I went to the cinema (Odeon Gateshead Metro) yesterday to see Iron Man. Not a bad film, but not a good film. It passed a couple of hours.
What I would like to comment on is the terrible picture quality you get at the cinema these days. DVD quality would be just about the right description for this showing. It was like I had a plastic bag over my eyes. They showed a trailer for Speed Racer which I had just seen a couple of days beforehand on my iMac in HD. What a considerable difference between the two. The HD version is breathtaking. You can see individual faces in crowd scenes, reflections on the cars etc etc. The cinema version is just rubbish in comparison. It has actually put me off going to see it on the big screen, and instead wait for the hi-def version to watch at home.
What I would like to comment on is the terrible picture quality you get at the cinema these days. DVD quality would be just about the right description for this showing. It was like I had a plastic bag over my eyes. They showed a trailer for Speed Racer which I had just seen a couple of days beforehand on my iMac in HD. What a considerable difference between the two. The HD version is breathtaking. You can see individual faces in crowd scenes, reflections on the cars etc etc. The cinema version is just rubbish in comparison. It has actually put me off going to see it on the big screen, and instead wait for the hi-def version to watch at home.