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Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by baddox on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @07:05PM (#15866336)
There's certainly an appeal to specific formats like 70mm, but that comes along fairly rarely. I haven't been to Portland, but I have seen 70mm films in classic theaters. They're rarely comfortable, the sound usually sucks, and the lack of stadium seating can be brutal, but you're there for the insane effort that went into end-to-end 70mm production.

Of course, I saw Dunkirk in IMAX 70mm projection at the Metreon in San Francisco, which is a state of the art screening room, but that will probably only ever happen every few years. Sadly the Metreon recently remodeled with completely terrible seats (only in the IMAX room), so I'm rarely tempted to go there.

Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by notte on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @09:23PM (#15867100)
Seats in the IMAX room is indeed very bad. It’s sad because the screen is 2nd largest in North America. But your only memory of the movie becomes how much pain your back and behind are. Try the shoreline cinemark in MV, very comfy seats!
Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by baddox on Thursday December 07, 2017 @11:32AM (#15871455)
The Metreon IMAX is such a shame. They installed that incredible new digital projector (Dolby laser, I believe) but at the same time ruined the seats.