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2026-08-07 10:24 UTC

2/? #TheOdyssey In #IMAX Rant continues: The THX cinema quality standard specifies that the ideal viewing angle from the best seat in the house should be about 40° and no less than 36° for the rear seats. This is considered the ideal size for a movie screen. It is the largest where you don't have to turn your head to see different parts of the image. IMAX screens (the good ones at least) have a viewing angle at around 60° for the best seats in the house. #Cinema #Film Continues:

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@Eg0nJN@expressional.social 2026-08-07 10:32

3/? #TheOdyssey In #IMAX Rant continues: Why do they do that? What is that word they keep using in their marketin: "Immersive!" they want you to feel that you are inside the movie, by having the picture continue beyond your primary field of vision. Your are not supposed to turn your head to look at it. your are just supposed to feel out of the corner of your eyes. When you look at scans of IMAX film you will notice that the top and the bottom of the image almost never has any necessary picture elements. It is mostly just more grass and more sky. Or sometimes the top of a hat. So when they show The Odyssey in IMAX 70/15 is more like a gimmick "Because we can" it is not "How the film was meant to be seen" #Cinema #Film Continues:

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