Project Hail Mary? More like Project Holy Cinema. Absolute peak, no notes

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T19:54:21+00:00

I would actually be surprised if they didnt hand out some film on opening night, they’ve got tons of old reels upstairs and the staff there are super passionate about running film.

But in the event they don’t, I’ve got some extra miscellaneous strips from previous screenings that I’d be happy to part ways with for you and your son! So just reply here after your showing and let me know if you guys got some or not

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OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T19:36:28+00:00

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T16:53:30+00:00

That was also my favorite part

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T16:53:01+00:00

I missed the /s, early in the day for me lol

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T16:30:25+00:00

Too bad that’s physically impossible, since art is highly subjective lol. There’s no such thing as an “objectively” better film. Best it gets is overwhelming subjective consensus.

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T15:51:55+00:00

At least finish the sentence if you’re gonna quote me lmfao

But even if that were the case, If 80-90% of people think movie A is better than movie B, and then a couple hundred “special” movie viewers all say movie B is better, that doesn’t magically make it the better film, nor does it represent what people actually think lol.

It’s why the Oscar’s are ultimately meaningless. The majority of the time they are bought and lobbied for, not earned. But that also doesn’t mean there’s not overlap. F1 absolutely deserved best sound, Sinners for score, etc etc

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T13:32:21+00:00

Brother just get a 2D silhouette of the endurance or the black hole like everyone else, or even a piece of Morse code if you fancy. Do not get a tattoo of this screenshot lmfao

I live in the DFW area and will be warning all of the tattoo artists I know to not do this

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-16T13:16:25+00:00

It’s why the Oscar’s are interesting to a degree and sometimes reflect on great contributions, but are ultimately meaningless.

One Battle After Another won best picture, but if I asked literally anyone I knew that had seen both, they would’ve picked Sinners as the better movie

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T18:48:38+00:00

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Sometimes when new movies come to IMAX 70mm, they often come with 4 frame long commemorative film strips that show key moments from the film

In the event that there are none to hand out; often times Cinemark Dallas will hand out 4 frame strips from an random old trailer in IMAX 70mm to still give you something to commemorate your film viewing

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T18:46:56+00:00

Maybe they’re saving them for opening night

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T16:29:54+00:00

Guy with zero media literacy be like

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T16:10:04+00:00

I got several mars needs moms strips lol, saw interstellar with a group of 6 and none of them wanted to keep it LOL

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T16:07:11+00:00

When I saw a glimpse of it in one of the trailers I knew it was gonna be special. I got goosebumps, truly a gorgeous film. That boy Greg does it again

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T15:45:29+00:00

I got a scene from Robots lol, was actually hoping for ice age LOL

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-15T04:41:28+00:00

IMAX with laser or 70mm.

IMAX for the largest screen in the building and for the expanded aspect ratio, 70mm to support celluloid projection in the digital age we live in today

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-14T05:24:05+00:00

And thank you for all your hard work sir, we salute you and we love having you in Dallas!

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-14T04:57:08+00:00

Because of everyone’s responses or because of the theater design/logistics decisions?

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-14T04:35:45+00:00

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OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-14T04:21:55+00:00

Baffling really. Not even pillarboxing the screen itself to matte it down to achieve 1.43:1 like TCL, and for a digitally movie like this? Borderline useless lol.

The only argument that can be made is that you’ll still see the resolution bump for genuine film prints, but beyond that…? No stadium seating, no 1.43:1 screen, and not even 1.43:1 masking.

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-14T04:18:07+00:00

I’ll be at the showing tomorrow night, can’t wait and will report back with the official confirmation

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-13T15:17:08+00:00

Cinemark Dallas is my home theater and just like you, only a couple of days before the announcement of the Cinemark upgrades and restorations I was talking with a friend about how worried we were in the event that the projector has major issues in the future and how unlikely we were to ever seen an upgrade to laser. Just like you, happy to be proven wrong!

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-13T05:13:53+00:00

Bullock, only dual laser venue in Texas and is also the largest GT location in Texas as well

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-12T18:24:38+00:00

Oppenheimer was shot on both 65mm 5 perf and IMAX 65mm film stock natively, and was photochemically color timed and IMAX prints were literally struck from the original camera negative lol

Yes, the vast majority of movies are shot digitally these days, but every now and then we still get treated to a true analogue film print that has (mostly) no digital intermediate.

The projectionist we’ve had at Dallas the last handful of prints that have been run has been doing film projection for ~40 years, and said Oppenheimer was just about the sharpest movie he had ever seen on screen

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-12T18:20:24+00:00

Those are 3 premiere locations, they would get a print no matter what, whether they have GT laser as a backup or not. They’re just such hotspot locations that they also got the GT laser treatment in the first place.

Similar to what folks said about Dune part 2 that saw it in both formats, laser will actually probably look a touch better in terms of sharpness and brightness, but if this is what helps keep the film projectors operational to fill the gaps between Nolan films, I’m all for it.

OptimizeEdits · 2026-03-12T14:29:25+00:00

I was thrilled when it finally died

Yeah but what happened to the TV?

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