Saw this at the closest IMAX near me. I was SUPER lucky because after the showing, I went to a viewing area where you can see into the projector room through glass windows. I stayed long after everyone else had left, and the projectionists invited me into the room! They were showing me all the equipment, and because I was so enthusiastic, they told me if I stuck around until the next showing, they'd let me watch them fire everything up. Obviously, I stuck around. I watched them kill the lights in the booth (which was actually a fairly large room), fire up the projector and start the film. I was in there for probably 45 minutes. The whole time they were periodically making sure the film was on track, checking the cam arm that feeds from the reel, and making sure there was no dust on the lens etc. They actually have a button they push that wipes the lens when any dust shows up, then they handed me the remote and let me press it! It was such a cool experience, they even took me into the back where the liquid cooling system was, showed me the audio system, and answered my litany of questions. They were both super cool guys and that elevated the entire experience. I felt so lucky not just to be invited into the room, but then be invited in WHILE the movie was playing. Hearing the noise of the projector, seeing the film flying through it, and seeing the film playing through the viewport windows was just...just so damn cool. Definitely an experience I'll remember for the rest of my life for sure. Oh yeah, and the movie was great too.

If ever a movie was to be seen in the cinema its this one. I saw it in my local imax and I was in awe and numb after it. I can only imagine the experience it was for you guys seeing in 70mm imax. Audio and visually incredible.

I don't know why I keep torturing myself learning about how awesome this movie is in 70mm IMAX when I have absolutely no access to it 😀 Still enjoyed this video, and I'm happy for everyone who gets to see it as intended. Making a roadtrip out of it sounds pretty cool!

I saw it on Saturday in Kansas City in regular 70mm, upper seat, far left. I loved the film and cinematography. So I'm flying to Dallas Friday to see it in IMAX 70mm, and snagged a central seat in the theater. It's the closest location to my home. I want to compare the experience, and your review is very helpful. Now I'm even more excited to see it. Thanks for taking the time to post.

Hi mate, hope you enjoyed Manchester, we absolutely adore Scotland down here. Happy you got to see it, take care!

Absolutely love the dedication Andy! You've got me seriously thinking about seeing it again in the same format. By the sounds of it, you and your Wife have had a sonic and visual experience for the ages! Awesome video mate, really well put together, and informative as always. 👌👍

I saw the 70mm film presentation & the colour sections of the film reminded me of an old AGFA colour slide film i once used, which had an old masters oil painting look about it, which suited the time period the story was set in.

I saw Oppenheimer 3 times on 70mm IMAX from the best seat. Each time I feel better. I also watched it on digital IMAX laser. The digital IMAX has a bassier sound system. The 70mm IMAX was simply magical. The first time, I felt Nolan gave his best, a good film for sure. The second time, I felt Nolan was left leaning, and wasted time arguing for Oppenheimer in the last 45 min. The third time, I felt Oppenheimer is the perfect biopic. Changing anything would have ruined it. I love it for what it is now.

Well done Andy and 'weewifey'. I'm so glad you had a great time. I too claim that my best cinema experiences have all been 15/70 IMAX and they're all Nolan films. We're off to the IMAX next Friday when we hope everything here will be completed so we're able to get up there without having to rearrange anything. Thank you for mentioning my channel and linking to it and one of the IMAX videos. But what I want to know, is what did your wife think of it? John.

Respect.

I live in Manchester, so I went to see it at the printworks IMAX for my first 70mm experience back in july, and I was absolutely in awe and blown away! I managed to travel all the way to the BFI IMAX in london to see it again on the 6th of this month as it was re-released and was worth it.

Now THAT,,,,, is dedication,..... missed a trick with it not being 500 miles,,,, and not walking ..... 😆😜 Crackin video mate

Amazing stuff Andy! Glad you got to experience it. Very jealous!

Funny story I traveled to San Francisco for vacations and saw they were showing Oppenheimer in 70 mm so I took advantage of it, and then I realized Berkeley was right around the corner. So I visited where Oppenheimer used to teach physics the same day, unintentionally nerdy experience hehe.

I couldn't be bothered to go 2 miles to the cinema to watch it. Bravo sir

I'm lucky to live about 90 minutes from an actual 70mm IMAX theater. Took the son to see it. We were blown away.

Great video, glad you got to see it in 70mm! Our IMAX here is a bit of a shambles really. Not state of the art and you can tell. About an hour into the screening, when Matt Damon shows up, the sound started cutting out every 30 seconds or so. That went on for long enough that my wife and a few other audience members went out to find a staff member (no-one in the projection booth, why would there be?) and after about 15 minutes, they stopped the movie. We waited for about half an hour and they started it back up, telling us they'd wound it back 15 minutes. In actual fact, it had been wound forward about 5 minutes or so, so we were seeing further than we'd seen. They stopped it again, wound it back again and it played fine for another hour and a half. Until the dropouts started happening again every 10 seconds. We were 20 mins from the end. They stopped the movie and gave us 2 free tickets each. I loved the movie, but it was the worst, most disturbed screening I've ever been to and I haven't seen the end. Will try again next week. With 6 showings a day, I don't get how something like that could happen. Big mess. Your comments about digital vs film - I remember one of the last projected movies I went to see. My brother and I went to see My Bloody Valentine 3D (digitally shot and projected) and the following day we saw the remake of Friday The 13th (shot and projected on film). Not great movies but the difference was so apparent. The latter was beautiful. The colour, the contrast, the scratches, the dirt, the grain, the judder, the pops and hiss of the sound. I miss it, there's nothing like it. I love the imperfections of film, but in general, even if you were looking at something completely clean shot on 35mm, even without nostalgia, the picture is so much richer. Not bemoaning digital, I work with digital cameras for a living, but film is still the gold standard to me. I'm in the Nolan camp!

