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Transformers 2 Will Feature Extra Footage In IMAXBy Katey Rich: 2009-06-08 10:23:10
Michael Bay wants your money-- aaaaaallllll of your money. That cynical excuse might not be the only reason he's touting the IMAX version of Transformers 2 on his message board, but surely, it can't hurt. After all, Bay gets a serious cut of the movie's theatrical gross, and with IMAX tickets as much as $5 extra, that adds up to a lot more laser-controlled explosions for his backyard. Writing from Japan, where Transformers 2 is getting finished mere hours before it premieres there, Bay says the level of character detail is significantly greater than what you saw in Transformers, but you really have to see it in IMAX to believe it. "The way to see this movie is on IMAX. Never before has there been 4k rendered character animation shot on full IMAX 70 mm film. This is a first and the results are stunning. You will see Optimus Prime in a few shots where he is actually perfectly to scale on the IMAX 50 foot tall screens." Oh, and if you shell out for an IMAX ticket, you'll see extra footage too. "For IMAX, I created a slightly longer cut with more robot fighting. Four scenes were shot on IMAX cameras so the screen will fill the full IMAX screen for these scenes." Having seen The Dark Knight and its specific IMAX scenes on the giant screen twice, I'm well aware of the awesome impact of the full IMAX screen, packed with action (or, in this case, giant robots). And the notion of a to-scale Optimus Prime is thrilling no matter who you are. Transformers 2 will be playing on IMAX screens for a full four weeks, meaning there will be plenty of time to catch all of this for yourself. So, OK, Michael Bay, I guess you will have earned everyone's extra 5 bucks if this all looks as good as you say it will. I just wish I could stop thinking about how much of that you'd be pocketing for yourself.
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