It still has a grainy film look, cuz... its film.
I did not see any grain at all. Everything was razor sharp.
And it's stretched to fit a larger screen.
I believe this film was dumped to imax film in full resolution.
No stretching. This means, the typical 2d release has Less detail, as
its being compressed. (or details left out by dumping a digitally zoomed version)
If the movie wasn't rendered to Imax resolution, then guess what?
If this was some ow budget hack job movie, then maybe so. But Id be pretty certain that a movie on this scale wouldnt cut corners like that.
Also, Imax "HD" runs at 48 fps, which halved to display alternating frames (one for each eye) makes it 24 fps like a standard film. RealD runs at a much higher frame rate.
As far as Wiki states, the HD version was limited to non-existant.
Imax for almost any theater is running at 24fps. However, I believe
they use 2 cameras running at once, thus both eyes are getting
24fps.
RealD may show at higher frame rates... BUT, they simply repeat the
same frames multiple times. This is meant to try to help reduce flicker.
The movie itself is no different. No additional frames of animation frames.
Unless you've watched the same movie in both formats, you have no point of reference to be defending one over the other. I don't know why you feel inclined to automatically defend 17+ year old technology. (Hit up the Wiki, and read the part called "Digital Backlash")
Im not so sure you real and fully understood all the details of the
Backlash.
1) Analog Imax film is over 4x the resolution of typical film. Im not
sure how that compares to digital... but if its not the same, it might even
be greater.
2) Digital Imax projectors, are what people are objecting too: Because
the digital projection is done with lower resolution than by what is seen
with true Imax FILM.
I guess its possible that I saw a True film Imax showing, rather than
a digital version. Ill have to check to see what they are doing over there
out of curiosity.
I will repeat, that I Have seen a RealD movie. "Coraline 3D", and while
it was good... it did not compare to the Imax that is next door to it.
Not by miles. In fact, I think the realD was darker than the Imax picture.
Anyways, It would be interesting to see whats happening here,
and how the experience is so vastly different.