I saw it at Bfi Imax with my partner and we were lucky enought to get Vip seats in the central area. It was visualy and sound wise incredible. Yes I had to book a day off work to view it in it's best format. No regrets. Beautiful movie and a classic.I also follow John 'The Movie collector'. He's a great source of information.

Excellent Vlog! What a fantastic experience! A friend and I drove over 9 hours and nearly 700 miles to see the very first showing in Hollywood on July 20th. We were almost perfect center/middle. Movie was ok but the technical achievement and experience was well worth the effort.

well said, it is the imperfections we as imperfect beings so well relate to....

I am lucky to live just 40 miles from London so I saw Oppenheimer on 70MM Imax at the BFI cinema there the largest in the UK J18 was right in the centre. the only other venue is The Ronson Theatre at the Science Museum - London,

Thank you for sharing your experience. I wasn't sure if I should go to our local IMAX in Prague which is one of the very few cinemas worldwide to show the movie in the 70mm IMAX format. But after watching your video, I feel excited to give it a try, if for no other reason than to experience the technical side of it. I think it's a very unique opportunity.

What a brilliant review andy!

It was most likely mastered digitally, which I would assume not be a 16K digital master. The way we do film is we capture it in film, we scan it and master digitally, and print it to film again.

Hey Andy, Super video. My wife and I watched it at the Glasgow science centre and we both loved the experience, in fact we booked it again as soon as we got home, so we’re back there next week. We live in the toon next to Ayr and you’ve now got us thinking we should take a drive to the Print Works for a third viewing. Having read the book American Prometheus I couldn’t wait to see the movie and like you, I think it’s definitely in my top three movie experiences of all time. Keep up the great work.

Great video Andy. Unfortunately I'm yet to see this in 70mm IMAX but I did go to Interstellar and The Dark Knight in that format and you described it perfectly. After watching Interstellar I came out the BFI all disoriented because it felt a bit like I'd been flying around space 😊 I really hope this format is here for years to come. There is something majestic about it you just don't get with digital.

So I'm assuming you're a fan of Nolan? 😏 Great video as always man. That's insane dedication. Max respect! Glad you and the lovely lady had fun!

Magic vid as per sir! I'll be heading to Silverburn for this one I imagine. If it has the EG seal of approval then I'm there 😎😂

Took me 3 weeks to reserve a seat...only 2 miles away 20 minutes away..3rd largest Imax theater in the world.😊

Drove all that way and in the end Cillian Murphy doesn't hang dong. Coming up to ten years since I was last at BFI IMAX for Amazing Spider-Man 2. Fond memories of going to see I Am Legend there for The Dark Knight intro and desperately trying to hide the giant screen with my hands during the scary bits. By far my favourite cinema, thing I miss most about leaving London. The lie-max at Southampton doesn't come close, though did see Robocop remake with Mark Kermode there.

Agreed, it was the most amazing projection I've ever seen. The next closest would be the 70mm re-release of 2001 in, I think 2002. I only had to drive 80 miles to see it in IMAX 70mm, but it would have been worth it to drive 400 miles!

Great video! It is a long drive but worth it. It is not too bad when you live just a tram ride away. I was shocked at the detail when I watched the film. I have not seen a film in 70mm before. I am suprised you did not watch Barbie aftwerwards. If they release a collectors edition of Barbie can you do a review ? ahahaha

I saw it in 70mm and half way through the projector broke so they finished in in laser. YES 70mm is worth it. 4K laser seemed like a 1985 TV after 70mm. It was indescribable.

There is six theatres in Canada that can show the 70mm IMAX version. I live within walking distance of one of them. 😀 Yes, I went to see it. Even got an IMAX film strip with three movie frames on it, plus a title frame.

I hear you I ended up driving 10 hours to see it in 1570 IMAX and it was dark and out of focus the whole time a total letdown and we have a laser IMAX that's only 3 hours away I should have went to the laser ones if I didn't own the 1570 was going to look so bad and take so long to get there

If i had the time I definitely would've driven from Colorado to Arizona to see it in IMAX 70mm. But i got to see it in regular 70mm in near Denver at least and the digital IMAX screen near me is about 71' high so i think i got a good experience.

Some video very informative The only flicks I want to see are showing at the GFT

I went to see it in IMAX 70 MM at Cineplex Langley. I don't know. Didn't think it was IMAX worthy. Maybe because I was seated 5th row from the screen. Or perhaps I would have to see it again.

ok but imagine flying 700 miles to see this movie in 15/70

I didnt know the manchester imax had their 70mm projector still left, I thought they replaced it with dual laser system.

I'm from Manchester so the Printworks is easily accessible to me and I've seen this film a couple of times there. And I will be going again. It really is the best format, so it's weird to me when digital formats are referred to as the latest tech, because they're literally downgrades, but they're constantly marketed as if they're better, at people who might not have ever seen film before. Seeing it in this rare format really reminds me of what actual film looks like.

Damn dude I drive 7 mimes

Oot an aboot with EG 😂

I found the movie collector channel amd learned about real 70mm imax. Going to see Oppenheimer tomorrow at Printworks. Im watching on my own and all the seats have sold so im surrounded, what are the seats like? Are you quite close to other people or is there devent space?