) standalone volume (6?) was to read, if not better 🐁. If Warsaw had cinemas / showings, I might've traversed to see it. Well, most like I'd consider then decide against... but alas, such a choice has been taken as my nearest showing is in Birmingham, 32 miles away. I'd only go there if paid to, and even then I'd refuse.

CG overload kills my immersion in 2D cartoons (sod off, Promare CG 🔥 blocks), and I'd read movie ditched the more cinematic style of TV series/not same director. So, ' tis good to read lived up to the hype.

Bugger knows how/when they'll adapt the rest of 'part 1', though. It was a warning sign from the Gods that Denji rode - albeit not jumped - a 🦈 beforehand, as after went incoherent-nutty. To the moon 👨‍🚀, and back.

A / D / DAR
 
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